Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
With the opening of a new airport in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, the world’s largest island is now more accessible than ever before.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Staff
Retirements in February 2025 came to 30 units, 19% under the same month of 2024.
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Aviation Week Staff
As of March 2025, 12% of the in-service fleet is classed as being in either parked or parked/reserve status.
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By Bill Carey
President Trump’s tariff actions are roiling an aerospace labor force that only recently achieved a measure of stability following successive strikes.
Marketplace

By Chen Chuanren
Korean Air will commence the retrofit of 11 Boeing 777-300ER in mid-2025, which will see the introduction of new premium economy seats into the aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
European aerospace players are worrying about the gradual transfer of the supply chain's ownership to non-European actors.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Jackson Square Aviation has placed a firm order for 50 Airbus A320neo aircraft, marking the lessor's first direct purchase from Airbus.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Europe’s LCCs are adapting to make the best of what they hope will be a good summer peak.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Boeing's 44 aircraft output came on the heels of a solid January, bolstered in part by deliveries held up following the late 2024 Puget Sound-area strike.
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By Graham Warwick
The first Z1 hybrid airship is to be delivered to Straightline in 2028 for initial cargo and humanitarian deployments to Brazil, Alaska and northern Canada.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Leonardo held off on naming its future aerostructures partner as part of a highly anticipated March 11 strategy update.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Victoria Moores
German leisure carrier Marabu, which launched in April 2023, is planning to grow its fleet from eight to 15 Airbus A320neos by 2026.
Airlines & Lessors

By Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Less than four years after boldly pledging to reach net zero emissions by 2050, IATA appears to be dropping the target. Is the airline industry abandoning sustainability or just acknowledging reality?
Check 6

By Ben Goldstein
As timelines stretch and the reality of the FAA’s aircraft type certification process fully sets in, the UAM market leaders are determined to not lose momentum.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa plans to operate up to nine Boeing 787-9s from 15 already completed 787s which are still awaiting U.S. certification of their business-class seats.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM said it reduced its Airbus A350F order from eight aircraft down to six following the manufacturer’s announcement that the type’s entry-into-service would be delayed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Aircraft lessors have benefited from rising lease rates, but slow aircraft production expansion and shifting U.S. economic policy are making growth harder.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Moore
Following on from our Star Alliance analysis, this week’s Carbon Analysis looks at Oneworld airlines Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Oman Air and Royal Air Maroc.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Victoria Moores
Embraer has created a new dedicated global leasing and freighter team, which will be based in Amsterdam and led by aeronautical engineer Oliver Gerg.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
As a military transport, the An-26 first flew in 1969; in the late 1990s, some of the almost 1,400 transports were converted to the commercial An-26-100 variant
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norse Atlantic has completed its previously announced redelivery of three Boeing 787-8s to the aircrafts’ lessor, leaving the airline with a fleet of 12 787-9s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Japan has completed the construction of its first large-scale sustainable aviation fuel facility, which is set to produce 79 million gal. by 2030.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
The Australian airlines are looking to reactivate or wet-lease widebodies, but they will still be behind pre-pandemic numbers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
The late-February request from the Air Force reflects a broader strategy to use government funds to seed investments in future commercial products.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Airbus deliveries remained at a slow pace in February as the manufacturer continued to suffer from a shortage of engines and slow aerostructures deliveries.
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