Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
New CEO Kelly Ortberg can focus on reshaping and reinvigorating the battered aerospace giant with the machinists strike resolved.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Robert Wall, Sash Tusa
Even in a duopoly, one company's misfortunate isn't necessarily the other's fortune. Financial analyst Sash Tusa joins our editors to explain why.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. regulator responds to industry concerns by offering alternative pathways for powered-lift training and operating limits.
Advanced Air Mobility

ATI

Steve Costley

ATI announced sale of its precision rolled strip operations in New Bedford, MA and Remscheid, Germany to ULBRICH in order to focus on aerospace.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

Stéphane Cueille to Chief Executive Officer of Safran Aircraft Engines (effective early 2025).

Aerospace

Steve Costley

Bruno Bellanger to Chief Executive Officer of Safran Electrical & Power, France.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

AIRBUS delivered 62 aircraft (eight A220s; 48 A320neo Fam; four A330s; two A350s) in October vs 71 (nine A220s; 51 A320s; three A330s; eight A350s) in Oct '23; it has delivered 559 of planned 770 for year. It booked/finalized orders from AMERICAN for an A321neo, DRUK AIR for three A320neos/two A321neos and undisclosed customers for 16 A320neos.

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Steve Costley

TRANSDIGM GROUP had $1.7b net income on $7.9b sales for year ended Sept 30 vs $1.3b on $6.6b a year ago.

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Lee Eckert to Chief Financial Officer of Chromalloy, FL.

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IFPL GROUP was selected by Finnair to supply Cobalt Spectrum LED mood lighting systems for retrofit on 12 E190s.

Aerospace

By Ben Goldstein
Joby’s 523-mi. (841-km) flight in a hydrogen-powered S4 air taxi over the summer was groundbreaking for two major reasons.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The BlackBird demonstrator is planned to fly in early 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Switzerland’s Smartflyer rolled out is SFX1 prototype electric aircraft at Grenchen Airport on Nov. 6.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft will use a hybrid-electric range extender that XPeng has introduced for its electric vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The first conforming subassembly, an S4 tail, has been completed and is now undergoing conformity inspection by the FAA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
In a study relying on employee integration missions, Toulouse-based consultancy Cylad has issued a series of recommendations on how to better train workers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Rise Air's announcement of an ATR 72-600 order marks the introduction of the type in Canada and adds to the OEM's meager list of sales since January.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The Emirates Group has releases its ‘half-year financial performance, posting a profit before tax of AED 10.4 billion (US$ 2.8 billion) for the first six months of 2024-25.
Air Transport

Gulfstream Aerospace will exhibit its ultra large-cabin Gulfstream G700 and the clean-sheet Gulfstream G500 aircraft at the Bahrain International Airshow.
Business Aviation

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has to deliver a further 211 commercial aircraft over November and December to meet its production target of 770 airliners in 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion