Aircraft & Propulsion

Safety-first focus for 777X as flight tests pave way for certification phase, incorporating lessons from 737 MAX.

ATW's Editor-in-Chief writes about flying in a MAX on American Airlines' media demonstration flight.

Pratt & Whitney will open China’s second MRO shop for its PW1100G-JM GTF engines at MTU Maintenance Zhuhai Co. Ltd, a joint between MTU Aero Engines

Boeing is seeing some positive signs in its commercial aftermarket activity but cautions that the future of its once-high-profile services push will be shaped by post-pandemic demand.

The second MRO shop for Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G-JM GTF engines in China is to open at MTU Maintenance Zhuhai Co. Ltd, the joint venture (JV) between MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Airlines established in 2001.

Examining the position of aviation aftermarket hubs by region.

Lengthy and expensive financial challenges, Rolls remains bullish about the long-term market for the Trent 1000. At the beginning of 2021, Aviation Week Fleet & MRO Forecast data estimate 770 of the Rolls-powered 787s will be in service.

Rolls-Royce is pursuing a significant restructuring of its manufacturing operations to cope with reduced demand. The main changes involve the transfer

American Airlines COO David Seymour talked to Lee Ann Shay onboard a non-commercial Boeing 737 MAX flight from Tulsa to Dallas Ft. Worth on Dec. 2, in advance of the aircraft’s return to revenue service on Dec. 29.

MRO and aftermarket assets are already prime targets for mergers and acquisitions, but dealmakers do not want to rush into a bad deal.

A glimpse into some of the latest developments in aircraft and engine teardowns.

Airlines will fly 60-70% fewer seat kilometers in 2020 compared to last year, but the numbers are slowly increasing. The China market is the outlier

Tallinn Airport in Estonia is pushing ahead with plans to build a new cargo and MRO hub despite the ongoing financial constraints caused by COVID-19

TULSA, Oklahoma--American Airlines is poised to restart Boeing 737 MAX revenue service on Dec. 29—less than six weeks after the FAA cleared the model

The aviation paint industry is developing higher-performance coatings with reduced environmental impacts.

Swiss International Air Lines’ sister-company Edelweiss Air has had electronic flight bags on board its 16, mostly Airbus, aircraft for about a half

Corroded hardware is leaving Airbus A350 cockpit escape hatches difficult to open from the outside, leading Airbus to redesign the affected parts and prompting EASA to order modifications for the affected in-service fleet.

The fate of the Boeing 777 fleet will provide a bellwether for the health of the long-haul market next year. Of key interest will be how many aircraft

As of November 2020, China’s international flights are still down substantially but its daily domestic flights in the last week of the month averaged

Although travel restrictions have hammered medium- and long-haul flying, domestic flights are still possible in many countries, which has meant less

STS Aviation Group is now offering customers both new and old options to deal with COVID-19-driven uncertainties, according to company executive Bryan

MTU Maintenance Zhuhai plans to establish a second facility focusing on Pratt & Whitney narrowbody engines such as the geared turbofan. The facility

CDB Aviation, the Dublin-based arm of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, will convert a pair of Airbus A330-300 into freighters to meet expected future demand.

One of the most influential voices in the aircraft leasing community has said that he expects the next clean-sheet aircraft from Boeing and Airbus to

Hungarian MRO Aeroplex announced plans to build a new 26,246 ft.2 widebody maintenance facility in Budapest by early 2022. Arpad Demeny, CEO of