Aerospace

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA says the pace of growth in SAF volumes remains disappointing, and more action is needed—especially from traditional oil companies—to boost quantities.
Emerging Technologies

One of the highlights of a packed static aircraft line-up at MEBAA is the Airbus ACJ220, which is making its show debut.
Business Aviation

By Chen Chuanren
KAI will continue manufacturing the Boeing 737 MAX's empennage into the 2030s following an extension of its contract with Boeing.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
IATA plans to look at whether there is evidence of anti-competitive behavior among aircraft manufacturers and the aerospace supply chain, as delays and shortages continue.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Steve Costley

HONEYWELL was selected by Colombia's Avianca to supply 131-9A APUs, Pegasus II flight management system (FMS), IntuVue RDR-4000 weather radar system, TCAS, integrated multi-mode receiver, and EGPWS for 138 new A320neos.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

LOAR launched public offering of 4.75m shares of common stock, including 1.58m shares by stockholders and 3.17m shares by Loar, plus options, for repayment of debt and general corporate purposes, including adding working capital.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

ARCHER AVIATION entered into a multi-party collaboration agreement with key UAE and Abu Dhabi entities to advance the establishment of eVTOL manufacturing in MENA region and electric air taxi operations in Abu Dhabi.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP has $11m contract to supply landing gear assemblies for US Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

Nico Neumann to co-Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Aircraft, Germany; Dave Jackson is other co-CEO.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

CFM INTERNATIONAL has FAA certification for updated HPT hardware durability kit for LEAP-1A to increase time on wing, especially in hot and harsh environments; kit includes HPT stage 1 blade/nozzle and forward inner nozzle support.

Aerospace

By Guy Norris
The propulsively efficient open fan forms a center piece of CFM’s RISE technology but its large diameter poses integration challenges for single aisle airliners
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Deutsche Aircraft Group has named Nico Neumann as the new CEO of Deutsche Aircraft, which is developing a new version of the legacy Dornier 328.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Qatar Airways Group chief executive officer, Mohammed Al-Meer, took part in this year’s Doha Forum, highlighting the airline’s commitment to sustainable growth.
Aerospace

By Daniel Williams, Guy Ferneyhough
This year the number of Airbus A330s converted into freighters passed the half-century mark, but that number will look meager compared to a decade from now.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
Stop-fold tiltrotor tests; EcoPulse lessons learned; Black Hawk advanced controls; China’s AAM avionics supplier.
Emerging Technologies

By Stephen Costley

AIRBUS delivered 84 aircraft (12 A220s; 66 A320s; A330; five A350s) in November vs 64 (seven A220s; 48 A320s; three A330s; six A350s) in Nov 2023; it has now delivered 643 of planned 770 aircraft in 2024.

Aerospace

By Stephen Costley

FORTUNE AVIATION SERVICES projects that global long-haul widebody freighter fleet will be insufficient to meet expected demand until at least 2030 when the 777-8F should be in service; there are no easy fixes for this shortfall.

Aerospace

By Stephen Costley

Carmen-Maja Rex to Chief Human Resources Officer of Airbus (effective April 2025).

Aerospace

By Brian Everstine
Scaled Composites brings back its “Old School” test platform seven years after its last flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Stratolaunch says it is receiving its final rounds of approvals to conduct its first reusable test flight of the Talon A hypersonic testbed by Dec. 31.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Archer has signed a partnership pact with key Abu Dhabi stakeholders in related to plans to launch service, train pilots and manufacture electric air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Anduril Industries and OpenAI have formed a “strategic partnership” to develop artificial intelligence systems for national security missions.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Network Staff
As Russian airlines continue to look for new ways to source spares under sanctions, Aeroflot Group is looking to buy a small fleet of freighters for teardown.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Portugal’s EEA Aircraft and Maintenance is selecting suppliers for the country’s first indigenously produced aircraft, naming Akaer as structures supplier.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is still more than 120 aircraft away from meeting its target of delivering around 770 aircraft in 2024 even after output surged in November.
Aircraft & Propulsion