The FAA’s new Part 89 regulation for the Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft takes effect on March 16, 2021, and will require that nearly all small drones be capable of broadcasting their position by September 2023. How will the requirement work in practice and what are the implications for drone operator privacy? The webinar will also consider the topics of Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) and commercial drone operations. Moderated by Bill Carey, Senior Editor, Business & Commercial Aviation…

Exciting new technologies and designs are beginning to broaden dramatically the once-limited horizons of vertical lift. Can industry break out of the mold that has shaped this sector for decades? Nick Lappos, Sikorsky senior technical fellow and chair of the U.S. National Academies Committee on Advanced Air Mobility, and Mike Hirschberg, executive director of the Vertical Flight Society, join Aviation Week editors for a deep dive into what’s coming – military and civil, manned and unmanned, conventional and eVTOL –and…

Germany-based Eurowings, the low-cost carrier brand of Lufthansa Group, is poised to launch a long-haul brand, Eurowings Discover. This and the airline’s view of how the leisure travel market recovery is shaping up—the challenges and opportunities—will be discussion points with Jens Bischof, a highly-respected and innovative executive with a strong track record at the Lufthansa Group. Moderated by Karen Walker, Editor-in-Chief, ATW

Lufthansa Cargo is one of the largest cargo airlines globally. The carrier, like much of the sector, is facing a complex set of circumstances in the COVID-19 pandemic, managing relatively high demand and scarce capacity. Navigating the airline through the crisis is at the top of Dorothea von Boxberg’s challenging agenda as she takes the CEO position on March 1. Von Boxberg has served as the airline’s Chief Commercial Officer since 2018 following senior roles in the group’s passenger airline…

UK-based low-cost carrier easyJet is a major force in European air travel. CEO Johan Lundgren will provide his insights into how the market has been re-shaped by the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit. The discussion will take place on the day Lundgren also takes up the post of Airlines For Europe Chair, providing a platform for him to share viewpoints on industry-wide issues such as sustainability and carbon reduction and aviation taxation. Moderated by Karen Walker, Editor-in-Chief, ATW

Virtual Webinar Featuring Jonathan Hartman, Sikorsky Innovations What is the future of flight and how will we get there? Jonathan Hartman shares how the advanced technology arm of Sikorsky has been reinventing the helicopter over the last ten years and what the next decade might look like, from the perspective of one of the world’s largest providers of vertical flight solutions. Jonathan serves as the Strategy Lead for Sikorsky Innovations, the organization responsible for maturing next-generation products and technology for…

Under the leadership of CEO Alexandria de Juniac, IATA has led the charge to adapt the global airline industry to the devastating effects of the pandemic. De Juniac, a former Air France-KLM Group CEO, has worked tirelessly to persuade governments of the critical need for financial assistance and to adopt workable hygiene and border practices that can best enable air travel recovery. As he nears the end of his IATA term, he discusses the challenges ahead. Moderated by Karen Walker,…