Air Transport

LONDON HEATHROW handled 6.7m pax in May, up 25.9% vs May 2022.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Production issues and supply chain shortages are continuing short-term problems for Airbus, but the OEM must also define a long-term product strategy.
Paris Air Show

By Jens Flottau, Tony Osborne
Airbus has begun work on a next-generation aircraft to enter service in 2035, opting for a novel architecture that may enable use of open-rotor engines.
Paris Air Show

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris
Aviation Week editors talk with GE’s CEO about the company’s breakup and new focus on aerospace.
Paris Air Show

By Matthew Fulco
Lessors now own about 53% of the global fleet, suggesting that leasing is the top method of aircraft financing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Startup Fly Atlantic is planning to launch Airbus A321LR or Boeing 737-8 operations in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Union negotiators from the pilots union, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), and FedEx management reached the tentative agreement on May 30.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
NASA and Boeing hope the X-66A Sustainable Flight Demonstrator paves the way for more efficient commercial airliner configurations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s May deliveries underscored its commercial programs’ inconsistency of late as 737 MAX handovers rebounded following a decline in April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The future of Saudi-China Air Connectivity has been stepped up with a collaboration between the two nations.
Air Transport

IndiGo’s CEO, Pieter Elbers has been elected as the chair-elect of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors.
Maintenance & Training

Qatar Airways Cargo has achieved the IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators in Perishable Logistics (CEIV Fresh) certification.
Air Transport

Texel Air, a Bahraini cargo airline, has launched a sister airline Texel Air Australasia which will be located at Auckland International Airport New Zealand.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways is teaming up with Paramount Pictures to celebrate the release of the film Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates has said its Premium Economy offering will be available to customers flying to and from Mumbai and Bengaluru, starting 29 October.
Air Transport