"It's very, very different from what the military would call formation flight. It's really nothing to do with close formation," explained Dr. Sandra Bour Schaeffer, CEO of Airbus UpNext, in an interview with CNN Travel. "You can't see the wake, so you just can't say 'Ah, I'm in the right spot,'" said Bour Schaeffer. We will have no compromise on safety, whatsoever," said Bour Schaeffer. Flight planning procedures will have to be developed for planes to match routes with other aircraft, along with positions and altitudes to begin a formation flight.

Source: CNN September 15, 2020 09:45 UTC