Digitalization is a key element to how ST Engineering’s aerospace division plans to enhance its customer service as its Asian aftermarket business recovers and the company expands its global footprint and capabilities.
Airbus is giving fresh indications that it is prepared to significantly broaden its freighter offering and fight much harder for a share in a market so far dominated by Boeing.
The Ryanair Group CEO says the situation with Boeing 737-8200 deliveries remains difficult and believes the certification timeframe for the MAX 10 will be extended.
Mega-supplier Raytheon Technologies remains confident that global passenger traffic will be fully recovered by the end of 2023, supporting strong aftermarket business that will soon include the widebody long-haul segment that has been slowest to rebound.
Embraer has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Apollo Capital Management for a $1.5 billion customer financing program for the Brazilian OEM’s regional aircraft.
A team led by Hanwha Systems plans to launch South Korea’s first commercial urban air mobility service in 2025 linking tourist destinations on Jeju Island using Joby Aviation electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis.
Europe has launched a research project to develop a liquid hydrogen tank that is integrated into the aircraft’s fuselage to maximize volume and minimize weight.
Ethiopian Airlines is taking three Boeing 767-300ER freighter conversions on long-term lease from Titan Aircraft Investments, boosting the overall African fleet, which Boeing expects to grow by 1,010 new aircraft by 2040.
De Havilland Canada is providing engineering support to modify a Dash 8-100, replacing one of its two P&WC PW120-class turboprops with a 2-megawatt parallel hybrid-electric powertrain.
The company wants to certify its technology for continuous autopilot engagement through all phases of the Cessna 208’s operations, including taxi, takeoff, cruise, landing, braking and rollout.
Finland has opened the LIFT Future Aerospace Center, which aims to strengthen aviation research, development and innovation in the country through public and private cooperation.
Alder Fuels has signed a long-term contract with Enviva for the large-scale supply of woody biomass for conversion to a “green crude” that can be processed into SAF.
Israel’s Urban Aeronautics is looking to complete development, certification and assembly of its CityHawk enclosed-rotor, hydrogen-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi in Montreal.
Already operating a 737-800F in Thailand, the new additions make more operational sense as AirAsia Group is already operating more than 200 Airbus A320 family aircraft in the region.
Boeing continues to evaluate and develop improvements to the aircraft’s aerodynamics and flight control system ahead of long-delayed certification tests of the 777-9.
Australasia’s widebody fleet has been slow to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, and reduced aircraft numbers are constraining airlines’ ability to meet surging international demand.
