Aircraft & Propulsion

TransNusa has flown its inaugural service using the Comac ARJ21 on two roundtrip flights between Jakarta, Indonesia, and Kuala Lumpur.

If even Emirates is no longer interested in the -8, shouldn’t Boeing drop it?

The passenger-to-freighter conversion specialist has sixth network partner.

The group includes Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines.

A cardinal rule of investor relations is don’t surprise shareholders with a big, negative announcement just weeks after you told them things were getting better.

The process will start with a surge of checks in the next few months.

Shares of RTX, formerly known as Raytheon Technologies, dove 14% per-share during regular trading July 25.

The new "green" air traffic management scheme between Japan and Singapore, which was tested last month, will facilitate continuous climb and descent operations.

The LCC had been planning to have all its new aircraft for summer 2024 in place by April 2024, but this timeline has now been pushed back to June 2024.

Philippine Airlines will add its code to China Airlines flights between Manila and Kaohsiung, as well as between Cebu and Taiwan's capital Taipei.

Comac Times (Shanghai) Aviation has been set up to supply aerospace components and batteries as China looks to develop electrically powered aircraft.

NASA has signed a new cooperative agreement with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to extend work on a zero-emission aircraft propulsion concept.

Used parts market activity is steadily increasing as more older aircraft and engines are sold and parted out for their used serviceable material (USM).

The move positions Safran for the design of more-electric control systems on the next generation of commercial aircraft.

The FAA has published an implementation plan for advanced air mobility, part of a proposed public-private initiative called Innovate28 (I28).

The Boeing 777X looks poised to hit the market at the perfect time, but its long-range variant has been a tough sell with airlines.

Eve Air Mobility and its parent company Embraer have announced the selection of the first air taxi manufacturing plant in Brazil, located in the city of Taubate in Sao Paulo state.

Boeing has completed redesign work and retrofit instructions on 737 Next Generation nacelles to better protect them from broken fan blades.

Commercial aircraft engine lessor Willis Lease Finance Corp. plans to develop a power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in northeast England.

Already chasing a step-change in fuel-burn reduction of between 20-25%, engine-makers face the additional challenge of developing adaptable propulsion systems.

The UK LCC exceeded its 2019 levels of flying for the first time post-COVID in May and June, albeit now with more aircraft in its all-Airbus fleet.

This week, Flight Friday pivots to looking at just one aircraft family—the Airbus A320.

The company will now finalize the design for certification of the powertrain and its installation on the initial application, Cessna’s Caravan.

German family-owned company Mubea Group is acquiring Switzerland-based RUAG International’s Aerostructures Germany & Hungary unit.

The first free flight of the VX4 took off from historic Cotswold Airport in Kemble, a village in Gloucestershire, England.