Aircraft & Propulsion

Europe’s Clean Aviation research program has announced funding for 19 projects totaling $760 million.

Low CFM56 retirements and sustained narrowbody demand are keeping overhaul volumes strong, with further growth expected.

Using airport taxiways, heliports and even a drag strip, Electra has demonstrated short-haul regional flights connecting locations across Virginia in the US.

Boeing’s production bottlenecks are delaying deliveries, weakening cash-flow expectations and testing Wall Street’s patience again.

Safran Corporate Ventures has acquired a minority stake in Akira Technologies, a Bayonne, France-based test specialist that Safran has used to assess the hybrid-electric layout of the CFM RISE demonstrator engine.

Austrian Airlines has sold its final three Boeing 767-300ERs to a U.S. firm for part out.

Hong Kong-based maintenance provider HAECO has launched a modular replacement service for Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines at its London Heathrow facility.

Korean Air's current efficiency is weighed against how the airline's newly confirmed order will support its carbon-reduction goals.

Jambojet plans to finalize a 10-year network strategy, expand its fleet and explore jet aircraft options while focusing on regional growth and efficiency.

As Airbus continues to evaluate whether to pursue an open fan for NGSA, the manufacturer's head of propulsion engineering sees one particular challenge if it goes unducted.

Airbus says it is investing £150 million on converting a former A380 wing facility at its site in Broughton, England, to build wings for the A321neo.

As CFM LEAP repair demand accelerates, HAECO is expanding authorized LRU capability to help operators reduce risk and plan with confidence.

AAIB finds startle effect likely caused hard landing of ASL Airlines UK ATR 72 freighter at East Midlands Airport in November 2025.

Boeing has received U.S. approval to build an additional 35 777F freighters, exempting it from impending ICAO emissions regulations that would have prevented deliveries beyond 2027.

Aviation Week's resident 747 experts Guy Norris and Jens Flottau discuss why Boeing’s “jumbo jet” still matters and has outlasted predictions made decades ago.

The research forms part of Clean Aviation’s goal to raise technology and certification readiness levels to 6 by 2030.

GE is working with Boeing to finalize an ETOPS test package for the 777-9, underscoring that its upgraded mid-seal is not needed for the critical flight trials.

Lufthansa Group firms options for 20 Boeing 737-10s, marking its first order for the type, which will gradually replace older Airbus A320 family aircraft across its portfolio of airlines.

The FAA has book-ended a set of inspections for Boeing 737 MAX door reinforcements, mandating manufacturer-recommended checks for an area of the forward galley door cutout.

Aura Aero has resumed flight testing with the Cassio S hybrid-electric demonstrator it acquired from Voltaero, renaming the aircraft X-Volt.

Boeing is developing a 737 MAX wing manufacturing improvement plan to relieve a choke point that is holding back the company’s plan to accelerate to higher production rates.

Boeing says FAA approval to begin ETOPS flight tests on the 777-9 is on hold pending resolution of the mid-seal issue on the aircraft’s GE9X engines.

BermudAir has defined its next chapter with an order for 10 Airbus A220-300s, but its current fleet of Embraer jets will not become obsolete for quite a while.

Kenya Airways has appointed Habil Waswani acting CEO as the carrier tackles financial losses and inefficiencies.

Boeing’s 737 MAX will have a new operator: the U.S. Air Force.