Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing’s latest 20-year outlook sees traffic and global GDP growth figures lower than the comparable 2021 forecast assumptions.

Three years after Le Bourget 2019 the aerospace industry is coming together for another one of its major airshows in Farnborough, following more regional recent events in Singapore, Dubai and Berlin.

ST Engineering and Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) have redelivered the world’s first Airbus A320 passenger to freighter (P2F) aircraft to Vaayu Group, which will in turn lease the aircraft to new Indian cargo carrier Pradhaan Air Express.

Supply chain problems have slowed deliveries of Leap 1 engines to Airbus and Boeing.

Over the 2018-25 period, Safran intends to invest a total $200-250 million in India, essentially around Leap engine production and MRO.

Stan Deal, president and CEO at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, talks about customer expectations, how Boeing will deliver, and expectations for the Farnborough Airshow.

Ryanair Group is extending the leases for the Lauda-operated aircraft because lessors are demanding long-term agreements in the wake of aircraft seizures in Russia, CEO Michael O'Leary says.

Korean Air’s chairman is confident of gaining regulatory approval for proposed Asiana acquisition by the end of this year.

The U.S. Defense Department has requested high-level configuration proposals for a Blended Wing Body (BWB) that can be 30% more efficient than the aerodynamics of the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330 and combine with a new generation of propulsion technology to reduce fuel burn more than 60% by 2030 compared to the current technology.

Boeing is ramping up 737 MAX deliveries and says it has hit its target of producing 31 737s per month, though the rate must still be stabilized.

Anticipating swift growth in India and hoping for a follow-on Rafale contract, Safran invests in production and MRO facilities.

Universal Hydrogen has inaugurated its European engineering design center and headquarters at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport and displayed the ATR 72-500 regional tur

Airbus expects global air travel to grow by a 3.6% compound annual growth rate over the next 20 years, according to the latest edition of its global market forecast.

The new freighter is expected to be optimized for commercial service to replace the aging Russian fleet of Antonov An-124 transport aircraft.

For months, critics have been saying Boeing urgently needs to move forward with a new aircraft program to claw back the gobs of market share lost to Airbus at the upper end of the narrowbody market.

It also amended the types of fuel that fall within the ambit of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and proposed a new fund to accelerate their introduction.

It will be Safran's largest heavy maintenance facility in the world, with annual capacity for up to 300 Leap engine shop visits.

Should UK industry continue to focus on being a key supplier to offshore OEMs, or can it return to whole-aircraft manufacturing?

Boeing CEO David Calhoun takes on critics and explains why the company won’t be rushed into developing a next-generation narrowbody.

The aircraft manufacturers are short hundreds of engines as suppliers can’t keep pace with demand to build and maintain airplanes. Listen in as we break down th

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

Certification of the final element of a series of fixes to correct long-running corrosion and fatigue issues on the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines for the Boeing 787 has been delayed into 2023.

Although the aviation industry views carbon offsetting as a stop-gap measure to meet its target of net zero emissions by 2050, those mechanisms will remain firmly in place for the foreseeable future.

Safran is considering the divestiture of its aircraft interior businesses—no longer considered core activities—according to implicit comments by CEO Olivier Andries.

“China poses a far more complex and pervasive threat to businesses than even most sophisticated company leaders realize,” FBI Director Chris Wray said.