Articles tagged “Southern Airways Express”

Surf Air Mobility plans to list directly on public markets in the U.S. after ending a planned $1.4 billion special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, listing.

The Southern Airways Express and Surf Air Mobility merger will be the first to bring together an airline and an electric aviation technology company. The goal is to get hybrid electric aircraft, think hybrid cars, to U.S. skies before anyone else.

Tempers are flaring as airlines, unions, and even Congress point fingers at who’s to blame for the pilot shortage. Edward “Ned” Russell and Madhu Unnikrishnan discuss an innovative program at Southern Airways Express, as well as why Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein may have a point about foreign pilots flying into the U.S.

U.S. regional Southern Airways Express CEO Stan Little thinks he has the answer to the pilot shortage with the airline's cadet program. But what makes Southern's offering different?