Aviation Daily

By Guy Norris
NASA’s X-59 Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator achieved Mach 1.4 at 55,000 ft. on June 12.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
Wizz Air is progressively returning Airbus A321neos to service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Indian accident investigators issued a one-year update on June 2025’s Air India Boeing 787 accident.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Even if an airline forecasts passenger traffic demand, costs and resources 100% correctly, unpredicted events can rapidly turn profit into loss.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Portuguese widebody aircraft wet-lease specialist euroAtlantic Airways (EAA) targets long-term contracts.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has confirmed it expects to begin taking deliveries of its Boeing 737-10 orders late next year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Oman-based LCC SalamAir CEO Adrian Hamilton-Manns outlines network adjustments made necessary by the Gulf conflict.
Airlines & Lessors

Matthias Schnellmann
It's not about policies that require SAF, or designing scalable, affordable SAF. The most significant threat to scaling SAF is airport infrastructure itself.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
If Airbus does choose to develop a stretched version of the A220, it may come too late for Air France-KLM, according to the airline group's CEO Ben Smith.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Embraer is preparing to begin tests in a fuel-cell rig as it explores the potential of hydrogen as a fuel to decarbonize aviation.
Emerging Technologies

By Daniel Williams
Flight Friday examines how Eastern European (excluding Russia) operators' narrowbody and widebody monthly flight cycles compare to Turkish operators.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The NTSB, referencing lessons learned from 11 investigations, is urging the FAA to expand its runway condition reporting protocols to include more categories for heavy rain.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Embraer has developed 20 new aircraft in 25 years, its CEO says. But since 2019, Embraer has not launched a new or even a derivative commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
Malaysia has welcomed more investment into its aftermarket sector after Collins Aerospace’s announcement it will quadruple its MRO footprint in the country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Wizz Air said it would keep all 11 of the Airbus A321XLRs it already has in its fleet or on order in its own network.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Composite materials, despite their increasing use in commercial aircraft designs, offer possibilities that airframers have yet to use to maximum advantage.
Emerging Technologies

By Keith Mwanalushi
FL Technics and Heston Materials are adapting supply chain strategies and utilizing technology to address uncertainty.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is urging Airbus to manage the development of its next-generation, single-aisle airliner (NGSA) out of Hamburg.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
LITEF is developing technologies to make GPS receivers resilient to spoofing, in addition to the less challenging jamming threat.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
After a United Airlines 767 struck on object before touching down at Newark, the carrier has reminded pilots that efforts to maximize runway stopping distance can create ancillary risks on approach.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
U.S.-based aerospace companies have submitted proposals to participate in the next phase of the FAA’s Continuous Low Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
Two German companies have signed a deal to advance the commercialization of electric sustainable aviation fuels (eSAF).
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
IndiGo has big plans for its expanding fleet of Airbus A321XLRs, making it one of multiple Asia-Pacific LCCs that foresee major roles for this longer-range narrowbody variant.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Improvements cabin equipment suppliers have been studying for passenger safety and comfort may ultimately reduce the required number of flight attendants.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
American Airlines “did the work” to evaluate a potential combination with United Airlines, its CEO told shareholders, before nixing the idea.
Airlines & Lessors