United Airlines s'apprêterait à passer une commande pour près de 300 avions Airbus et Boeing avec la possibilité de premiers engagements pour les Boeing NMA.
IATA data shows that the industry experienced a 12-year high in traffic growth (7.9%) and a record first half load factor of 80.7% for the first six months of 2017.
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully tested a UAV demonstrator called SAGITTA, which completed an autonomous flight over a test site in Overberg, South Africa.