Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Boeing says it is on track to strengthen its engineering discipline, enhance oversight, improve safety management and encourage transparency and openness with its 140,000 employees.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Facing a deadline that would require major changes to uncertified 737 MAX variants, Boeing continues to argue the status quo—and keeping the family as similar as possible—is the safer course of action.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Honeywell is developing a suite of alternative navigation technologies to combat increasing disruption of GPS signals, intentional and unintentional, with the first products planned to be on the market in 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Airlines for Europe (A4E) has estimated that the European Commission’s Fit for 55 proposal—a wide-ranging package of sustainability regulations—could cost the industry €34.4 billion ($36.3 billion) per year by 2050.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Leasing companies are working together to support the global air transport’s collective goal of meeting 2050 net-zero carbon emission goals. The
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Japanese government considers removing more restrictions, which will help international travel recovery.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
UK vertiport developer and drone operator Skyports plans to explore establishing a ship-to-shore delivery infrastructure in Singapore.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Longstanding Airbus avionics supplier Honeywell says its new generation flight management system (FMS) will be offered on all future A320, A330 and A350 airliners from late 2026 onward.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Aerostructures supplier Daher has partnered with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology to develop a welding technology for the assembly of primary aircraft substructures made from thermoplastic composites.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Almost three months on from the initial shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the long-term impacts of the ongoing conflict on commercial aviation and aerospace are becoming clearer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Regional jet OEM has issued an RFI to engine-makers for a powerplant that features 20% lower fuel burn.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Fuel producer Phillips 66 has received approval from county officials to proceed with its proposal to covert an oil refinery in Rodeo, California, to the production of renewable fuels including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A team of energy companies and the government of Panama have announced plans to build the world’s largest biofuel production and distribution hub.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
IATA's Rafael Schvartzman warns that EU measures will damage the competitiveness of European carriers if they are adopted in their current form.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
International Airlines Group has placed an order for 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and secured options for a further 100, providing a boost to the OEM.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines is adjusting plans for its ageing Boeing 777-300ER fleet after deliveries of the 777-9 were pushed back until at least 2025 due to certification issues.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has selected Swiss-based H55 to supply battery systems for the engine maker’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A model of the Airbus A320, built under Europe’s Clean Sky 2 civil aeronautics research program to validate the viability of using scaled flight testing to complement wind tunnels, has entered flight testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) finally celebrated its oneworld membership on March 17, two years after it joined the alliance. Now the Casablanca-based carrier
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Surf Air Mobility is to go public through a merger with a blank-check company that values the Los Angeles-based regional scheduled and on-demand charter carrier at $1.42 billion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
ATR’s EVO plan offers engine-makers a new regional hybrid-electric power opportunity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced plans to join oneworld in December 2018 and became a full member in April 2020. However, COVID put the joining party
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation have both played down the potential effect of the FAA’s change in direction on eVTOL certification as they reported their first-quarter 2022 financial results.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kurt Hofmann
TAP Air Portugal will operate its entire fleet this summer but the carrier is having issues with the engines that power its fleet of Airbus A330-900s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
ATR has undertaken the first flight of the STOL variant of the ATR 42-600 regional turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion