Aircraft & Propulsion

Already operating a 737-800F in Thailand, the new additions make more operational sense as AirAsia Group is already operating more than 200 Airbus A320 family aircraft in the region.

Boeing continues to evaluate and develop improvements to the aircraft’s aerodynamics and flight control system ahead of long-delayed certification tests of the 777-9.

Australasia’s widebody fleet has been slow to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, and reduced aircraft numbers are constraining airlines’ ability to meet surging international demand.

Kazakhstan’s Qazaq Air is in the market for regional jets and small narrowbodies to augment its turboprop fleet.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Blue Islands, a Jersey-based regional airline that connects the Channel Islands with the UK and France, has signed a letter of intent with Universal Hydrogen to

United Airlines has become the latest advanced-air-mobility customer to place bets on electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxis.

United Airlines has become the latest advanced-air-mobility customer to place bets on electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxis.

KIELCE, POLAND—A Polish company is advancing flight-testing of a single-engine very light jet. The five-seat, single-pilot Flaris Lar 1, which first

Turkish Airlines’ chairman says he would take up to 70 more new-generation aircraft for the carrier's fleet for 2023 if they were available now.

The decision by Rolls-Royce narrows the list of potential engine providers for the Mach 1.7 Overture airliner project.

A&D is losing talent to other sectors and technology companies “at potentially unsustainable rates,” with technology-related outflows of workers twice their inflows.

The move signals the growing importance of electric power in new aircraft designs.

As novel cockpits become a pressing need in civil and military aviation, sensors may enable the creation of metrics for human factors.

Transferring integrated model-based system engineering (MBE) tools for aircraft design and production to the commercial sector is no slam-dunk.

An early August delivery to American Airlines was lauded as the first Boeing 787 handover in more than a year, but the manufacturer’s accounting policies mean history will tell a different story.

The module will contribute to increased efficiency and lower fuel burn.

After a harmful expansion that took it close to collapse, Norwegian Air Shuttle’s new short-haul strategy is paying off.

Problems with a part wearing prematurely led CFM International to recommend special monitoring of a Leap-1B performance parameter, and European regulators will mandate the work.

Porter Airlines is close to starting Embraer E-Jet E2 pilot training as its first aircraft completes pre-delivery test flying in Brazil.

The largest Russian manufacturer of commercial aircraft has seen its first-half losses increase tenfold.

DG plans to build the first of a planned 21 North American production sites in Louisiana.

UK and New Zealand companies have joined forces to develop facilities to enable aerospace companies to test liquid hydrogen fuel systems for flight certification and support the shift to sustainable aviation.

The changes include the addition of a third source of angle-of-attack data—a modification which will eventually be installed on all MAX variants.

United Engine Corporation is instead focusing on building import-substitute engines now that Russia is cut off from Western technologies.