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By Graham Warwick, Thierry Dubois
Ask the editors: Longer-haul electric aircraft will depend on better energy storage, higher power densities and greater efficiencies.
Sustainability

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Ask the Editors: Despite pandemic budget challenges, MROs invested in technician-training technology to ensure regulatory compliance.
Workforce & Training

By Bernie Baldwin
It’s many a year now since engineering products were simply manufactured and sold, sometimes with a guarantee. Nowadays however, make a sale of such
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: Flight crews favor vaccination, but requirements depend on airline policies and local laws, which are changing quickly.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Embraer’s monopoly in regional jets could last for years, but that position is not as great as it sounds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bernie Baldwin
It may not yet be considered a mature aviation market, but Africa is expected to be a huge area for growth in aircraft acquisition during the 2020s
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Lee Ann Shay
Ask the Editors: Aftermarket providers inspect all probes and ports to ensure they are not contaminated by insects or foreign objects.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
日本の航空会社は、2021年初頭に新型コロナウィルスの感染拡大第3波の影響による運航数の大幅減を経て、再び国内線の運航を強化している。
Air Transport & MRO

By Guy Norris
Ask the Editors: The 737’s baseline configuration has been remarkably resilient for decades, but it is unlikely to evolve beyond the -10.
Air Transport

By Bernie Baldwin
Time was – and it’s not so long ago – when the idea of inflight entertainment systems were the domain of long-haul aircraft and the idea of
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the editors: Is it worthwhile to change aviation’s fuel infrastructure? The answer might be the use of LNG as a transition to SAF.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Ask the Editors: Private aviation providers report a spike in inquiries and increased sales to former first-class airline passengers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Reopenings are expected to vary by region, as the distribution of vaccines and pace of vaccinations remains uneven.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bernie Baldwin
“Horses for courses,” says the old adage, implying that certain things are designed to fill certain roles. A role, however, need not be too narrowly
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Bill Carey
Ask the Editors: The military is gradually adapting to the FAA’s ADS-B requirements, though many of its aircraft are exempt from the new regulations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: With demand for widebodies diminishing, lessors will abstain from placing new widebody orders for several years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bernie Baldwin
When any new aircraft is launched into the market, the headline items from the manufacturer describing the new product usually relate to parameters
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Tony Osborne
Ask the Editors: Exports will be critical for both the Tempest and FCAS programs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Ask the Editors: Mandates are in effect around the world, and the Single European Sky ATM Research Deployment Manager has mapped them.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Ask The Editors: Regulators working on the 737 MAX were not buoyed by the pandemic, but COVID-19 was not a major factor on downtime.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Ask the editors: Aviation Week forecasts that the vast majority of Boeing 767 aircraft in the fleet now will still be operating in 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bernie Baldwin
Delivering comfort in what was once thought of as a niche segment, crossover narrowbody jets such as the Airbus A220 family and the first and second
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Steve Trimble
Ask the Editors: Warfare has changed over the decades, so what worked in previous conflicts may no longer be the way to go.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
Ask the editors: The share of leased versus owned aircaft is rising, causing carriers to change course—a trend that may stay for a while.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Ask the Editors: USAF pushed the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber’s first flight from December 2021 to mid-2022. What does that mean?
Budget, Policy & Operations