Air Transport World

Boeing is closely monitoring CFM's RISE engine program, but will balance potential efficiency gains with the relative risk associated with new technologies.

Planned new Saudi Arabian flag carrier Riyadh Air may come to an arrangement with existing Saudi airlines to create or bolster its planned domestic network.

Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas has stressed the importance of Boeing meeting its 2025 delivery commitments amid the company’s ongoing supply chain issues.

The global air transport industry’s commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050 has been called into question, but Boeing believes this goal is still achievable.

Boeing is “seeing elements of recovery” in its supply chain as it moves toward a return of normality and eventual increases in its production rates.

CFM International President and CEO Gael Meheust talks about the futuristic RISE engine project and keeping up with booming demand.

CFM International has completed over 100 tests toward its RISE future engine program, which it is managing in parallel with a ramp-up in Leap engine production.

This week’s air transport stories include Irish startup Fly Atlantic’s planned launch in 2025 and the FAA finalizing flight deck secondary barrier final rule.

Some major airlines are ramping up plans to adopt air taxi service.

ATW editors discuss new cabin products and innovations seen at the Aircraft Interiors Expo better known as AIX.

Turkish Airlines is preparing to serve the Australian market, as it evaluates more destinations amid an expected massive future aircraft order.

Our Air Transport editors have been speaking to aviation experts, including Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury and ACI Asia-Pacific’s director general Stefano.

Study shows steps to speed up sustainability are clear and feasible.

Israir, the Israeli airline and tourism group, will take a majority share in ACMI provider and charter carrier Smartwings by the end of June.

Air Arabia Group has experienced some issues with new-generation engines, but the company’s CEO says supply chain problems remain its biggest challenge.

This week’s air transport stories from the IATA AGM in Istanbul, Turkey, include IATA mapping out detailed analysis of how the industry can reach net-zero 2060.

Initially conceived for executive jets, the partition is also attracting interest from airlines, particularly for premium cabins,

Air Tahiti Nui, which operates a small fleet of four Boeing 787-9 widebodies, is carefully studying the possibilities of new long-range narrowbodies.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels, the company’s CEO said, and is now looking to further expand its fleet and network map.

Pexco Aerospace's AirShield technology, which creates an invisible shield to reduce particulate transmission between passengers, has received FAA certification.

Our editors at the IATA AGM in Istanbul heard discussions on aviation sustainability, OEM supply chain frustrations and other key issues.

Airbus said the simpler, lighter bins will lead to an overall improvement of turnaround times and reduce the weight of the cabin structure by around 300 lbs.

The aircraft cabin is seeing more of an evolution, rather than a revolution, in designs this week at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX).

Emirates has begun work on another large order for widebody aircraft as the airline prepares for the replacement of a bigger part of its current fleet.

New Delhi-based Vistara’s integration into Air India has begun, even as the carrier continues its ambitious growth efforts.