Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Air Astana’s growth reflects a continued demand for air travel in Kazakhstan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau, Chen Chuanren
With limited growth prospects in Western markets, Embraer aims to grow in China and India.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Graham Warwick
The additional aircraft would enable expansion of a planned Airlander network from Spain into the Mediterranean.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The grant has been provided by Enova SF, Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Network Staff
A new version of the Superjet 100 has taken off for the first time from the airfield at Yakovlev’s factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in Russia’s Far East.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
The positive results are not a one-off, TAP's new CEO Luis Rodrigues said, adding that the carrier has seen eight quarters in a row with positive EBITA figures.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
NASA says the problems were uncovered during system checkout tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
Maintenance info used by regulators to mandate 777 structural inspections includes errors that may create more risks for affected aircraft than it addresses.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Teams led by Boeing, GE, Northrop Grumman and RTX are among those to receive funding to develop tools to mitigate contrail-related climate forcing.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Safran and local institutional partners have laid the first stone for their new compressor blade manufacturing facility in Marchin, Belgium.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Folding wingtips will finally enter commercial service in 2025 with the long-anticipated debut of the 777-9.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
AviLease will acquire a portfolio of 100 narrowbody aircraft and become a servicer for another 22 aircraft, increasing the size of its overall fleet to 167.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren, Sean Broderick
Chinese operators had almost 100 737 MAXs in their fleets when the variant was grounded in March 2019 following two fatal accidents.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The organization’s new study offers a detailed comparison between alternative sustainable power configurations for an Airbus A380-like airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The exact number and breakdown of affected engines in the global fleet has not been previously reported.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Richard Aboulafia
As Russia pulls out of the CR929 and Airbus and Boeing sit on their hands, JetZero is showing that its radical new concept just might be for real.
Check 6

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
The initial set of checks flags 201 engines on Airbus A320neo-family aircraft and requires pulling them from service by late September.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has secured new aircraft deals that will help boost its short-haul international and domestic fleets in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
For this week’s Flight Friday we look at domestic and international flights (cycles) compared to their equivalent month in 2019.
Air Transport

By Lori Ranson
BermudAir plans to operate its E175s in a 30-seat, 1x1 configuration featuring privacy walls dubbed “Aisle Class," but it has not yet received the custom seats.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic has received an FAA experimental certificate of airworthiness for its XB-1 technology demonstrator, meaning flight-testing can now get underway.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norwegian Air Shuttle is reconsidering ordering the Boeing 737-10 for its fleet after being reassured of its range.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Airlines are fed up with suppliers that don’t deliver.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has ordered more Boeing 787s and Airbus A350s to replace its A330s, and said the A350-1000 will take over its A380 routes one day.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The oversized fastener holes are the result of an incorrect process at Spirit AeroSystems, which says it is working with Boeing to correct the 737 issue.
Aircraft & Propulsion