Charles Alcock
Managing Editor
Charles Alcock is managing editor of the AIN Media Group, having rejoined the company in 2019. He has been an aviation journalist since 1986, and previously worked for AIN from 1990 to 2017, most recently as editor-in-chief. His main focus is on covering new aviation technology and business models, as well as international news.
Having been raised in the London area, Alcock studied at the University of Manchester in the UK and earned an honors degree in Politics and Modern History. He speaks English and French, and some German.
Latest from Charles Alcock
FutureFlight
UK's Future Flight Challenges Prepares Path to Flight Demonstrations
In 2021, the Future Flight Challenge will launch a competition to select three aircraft types to participate in flight trials to be conducted in 2023.
FutureFlight On The Radar
Uber Elevate's 2020 White Paper Spells Out Next Steps For Urban Air Mobility
The document arrives four years after Uber's first urban air mobility white paper and with speculation building that it intends to sell the Uber Elevate division.
Aircraft
First Praetor 600 Joins Flexjet's European Fleet
The super-midsize aircraft will be part of Flexjet's Red Label fractional ownership program in Europe.
Charter & Fractional
Bizav Flight Activity Decline May Be Stabilizing
Latest data from WingX's Global Market Tracker shows recent flight activity to have been 19 percent down on 2019.
Airlines
Airlines and Airports Call for Extended Slot Rule Flexibility
The Worldwide Slot Board says air transport cannot recover from the Covid-19 pandemic without changes to "use-them-or-loose-them" slot allocation rules.
FutureFlight
EMEC Delivers First Mobile Hydrogen Refueling System
ZeroAvia is developing hydrogen propulsion technology to replace fossil-fuel engines on existing aircraft.
FutureFlight
Ampaire's Electric EEL Demonstrator Set to Take Off in Hawaii Flight Trials
The so-called Hawai'i Bird test aircraft will be operated on market survey flights with local operator Mokulele Airlines.
Aircraft
Brazil Follows FAA in Lifting 737 Max Grounding
Brazil's ANAC aviation authority is adopting FAA's airworthiness directive to allow the Boeing 737 Max airline to resume operations.
Airlines
IATA Calls for Rapid Covid Tests as Europe Struggles
The association says the tests must replace quarantines and that slot allocation waivers must be extended to allow for a slow air transport recovery.
Airlines
IATA Opens Aviation Carbon Exchange To Facilitate Offsets
JetBlue Airways is the first carrier to purchase carbon offset credits through IATA's new trading platform.
Aircraft
EASA Issues Proposed Conditions for 737 Max Return to Service
The European agency published a proposed airworthiness directive that includes conditions beyond those issued by the FAA last week.
FutureFlight
Uber Elevate Executive Describes How Safety Culture For Urban Air Mobility is Taking Root
The company's head of aviation safety says its culture rejects the "move fast and break things" stereotype of high-tech start-ups.
FutureFlight
Japanese Officials Back Plans For Urban Air Mobility Revolution in Osaka
The Osaka-Kansai Japan World Expo in 2025 is seen as a platform for rolling out larger-scale air mobility operations.
FutureFlight On The Radar
Canadian Group Builds a Strong Case For Advanced Air Mobility
The new Advanced Air Mobility consortium has published detailed reports to support the economic, environmental, and social case for eVTOL aircraft operations in cities like Vancouver.
Airlines
IATA Unveils Travel Pass To Facilitate Covid Test Acceptance
IATA says governments must urgently lift quarantine restrictions based on a harmonized approach to Covid testing because airlines can't wait for vaccines.
FutureFlight
VoltAero Gets European Green Funding For Its Hybrid Electric Cassio
The company is working to certify a family of four- to ten-seat fixed-wing aircraft by early 2023 .
FutureFlight
Energy Group EDP Backs Embraer's Plans For Electric Aircraft
The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer's new partnership with Portugal-based ENG builds on its 2019 alliance with WEG.
FutureFlight
Lilium Mines Silicon Valley for New CFO
The appointment of a San Francisco-based CFO comes two weeks after Lilium announced expansion plans in the U.S.
Engines
Embraer and Energy Group EDP Team on Electric Aircraft
Energy group EDP is acquiring energy storage and battery charging technologies that will support Embraer's light electric aircraft program.
FutureFlight
FAA Seeks Input on Special Conditions to Certify MagniX Electric Propulsion Systems
The company already has two applications for the systems.
Environment
New Focus on SAF in UK's 'Green Industrial Revolution'
The UK government is investing almost $28 million to encourage development of sustainable aviation fuel use.
FutureFlight
Paris Officials Start Selecting Partners For Urban Air Mobility Trials
Choose Paris Region intends to name the partners for its UAM project in mid-December 2020.
FutureFlight
Business Aviation Investor Turns His Attention To Urban AIr Mobility
Zanite Acquisition is set to complete a $200 million IPO and is backed by Kenneth Ricci and Steven Rosen.
FutureFlight
Wisk and Alaka'i Sign Up for NASA's Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign
The eVTOL developers are joining 17 other companies to support NASA's efforts to nurture a leadership role for U.S. companies in advanced air mobility.
FutureFlight
Flight Test Pilots and Engineers Share Knowledge Through New Council
Membership in the eVTOL Flight Test Council has quickly grown to 160 individuals from manufacturers, regulators, and suppliers.
FutureFlight On The Radar
Report Predicts Burgeoning eVTOL Fleet and Big Spending By 2050
Transport Roland Berger predicts 160,000 aircraft and a $90 billion market in 30 years from now.
Airports
Autonomous Electric Tow Tugs Could Cut Handling Costs
Moonware is developing fully autonomous electric tugs that will be able to move aircraft up to the size of a widebody airliner.
FutureFlight
Automation Could Be Available for Ground Handling of eVTOL Aircraft
Moonware says its electric, autonomously operated tow tugs could be ready to enter service at vertiports and airports by 2023.
FutureFlight
Public Flight Demo Gives Korea a Look at EHang's 216 AAV
Authorities in the country's capital want to launch urban air mobility services between 2023 and 2026.
FutureFlight
Lilium Announces Plan to Build eVTOL Air Mobility Network in Florida
A vertiport in in the Orlando-area community of Lake Nona is the first step in a planned network offering flights within a 185-mile radius.
