Owners realize an aircraft’s residual value by removing and selling parts and must now dismantle in an environmentally sustainable way.

Readers write about “balanced capitalism” in aerospace, flying UAVs to help fight COVID-19 and cleaner airline cabin air.

Boeing plans to resume production of its widebody commercial aircraft in the Puget Sound area factories starting as early as April 20 following…

The COVID-19 crisis will have an impact on aircraft production and MRO for years to come.

Howmet Aerospace has eight mostly smaller manufacturing plants that are closed because of the coronavirus, the company’s chief executive said late April 14, and more were shuttered in March when the Pittsburgh-based supplier was still part of Arconic.

Spirit AeroSystems—the primary supplier to Boeing including for much of the 737 MAX and which does substantial defense industry work—warned Wall Street on April 14 it will record a roughly $160 million loss for the recently ended first quarter of 2020, as well as a pretax loss of around $102 million.

Budget cuts to ground NASA SOFIA 747SP observatory, while obsolescence prompts replacement study for DC-8 airborne science missions.

Small narrowbodies have been losing market share to larger aircraft but lower travel demand may mean a second chance.