Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Mesa Airlines has been at the forefront of the push to adopt electric aircraft and electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Watched mostly in silence by Boeing workers, the final 747 emerged into the cold night late Dec. 6.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Slow rate of 787 delivery recovery reflects nonconformance and noncompliance problems such as gaps, shimming and other production issues.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
The partnership agreement was revealed during the Middle Eastern Business Aviation Association conference in Dubai.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau
Airbus is concerned the industry is not moving fast enough toward its net zero target and is shifting focus to hydrogen fuel cell tests.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Modified Cessna Skymaster plays key role in Canadian low-emission aviation program research effort.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
A twofold specific energy improvement is sought in batteries, seen as the weak link so far in a hybrid-electric architecture.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Using carbon for SAF; Automation for UAM; Net-zero jet fuel; and Electrifying ground support.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
Some bankers and advisors in mergers and acquisitions think the engine manufacturing subsector will rev up as the next deal-making hotspot.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus plans to flight-test a hydrogen fuel cell engine on its modified A380 testbed, as it already intended to do with a hydrogen-fueled turbofan.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters hopes demonstrator can prove out technologies to reduce their carbon emissions by 50%.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau, Thierry Dubois
China’s decision to certify some Western aircraft helps address a few markets. But it is also very political.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Boeing has temporarily suspended 777-9 test flights pending joint investigations with GE Aerospace into an unspecified issue on the aircraft’s GE9X engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
MTU Aero Engines is leading a research and technology project.
Air Transport

By Kevin Michaels
Aspiring operators of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles are about to run into the cold, hard reality of economics.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Fuel-cell single-aisle; Scaled flight testing; Modular hydrogen propulsion; and Impact-safe lithium battery.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Hydrogen-powered vehicles progressing on the rails, roads and at sea can inspire and inform aviation applications.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce and program partner airline EasyJet have conducted test runs on an AE2100 turboprop powered by liquid hydrogen rather than conventional jet fuel.
Air Transport

By Alex Derber
Chinese lessors may offload their foreign exposures and buy up Chinese airline aircraft owned by non-Chinese lessors.
MRO

By Guy Norris
Combined-cycle engine breakthrough demonstration paves way for Quarterhorse test flights in 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Operators of Rolls Royce Trent 800-powered Boeing 777s face mandatory fuel pump removals to correct an issue linked to thrust-loss incidents, EASA said.
MRO

By Jen DiMascio
Turkey’s new UCAV; U.S.-Japan missile defense test; Defense exec foresees supply chain price hikes; Space Force-Blue Origin agreement.
Space

By Graham Warwick
SAF from methanol; liquid-hydrogen demonstrator; improving ducted-fan eVTOL; and an uncrewed firefighting aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

Robin M. Mills
Low-carbon aviation fuels can help industry buy time to develop sustainable aviation fuel that is affordable enough for wide adoption.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy is the founding father of a leasing sector that today owns more than half of the global commercial aircraft fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion