A Flight Ops Challenge – And the case for E-Taxi documented

by | Mar 31, 2016 | Airbus, Airlines, Airports, American Airlines, Austrian, Boeing, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Environment, etaxi, Lufthansa, SN Brussels, Swiss Air, United Airlines | 6 comments

E-taxi pioneers Wheeltug just released research (ground operations summary 31 Mar 2016) it undertook monitoring airport operations.  The case for adding e-taxi capabilities to aircraft has tended to focus on saving fuel burn.  But fuel burn is no longer such an...

PAS Wednesday

by | Jun 17, 2015 | Airbus | 2 comments

Another busy day.  But a number of key visits and interviews. Also more pictures on our Facebook page. Boeing’s Mike Sinnet on the ephemeral 757 replacement.  Really its also known as the MOM – or middle of market. Trouble is the middle has moved.  So its...

Electric Taxi comes on strong

by | Jun 11, 2013 | Aerospace, Airlines, Engines, etaxi | 0 comments

The promise of moving an aircraft on the ground without its engines running dates back to 2004, when Boeing Phantom Works worked with a start-up that became known as Wheeltug.  So the idea is not as new as many think.  The term etaxi describes the movement of an...