ISS NEWS

Lufthansa says Bern to offer 1.2 bn-euro state-backed loan to Swiss subsidiaries

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Apr 30^th 2020 |

German airline giant Lufthansa said Wednesday that Bern had agreed to offer state-backed loans of around 1.2 billion...

NASA to Announce Commercial Human Lander Awards for Artemis Moon Missions

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Apr 30^th 2020 |

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 30, to announce the companies selected to develop modern human landing systems (HLS) that will carr...

CIMON-2 makes its successful debut on the ISS

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Apr 16^th 2020 |

Experimental technology for human-machine interaction in the space industry successfully masters the next stage of development in spaceScientific investigation into the effects of stress and isolation during long-term...

Congress blasts Boeing missteps, FAA blunders on 737 MAX, calls for reform

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Mar 9^th 2020 |

Boeing made missteps and withheld information about the 737 MAX while federal regulators failed to provide proper oversight, leading to a "fundamentally flawed" aircr...

SWISS CFO Michael Niggemann appointed to the Lufthansa Group Executive Board

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 5^th 2019 |

Michael Niggemann, Chief Financial Officer of SWISS, has been appointed to the Executive Board of the Lufthansa Group, on which he will succeed Bettina Volkens as Chie...

Lockheed Martin Appoints Steve Froelich As Vice President Of Rotary And Mission Systems (RMS) Operations For Australia And New Zealand, And Programme Executive For AIR6500

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Nov 28^th 2019 |

Lockheed Martin has appointed Mr. Steve Froelich as the vicepresident of Rotary and Mission Systems operations for Au...

Rolls-Royce is attempting to use MRO to remedy Trent 1000 issues

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 14^th 2019 |

Rolls-Royce will need to make a major effort with its support capacities. Confronted with recurring problems on its Trent 1000 engines - and particularly the early wea...

Most of grounded Swiss A220 fleet resumes flying after checks

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Oct 17^th 2019 |

Switzerland's main airline said that it expected more than half its fleet of Airbus A220s to resume flying on Wednesday after checks proved their engines were in "per...

Boeing Contracted to Build Rocket Stages for NASA’s Artemis Missions

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Oct 17^th 2019 |

NASA and Boeing [NYSE: BA] have initiated a contract for the production of 10 Space Launch System core stages and up to eight Exploration Upper Stages to support the t...

Air France to offset daily CO2 emissions by next year

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Oct 2^nd 2019 |

French carrier Air France will offset the carbon dioxide emissions of its 500-odd daily internal flights by 2020 at a cost of millions of euros, the company's CEO has ...

KLM to replace Brussels flight with train to cut emissions

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Sept 16^th 2019 |

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, says Dutch airline KLM, when it comes to one of its shortest routes, it will soon be a train.In a bid to cut its environmental impact...

Fifty years after Moon mission, Apollo astronauts meet at historic launchpad

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Tue, Jul 16^th 2019 |

Fifty years ago on Tuesday, three American astronauts set off from Florida for the Moon on a mission that would change the way we see humanity's place in the universe....

NASA tests launch-abort system for moon-mission capsule

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jul 4^th 2019 |

NASA carried out a successful test Tuesday of a launch-abort system for the Orion capsule designed to take US astronauts to the Moon.The three-minute exercise at Cape...

Modi declares India 'space superpower' as satellite downed by missile

DEFENCE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Mar 27^th 2019 |

India said Wednesday it destroyed a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test that proved the nation was among the world's most advanced space powers.In a rare address...

Thales and Gemalto are granted regulatory clearance by the European Commission

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 13^th 2018 |

Reference is made to the joint press release by Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Gemalto (Euronext Amsterdam and Paris: GTO) dated 27 March 2018 in relation to the laun...