The future of flight, including electric and eVTOL aircraft, sustainable aviation fuel, and the technologies aiming to make aviation cleaner and quieter. We track the innovations moving from test bed to reality.
August 30, 2026 09:47 UTC —
A new study on organophosphate chemicals has put aircraft fume events back in the spotlight ahead of a September cabin air conference in London.
August 28, 2026 08:17 UTC —
The FAA is doubling its BEYOND drone program, adding up to eight new state and local partners to test beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights at scale.
August 19, 2026 07:45 UTC —
Electra flew its hybrid-electric EL2 prototype across Philadelphia, part of an FAA pilot program testing aircraft that land in 150 feet.
August 18, 2026 20:26 UTC —
Lufthansa Group’s first Starlink-equipped flight took off August 19, 2026, kicking off free high-speed Wi-Fi across 850 aircraft and nine airlines by 2029.
August 18, 2026 20:21 UTC —
Contrail avoidance goes airspace-wide: the UK, Google and NATS begin a 30-month trial rerouting North Atlantic flights to cut aviation’s contrail warming.
August 10, 2026 05:29 UTC —
American Airlines flew the first US passenger flight on eSAF, a synthetic jet fuel made from waste CO2 and electricity, not crops.
July 25, 2026 10:42 UTC —
FAA MOSAIC certification rules take effect July 24, opening a light-sport path for personal eVTOLs and multicopters under the new Part 22.
July 20, 2026 15:12 UTC —
Two electric aircraft, Vertical’s eVTOL and BETA’s CX300, flew at Farnborough 2026 in an airshow first, even as Valo certification slipped to 2029.
July 17, 2026 12:58 UTC —
Boeing, Lufthansa, and Rolls-Royce will test a shorter engine inlet and smarter flight paths on a 787 ecoDemonstrator to cut fuel burn and noise.
