Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Pierre Farjounel was appointed chief information security officer and head of future developments at regional aircraft manufacturer ATR.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia Airlines looks to build on its 2024 financial turnaround despite challenges.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Deutsche Aircraft Group has named Nico Neumann as the new CEO of Deutsche Aircraft, which is developing a new version of the legacy Dornier 328.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
Lufthansa Technik has confirmed plans to build a new Portugal-based component repair facility near Porto and expects it to commence operations toward the end of 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams, Guy Ferneyhough
This year the number of Airbus A330s converted into freighters passed the half-century mark, but that number will look meager compared to a decade from now.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson, Adrian Schofield
2024 was full of challenges and milestones for airline consolidation efforts around the world.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Airbus delivered 84 commercial aircraft in November, bringing its 2024 total through Nov. 30 to 643 deliveries to 82 customers.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Guy Norris
A newly developed high-pressure turbine upgrade kit to increase CFM Leap 1A time-on-wing has been cleared for use after receiving FAA and EASA certification.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis have been hailed as a major breakthrough in electric aviation and urban mobility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
As Russian airlines continue to look for new ways to source spares under sanctions, Aeroflot Group is looking to buy a small fleet of freighters for teardown.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Wizz Air’s 2025 growth strategy relies on the delivery of 30 new aircraft as the carrier’s Pratt & Whitney GTF engine-related groundings remains high.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Portugal’s EEA Aircraft and Maintenance is selecting suppliers for the country’s first indigenously produced aircraft, naming Akaer as structures supplier.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is still more than 120 aircraft away from meeting its target of delivering around 770 aircraft in 2024 even after output surged in November.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The arrival of the Airbus A321XLR and other new aircraft types is opening up new possibilities for budget airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
As consumer demand for premium experiences shows no signs of slowing, U.S. airlines continue to capitalize on those appetites.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
In this week's Flight Friday, we turn our attention to the Airbus A330 family. Between 2019 and 2024, the A330 fleet witnessed a substantial reduction.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Safran is planning on further refinements in CFM Leap engine production to reduce manufacturing costs while ramping up assembly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
EASA has certified a new variant of Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB-84, which the manufacturer says will give improved performance and durability.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium insists things are business as usual while the German insolvency process plays out, as it continues to pursue customer deals.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
As of November 2024, 12% of the in-service fleet is classed as being in either parked or parked/reserve status.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Sean Broderick
Pratt & Whitney’s upgraded Advantage derivative of its PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engine is on track for certification in early 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Such progress will enable Airbus, Daher and Safran to make decisions about their decarbonization projects.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
BOC Aviation has entered into a lease transaction with TUI Airways involving 14 Boeing 737-8 aircraft powered by CFM Leap 1B engines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has ticked two more boxes on its journey toward launching commercial electric air taxi service in the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Air taxis could greatly reduce journeys to and from airports. Will they take off?
Airlines & Lessors