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NASA unveiled hydrogen-fueled hybrid wing body (HWB) as a promising concept under its Commercially viable Hydrogen Aircraft for Reduction of Greenhouse Emissions (CH2ARGE) initiative for developing future zero-emission airliners.

BOEING rescinded required Sept 27 ratification date under its latest 'best and final' offer to striking workers represented by IAM District 751 union.

AIR ASTANA and AIRBUS are installing additional fuel tanks on A321LR to operate nonstop Almaty-London from Oct 4.

COMAC launched high-altitude testing of shortened, 140-pax C919 at Lhasa Gonggar Airport, Tibet.

LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE and ASIA DIGITAL ENGINEERING (ADE) teamed to enhance ADE's ELEVADE digital fleet management platform for A320s with predictive maintenance algorithms/trend monitoring applications by Liebherr.

AIRBUS forecasts commercial aircraft services market in Asia-Pacific will grow from US$52b in 2024 to US$129b ($109b for maintenance; $13b for upgrades/mods; $7.6b for ops/training) in 2043 to support about 19,500 aircraft in region. It anticipates need for 268,000 new pilots, 298,000 maintenance technicians and 433,000 cabin crew members.

B&H WORLDWIDE extended contract with AerFin for providing logistics support, including parts storage and inventory management, in Hong Kong.

BOEING signed new agreement with HAECO to supply spares and consignment parts to support its global MRO services.

Chris White to VP and Division Manager-Modeling, Simulation and Analysis, Air and Space Technology Sector of DCS, Alexandria, VA.

CFM INTERNATIONAL was formed 50 years ago by GE and Snecma.