Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing’s possible new aircraft could raise complicated questions for Airbus.

Industry expects actions from U.S., Europe and other governments in 2021 to encourage production of low-carbon aviation fuels.

HyPoint has unveiled a functional laboratory prototype of a hydrogen fuel-cell power system for electric aircraft that the startup says will have three times the specific power of existing fuel cells and five times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries.

Startup Universal Hydrogen is to complete construction of a subscale version of its fuel-cell power train for regional aircraft after receiving a minority investment from existing partner Plug Power.

Solvay Composites Materials Global Business has sold its process materials business to Composites One, a Chicagoland supplier of composites materials and services.

Short-seller attack on Chinese startup EHang highlights the risks to investors in a nascent market.

Cutting jobs, closing factories, reducing purchase costs but protecting research and technology investment: Safran finds a new balance.

Reverse merger with blank-check investment vehicle will vault Joby to the top of the UAM valuation league.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is shifting focus slightly on its Embraer E1 and E2 fleets in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

China Eastern Airlines will be the official launch operator of the COMAC C919 after it became the first carrier to sign a purchase agreement for five of the domestically built aircraft on March 1.

A cyberattack on a newly acquired manufacturing asset and a foreign policy shift by the new Biden administration combined to overshadow topsized financial results disclosed by aerospace supplier Kaman on Feb. 26.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the aviation industry, the need for consolidation was becoming apparent in Mexico.

Ask the Editors: With demand for widebodies diminishing, lessors will abstain from placing new widebody orders for several years.

Growing e-commerce and shifting transportation modes are positive signs for air cargo.

The hits keep on coming for Boeing.

Austrian Airlines has sold its three oldest Boeing 767-300ER to U.S. investor MonoCoque Diversified Interests LLC as the flag-carrier continues to restructure and reduce its fleet.

Aircraft and engine-makers see enabling 100% sustainable-aviation-fuel use as essential to meeting aviation’s emission goals.

Boeing failed to meet its obligations in five of 12 areas specified in a 2015 agreement with the FAA that required various safety and quality-control improvements in its Commercial Airplanes division and will pay $5.4 million in new penalties as a result, the FAA said Feb. 25.

The company, which specializes in engines, cabin interiors and other aircraft equipment, released remarkable financial results, given the gloomy economic situation for the air transport industry.

Parked aircraft; the role of masks; onboard safety; clairvoyance; industry resilience

Spirit AeroSystems is growing the defense part of its revenue streams faster than expected, which is mildly helping to offset lost work in making airliners, the company’s CEO said Feb. 23.

Qatar Airways Cargo would consider adding freighter versions of the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350 to its fleet if these aircraft were to come on to the market.

Advanced air mobility startup Lilium has selected Spanish aerostructures supplier Aciturri to build the composite airframe for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

GTF engine retrofits and orders boost market recovery hopes for Pratt & Whitney.

When any new aircraft is launched into the market, the headline items from the manufacturer describing the new product usually relate to parameters