Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Jan 09, 2018
CFM International has finalized an agreement with China’s LCC Spring Airlines for the purchase of 120 LEAP-1A engines to power its 60 Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Jan 09, 2018
Airbus has rolled out the first structurally complete airframe for its new BelugaXL transporter from its assembly hangar in Toulouse, France.
Jan 09, 2018
Chinese carriers introduced 424 aircraft—407 passenger aircraft and 17 freighters—in 2017, expanding their total fleet to 3,261 aircraft (3,118 passenger aircraft and 143 freighters) at year-end.
Jan 09, 2018
On Jan. 8, Boeing announced a Turkish Airlines order for three more 777 freighters the carrier placed in December 2017.
Apr 01, 2025
Two icing test campaigns on a section of a transonic truss-braced wing, like that in development for the X-66 demonstrator, reveal ice-protection concerns.
Apr 01, 2025
Uzbekistan-based Qanot Sharq Airlines plans to take advantage of the geographical location of its home country and expand its network to both Europe and China.
Mar 31, 2025
Electric aviation executives insist their main pitch to potential customers and investors is improved efficiency, reliability and maintainability.
Mar 31, 2025
ASTM will soon focus on the technical evaluation of candidate synthetic fuels, and the role aircraft and engine manufacturers play in ensuring jet fuel is safe.
Mar 31, 2025
LOT Polish Airlines is set to take a pair of Boeing 787-8s, currently placed with Thai Airways, on 12-year lease from DP Aircraft.
Mar 28, 2025
Safran increases its India presence, tapping Aerolloy Technologies to supply seven components for CFM Leap 1A and Leap 1B engines.
Mar 28, 2025
European airlines are worried that they will not be able to secure enough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to comply with tightening European mandates, but they insist that does not mean they are giving up on their industry-wide 2050 goal.
Mar 28, 2025
Aviation Week editors discuss why an Airbus next-generation single-aisle program launch is not imminent despite technological progress.