Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
Seeking a new era of sustained profitability, some budget carriers are playing to their unique strengths while others seek to evolve their operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
A team led by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is just starting its work on the Feb. 17 crash of a Delta Connection MHIRJ CRJ-900 at Toronto Pearson.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The UAE-based MRO will build a new GTF engine overhaul shop in Abu Dhabi by 2028.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The UK's competition regulator has begun an inquiry into Safran's protracted acquisition of an actuation and flight control system unit from Collins Aerospace.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
If any big U.S. airlines are considering combining, now might be a good time to do so.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Two stakeholder groups—Project SkyPower and the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Institute (SAFII)—have detailed separate plans to accelerate the roll out of SAF.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The CEO of SriLankan Airlines is looking at refinancing options to restructure its debt before the flag carrier can pursue long-term fleet renewal.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
As Brazilian carrier Azul eyes potential expansion to European cities, a partnership with Disney could play a part.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Allegiant has built a growth schedule for 2025 that factors in the arrival of additional Boeing 737-8s, and it believes the OEM will be able to deliver on that.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Air Canada continues to await the delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, which the airline was supposed to receive in the 2024 first quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
A new International Council on Clean Transportation study says commercial aircraft fuel-burn improvements have stagnated since 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The problem occurs when traveling at low speeds on contaminated runways.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
CFM International is planning on a 15-20% increase in Leap turbofan deliveries this year as the engine manufacturer further de-risks its supplier basis,
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Kurt Hofmann
Finnair plans to increase its total capacity by 10% in 2025 based on shifting aircraft from wet-lease to in-house operations, as well as adding a new A350-900.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The ATRs will be fitted with the type’s new standard engine, the PW127XT, which delivers a 3% improvement in fuel consumption over its PW127M predecessor.
Airlines & Lessors

By Joe Anselmo, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
As Airbus puts hydrogen on the back burner and ATR delays its hybrid-electric turboprop, does the industry have a prayer of meeting its net-zero goals?
Check 6

By James Pozzi
The preliminary designs for the facility have been completed and approved for the planned facility, and it could break ground on the site by this summer
Supply Chain

By Lori Ranson
The Panama-based company is forecasted to take delivery of 13 737-8 narrowbodies in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
ATR is beginning a 2-3-year journey where it will be investing $10-20 million to solve maintenance issues, ATR CEO Nathalie Tarnaud Laude said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Avolon's $608 million net profit in 2024 was helped by a $177 million settlement from insurance claims involving aircraft previously leased to Russian airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Fast-growing Latin American ULCC JetSMART anticipates adding more than 50 aircraft to its all-Airbus narrowbody fleet over the next six years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Richard Aboulafia
To what extent will China’s rise as a world power be accompanied by a determination to go it alone in the jetliner market?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
As battery performance is expected to remain insufficient in the coming years, ATR has delayed the launch of a hybrid-electric version of its ATR 72 turboprops.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Supply chain issues ATR has faced since the pandemic are not only causing late deliveries, they are also impeding sales, ATR CEO Nathalie Tarnaud Laude says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus’ decision to back-burner hydrogen propulsion is one more sign commercial aviation is having a hard time finding technology solutions to decarbonize.
Aircraft & Propulsion