Deliveries of single-aisle airliners plummeted nearly 24% in 2019, largely due to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX, but should bounce back more than 34% in 2020, Teal Group analyst Richard Aboulafia said Jan. 23.
Adding simulator training to Boeing’s latest projected 737 MAX certification time frame could push Southwest Airlines’ next MAX revenue flights into the 2020 fourth quarter, estimates laid out by the airline’s executives show.
Israeli startup Eviation’s prototype Alice electric regional aircraft caught fire during ground testing at Prescott Regional Airport, Arizona, on Jan. 22.
A new European helicopter show is being established through a partnership of the European Helicopter Association and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
The UK Royal Air Force has sent one of its Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne early warning aircraft for storage in the U.S. as it shrinks its operational fleet.
The European Commission has “prebooked” four Ariane 6s for Galileo positioning satellite launches, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton announced Jan. 22.
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft has carried out its closest look yet at “Nightingale”—the nickname for the primary site on the asteroid Bennu where the mission is to gather a sample of surface material for a return to Earth in late 2023.
As the one-year mark of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding nears, airlines and lessors have to decide whether they want to make use of an upcoming opportunity to cancel orders for the aircraft.
Britain’s Military Flying Training System is to take delivery of four more Airbus H145 Jupiter helicopters to support an upgrade in pilot training requirements.
Boeing has abruptly ended its participation in the development of the Phantom Express reusable launch vehicle, effectively terminating DARPA’s XSP (Experimental Spaceplane) program for which it was being built.
During the next 10 years, manufacturers are expected to deliver nearly 7,500 new production helicopters worth $36.9 billion at retail prices, according to the 2020 Helicopter Fleet & MRO Forecast by the Aviation Week Network.
The U.S. Air Force is planning to hold its second demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System in April, in which an unmanned aircraft system will fly with a government-owned open communication system used for translating waveforms to communicate with the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II.
Boeing plans to restart 737 MAX production “months” before the FAA approves it to fly again, which could be as soon as early spring based on the company’s newest estimate, President and CEO Dave Calhoun said.
