Aircraft & Propulsion

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

Air China carried out a Boeing 737-8 test flight on the morning of July 7, signaling that the aircraft has undergone certain modifications.

The aircraft-maker, confident the 737-10 will be greenlighted for service without flight-crew alerting system, may end program if mandate is applied.

Aviation Week editors talk with Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury about all things commercial and defense, but his focus is on sustainability.

Three major Chinese airlines commit to a combined 292 Airbus A320neo aircraft.

Daher, the French-based maker of TBM turboprops and the Kodiak 100 utility aircraft, has purchased Triumph Group’s metallic and composite aerostructures facility in Stuart, Florida.

Aviation fuels supply chain management company Associated Energy Group (AEG) has launched an online ordering platform for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) serving airlines and business aviation operators.

The partners in a project to convert the Cessna Caravan to electric propulsion have formed a new company to develop and offer battery-electric and hydrogen-electric powertrain retrofits for a range of turboprop commuter aircraft.

The D328eco is delayed, slated to enter service in 2026; OEM aims for parts of small turboprop and regional jet replacement markets.

Aviation Week editors identify some of the key issues and megatrends and their likely outcomes.

Airbus is seeing early signs in the recovery of demand for long-haul aircraft and “may start the widebody [production] ramp-up earlier than we thought,” CEO Guillaume Faury tells Aviation Week.

Demand for widebody aircraft was down even before the COVID-19 pandemic, but OEMs now believe new orders may arrive sooner than they expected.

SAF production cost and supply availability will fail to meet aviation needs, a Bain study finds.

Aluminum suppliers complain they too often see valuable material being treated in a way that prevents it from being recycled.

The move could see Airbus becoming China’s largest supplier for new aircraft.

International Airlines Group (IAG) plans to convert options announced almost a decade ago into firm orders for 14 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.

Australian regional airline Skytrans has partnered with local startup Stralis Aircraft to convert a 19-seat Beech 1900D turboprop to hydrogen-electric propulsion for flight trials in 2025.

Europe’s airlines have given a mixed response to the European Council’s approval of reforms to the region’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), welcoming sustainable aviation fuel allowances but sounding the alarm over the early phaseout of free carbon allowances.

The dual registration of aircraft raises safety concerns relating to the international validity of each airplane’s certificate of airworthiness, ICAO said.

NASA has launched its hunt for a large-scale experimental aircraft to demonstrate the airframe configuration and technologies for a sustainable single-aisle-class airliner that could enter service by the mid-2030s.

Fuel refiner Neste and Victor, an on-demand private-jet charter company, have partnered to make Neste MY sustainable aviation fuel available for all Fly Victor bookings.

Cargo specialist Silk Way West Airlines has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for two A350F freighters with an option for a further pair.

Researchers with the Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology have designed a three-member family of Flying-V aircraft to demonstrate that the next-generation concept scales.

The new narrowbody arrived in Argentina on June 25 and is configured with 170 seats—162 in economy and eight in business class.

The facility at the Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co. near Ningpo, Zhejiang Province, is designed to manufacture 100,000 metric tons of unblended biofuel annually, and the state-owned company says its refinery will pave the way toward large-scale production.