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May 18, 2023 Update: U.S. "national strategy" for AAM By Julia Norsetter Richard Hakes With its track record in aviation safety and innovation, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is one to watch when assessing the...
May 16, 2023 EASA proposes measures to address eVTOL noise By Julia Norsetter Last week, the European Aviation Safety Agency proposed an interim measure to address issues related the environment and eVTOL use,...
May 10, 2023 U.S. Transportation Department announces consumer protection rule for airline delays and cancellations By Oliver Beiersdorf Julia Norsetter Justin deBettencourt On May 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced plans for a proposed rule to protect passengers when an airline...
May 02, 2023 Staying Alive, Ah Ah Ah Ah, Staying Alive By Hui Ling Teo In my earlier posts I wrote about Re-volt: battery sovereignty in the electric aircraft space - Implications for manufacturers and...
Apr 28, 2023 Too many fish in the pond, too many electric birds not yet in the sky By Hui Ling Teo With few exceptions, global markets are grappling with a possible new normal environment of elevated interest rates, diverging from the...
Apr 18, 2023 Drones, AAM and eVTOLs in APAC - a new era of harmonisation By Hui Ling Teo “We cannot soar safely unless we soar safely together” - how true.With the newly set up regional centre for aviation safety, the Asia...
Apr 13, 2023 VTOL update: where are the aircraft? By Julia Norsetter Producing aircraft of any kind is not a simple matter. We have seen VTOL manufacturers demonstrate impressive flights tests with aircraft...
Apr 11, 2023 Web3 round-up: best of March 2023 By Mikaela Belcher Nick Breen Authors: Mikaela Belcher, Casey Yang, Nick Breen and Michael Isselin Welcome to Reed Smith’s monthly DigiDigest series on all things...
Apr 11, 2023 Re-volt: battery sovereignty in the electric aircraft space - Implications for manufacturers and investors By Hui Ling Teo While AAM and electric aircraft have fascinating technology in many of its component parts. one of the most adored and valuable features...
Apr 05, 2023 Sustainable Aviation Forum 2023 By Hui Ling Teo Earlier this year I was privileged to be able to contribute to the aviation community with our very first Sustainable Aviation Forum...
Mar 02, 2023 Building a Sky Highway: The future of infrastructure for eVTOLs By Simon Spells Julia Norsetter Richard Hakes As eVTOLs (Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles) gain popularity, the need for proper infrastructure to support them becomes...
Feb 13, 2023 Transition, green and sustainability linked financing in the aviation sector – trends to watch in 2023 and beyond By Hui Ling Teo The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into force on 5 January 2023. The CSRD will require sustainability...
Feb 08, 2023 Why aren't we soaring? By Gaby Sweidan The results of a survey commissioned by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show that, interestingly, COVID is still a key reason why in 1...
Jan 20, 2023 2023 Aviation leasing forecast: Progress ahead, but challenges remain By Richard Hakes Catriona Henderson Christopher Jackson Adam Longney Julia Norsetter +2 more... Show less Leading industry experts headlined the Airline Economics conference in Dublin, which kicked off Sunday evening. The good news is that...
Jan 13, 2023 New EASA plan for drones and VTOL operations By Julia Norsetter On December 19, 2022, EASA published a new document relating to its rulemaking plans for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and vertical...
Jan 09, 2023 Drones leading the way for advanced aviation By Oliver Beiersdorf Richard Hakes Catriona Henderson Julia Norsetter +1 more... Show less In Jan 2022, we published one of aviation’s most comprehensive legal reports Global air freight’s future – The sky is the limit. Today,...