Case studies

Economic
Soaring interest in airport career opportunities

London’s Heathrow Airport saw 5,800 young people attend the airport’s Jobs ...

Environmental
Precise navigation, precise environment benefits

It may have a somewhat clumsy name: required navigation performance (RNP), ...

Environmental
ASPIRE programme gathers pace and members

The Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE) links 19...

Social development
New aircraft: more jobs and cleaner production

Every time a new aircraft programme is announced, the economic and industri...

Environmental
Wingtip devices

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

Social development
New investment in Poland’s aerospace industry

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

Economic
Aviation breathes new life into Mexican manufactur...

The rapid growth of the aerospace industry across Mexico has led to many jo...

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

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

Economic
Embraer builds high-tech skill base in Brazil and ...

With $5.3 billion in revenues in 2010, a workforce of over 17,000 and an or...

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...

Economic
Airbus invests in China

Airbus China opened its Beijing office in 1990 and now employs nearly 300 p...