Airbus begins expanding its Belfast A220 wing facility to support production ramp-up to 13 aircraft per month by 2028, adding new infrastructure and jobs.
The FAA’s initiative to showcase advanced air mobility (AAM) is gathering pace, with Electra.aero demonstrating hybrid-electric flights connecting small local airports to major airline hubs.
Flyte builds a regional air mobility network with Vision Jets, targeting expansion and preparing for eVTOL integration as next-generation aircraft become available.
China’s AutoFlight has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesian helicopter operator Whitesky Aviation for 60 V2000EM Prosperity passenger eVTOLs.
The UK government and industry partners, including Google, have launched a large-scale contrail-avoidance trial on flights across the North Atlantic, one of the world’s contrail hot spots.
The goal of the test campaign was to see if a duct lined with a new Boeing acoustic treatment could maintain noise parity with the current 787 design while achieving up to 0.5% better fuel efficiency.
Maaz Dossa is a 2026 20 Twenties winner and an undergraduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His pioneering work focuses on advancing aviation safety and efficiency through innovative turbulence suppression technology and autonomous control systems.
New research from McKinsey—in partnership with Aviation Week—indicates that industry may be becoming more vulnerable when the inevitable downturn occurs.
Boeing officially logged a few of its Farnborough Airshow order announcements in July, including orders from Uganda National Airlines, AerCap, and Luxair.
