Case studies

Environmental
Wingtip devices

Wingtip devices – the angled extension to the end of some aircraft wings – ...

Environmental
Virgin Australia helps pioneer biofuel research

By 2050, up to 40% of all aviation fuel sources at airports in Australia an...

Social development
Seychelles investing in youth for long-term succes...

Having weathered the economic downturn in 2008, this archipelago of 115 isl...

Social development
New investment in Poland’s aerospace industry

Over the last decade there has been an influx of large aerospace companies ...

Social development
Developing aviation skills in Fiji

Nadi International Airport handles 98% of all international visitors to Fij...

Environmental
New engines offer ever-lower fuel burn and emissio...

While aircraft efficiency has increased by well over 70% since the first je...

Environmental
Continuous descent approaches

Traditionally, landing aircraft approach a runway by ‘stepping’ down from t...

Social development
Bombardier in India: going beyond aviation

When Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier established an engineering o...

Environmental
Boeing invests research into advanced-generation b...

As part of industry-wide efforts on aviation biofuel research, Boeing estab...

Social development
Airport community builds professional bridges

The aviation community is a global one. But differences in economic and tec...