Aircraft & Propulsion

But the outlook for next-gen airliner and engine timing—and what they will look like—is less clear now than before the COVID-19 crisis.

Startup Regent plans to have a piloted 12-passenger seaglider on the market by 2025 as a replacement for seaplanes and water taxis, followed by a 50-passenger vehicle that the company sees replacing not only ferries, but regional turboprops and jets.

But the outlook for next-gen airliner and engine timing—and what they will look like—is less clear now than before the COVID-19 crisis.

A mandatory, repetitive test to validate that Boeing 737 thrust reverser sensors are working can cause the systems to malfunction.

Icelandic cargo operator Bluebird Nordic has embarked on a radical expansion program.

Global logistics operator DHL Express has launched a cargo variant of Eviation’s Alice electric regional aircraft as part of pioneering plans to establish a sustainable electric express freight network from 2024 onwards.

Airbus has been largely absent from the new-built freighter market, leaving Boeing with a virtual monopoly for the 767F, 777F and 747-8F.

U.S. aerospace and defense supplier Parker-Hannifin has made a £7.1 billion ($9.9 billion) bid for UK competitor Meggitt.

Long-haul, low-cost startup Norse Atlantic Airways is to acquire a second tranche of leased aircraft in preparation for its planned launch in late 2021.

A Yak-40LL testbed modified with a nose-mounted propeller driven by a 500 kW low-loss superconducting electric motor has been demonstrated in flight for the first time.

With an e-commerce boom that shows no signs of easing, air cargo operators are getting ready for growth.

Brazilian airline Azul has signed a MOU for the acquisition of 220 Lilium Jets; the companies plan to partner on a regional high-speed transportation system in Brazil.

Bombardier Aviation and members of Unifor’s Local 112 and 673, on strike since July 27, have reached a tentative labor agreement with the company.

There is skepticism in the aerospace supply chain about Airbus’ plans to massively expand single-aisle production over the coming years.

Fiji Airways has reached an agreement to return two of its Airbus A330s to lessors earlier than planned.

The program still faces many run-of-the-mill manufacturing challenges as well as foreign trade hurdles.

Low-cost model will likely be better suited to new landscape than full-service carriers, at least for the short term.

Along with Africa, aviation in Central and South America is arguably one of the lesser developed air transport markets in the world. There is

Research laboratories in Europe have joined forces to improve the technology readiness level (TRL) for sensors embedded in fan blades, aiming at making them useful during the engine’s entire lifecycle, from manufacturing to service and dismantling.

Safran has reported solid financial results, showing a negative impact from the COVID-19 crisis but underlining intrinsic strengths in the company’s activity against the current backdrop.

The German leisure airline expects the first A330neo to join its fleet in the fall of 2022 and the replacement of its entire widebody to be completed by mid-2024.

TUIfly Germany has launched Boeing 737 MAX operations, becoming the final carrier within the TUI Group to operate the type.

MRO provider HAECO Xiamen has completed its first Boeing 737-800SF freighter conversion, handing over the aircraft to lessor BlackRock Aviation Holdings III LP.

Airbus is insisting that its planned production rate increases are strongly supported by customer demand and needs more buy-in from a supply chain reluctant to come in fully behind the expansion.

The aircraft is to enter service in 2025, though no launch order has been signed to date.