Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 08, 2026
Results from Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization show the number of ground days versus flown days for the global Leap and PW1000G-powered single-aisle fleets in 2026.
Jun 08, 2026
NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built X-59 Quesst low-boom demonstrator conducted its first supersonic flight on June 5, reaching Mach 1.1 on an 81-min. mission.
Jun 08, 2026
SIA Engineering Company and Safran Aircraft Engines will establish a joint venture to create a full-service CFM Leap engine MRO facility in Singapore.
Jun 08, 2026
The mission profile of the 737-7 for Southwest has not changed, but the number of -7s in its fleet could differ from initial expectations.
Jun 08, 2026
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft developer Heart Aerospace has begun taxi tests of its full-scale piloted flight demonstrator, the X1.
Jun 07, 2026
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Ronald Lam has given an update on the Boeing 777-9, for which Cathay Pacific has 35 on order.
Jun 07, 2026
Ethiopian Airlines expects to make fleet decisions soon on new regional and cargo aircraft despite being hit with huge fuel cost increases.
Jun 07, 2026
IATA director general Willie Walsh's speech opening the association’s AGM was in his signature style—verbally jabbing hard at those who he sees as standing in the way of airline success and profitability.