Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Only 10 SSJ100s were assembled by Irkut this year as Western sanctions loomed over the regional jet program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce has loaded its UltraFan new-generation turbofan demonstrator into the company’s Testbed 80 facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
Buying 100 Boeing 787s means United trusts the OEM’S ability to deliver. Other airlines may take notice and revise their plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Several operators of smaller De Havilland Canada Dash 8s around the world do not see viable replacements for their turboprops on the market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The four-year agreement helps the European Commission’s Clean Aviation public-private partnership materialize.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has sent around 60 engineers to Dubai “to deal with the problem,” Emirates Airline President Tim Clark told Aviation Week.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Energia family is a concept series of propeller-driven aircraft, powered by cleaner technologies such as hybrid-electric and hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Work will focus on the electronic control system for CFM International’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) demonstrator engine program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
A coalition of 15 aviation firms representing the AAM sector is urging the Biden administration to prioritize development of zero-emissions aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Embraer’s decision to delay the launch of its proposed new turboprop aircraft has raised many questions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
Is propulsion falling behind airframers’ ambitions? Listen in as our editors break it down.
Business Aviation

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
In recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, many new factors emerge that are making civil aircraft production a major challenge.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing served up a mixed bag of commercial airplane activity in November, highlighted by more 787 deliveries than roll-outs and zero cancellations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded Altalto Immingham a grant of up to £27 million from the department’s Advanced Fuels Fund for a SAF project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has selected the four aerospace companies it will partner with in its evaluation of zero-emission technology for a future aircraft order.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Boom has revealed the formation of an industry team to design, develop and support a purpose-designed propulsion system for its Mach 1.7 Overture transport.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Lori Ranson
United Airlines has opted to order Boeing 787s to support a significant portion of its widebody replacement program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus is gradually progressing toward the first flight of a high-aspect ratio wing demonstrator on a modified business jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
The airline has been in negotiations with Boeing and Airbus for aircraft to fulfill its long-term fleet growth ambitions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois, Helen Massy-Beresford, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick, Angus Batey
Airbus, Air France, CFM, Rolls-Royce, Universal Hydrogen and other major players are executing long-term radical sustainability plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Embraer is expected to announce it is delaying the go-ahead of its planned next generation turboprop 70-90 seat airliner project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
The first regional jet is expected to join the fleet in 2023 with the other two to follow in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
China Eastern is the launch customer of the C919 and expects to begin domestic service with the newly certified narrowbody aircraft in early 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
GKN Aerospace has partnered with UK independent advanced propulsion research center IAAPS to ground test a megawatt-scale electric aircraft powertrain.
Aircraft & Propulsion