Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing developed the plan in response to an FAA 737 production audit and an expert panel’s report on Boeing’s organizational safety.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The moves by the airframer and the engine manufacturer illustrate their all-out effort to make their supply chain more resilient and reliable.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Ferneyhough
The party has committed to promoting SAF and encouraging airspace modernization should its leader Keir Starmer be elected prime minister.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Emirates has started to take in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for its flights out of Singapore Changi Airport, its first SAF investment in Asia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
CDB Aviation says it is making rapid progress in changing over its fleet to less-polluting aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore-based LCC Scoot—which inducted the Embraer E190-E2 into commercial service in May— is set to benefit from ANAC-CAAS agreement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Four years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brasilia is moving closer to offering carriers fiscal relief.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The ASCIC was formed earlier in 2024 as a direct response to a records-falsification scandal that made headlines late in 2023.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The global market for sustainable aviation fuel is at a turning point as most of the fuel consumed in 2025 will be under a mandate, SkyNRG says.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
It’s a safe bet most aviation safety professionals know the basics of Japan Airlines Flight 123 (JAL123).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Zero has previously signed agreements with Boeing and Rolls-Royce.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
A Canadian judge has found UIA liable for the deaths of 176 passengers and crew on board a flight shot down by Iranian surface-to-air missiles.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France’s whole fleet will be in operation over the peak summer period, when it expects up to 125,000 passengers per day, equivalent to 2019 summer levels.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
As expected, Boeing had a quiet month of orders and deliveries in May with just four 787s ordered and 24 deliveries, 19 of which were 737 MAX aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
The import-substituted version of Russia’s Superjet 100 regional jet dubbed SJ-100 has begun its certification flight program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
For the Figeac, southwest France-based company, obtaining new business means being on track to recovery.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
The returned A330 was the 85th Cathay aircraft to be brought back from storage overseas—and it was also the first to enter long-term storage on July 28, 2020.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Austrian Airlines is looking at Lufthansa Group's incoming Boeing 737-8s as an option replace its aging Airbus A320s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
MASkargo will gain access to the Qatar Airways Cargo network from Doha, while Qatar Airways Cargo will gain Asia-Pacific market access from Kuala Lumpur.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
While the risks to the global economy and aviation are obvious, growth is good, and many new aircraft orders are imminent.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The NTSB is urging the FAA to “evaluate the effectiveness of the activation logic for the runway status light system” and, if necessary, update its logic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Moore
The worst offenders for efficiency are the best performers when total emissions are considered, while higher efficiency aircraft create the most emissions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia decided to revive the Il-114-300 in 2016 to replace the Soviet-era Antonov An-24 regional turboprops still operated in remote parts of the country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA said its projections for a tripling of SAF production in 2024 to 1.9 billion liters are on track, an encouraging sign.
Emerging Technologies