Airbus eyes single-pilot, autonomous airliner to help carriers cut costs
Singapore
AIRBUS SE is looking to develop autonomous aircraft and technologies that will allow a single pilot to operate commercial jetliners, helping to cut costs for carriers, chief technology officer Paul Eremenko said.
"The more disruptive approach is to say maybe we can reduce the crew needs for our future aircraft," Mr Eremenko told Bloomberg Television's Yvonne Man in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. "We're pursuing single-pilot operation as a potential option and a lot of the technologies needed to make that happen have also put us on the path towards unpiloted operation."
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