Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The EU’s transport ministers have issued a declaration that they hope sets the stage for a long-term aspirational goal on aviation sustainability to be adopted at the ICAO Assembly in September.
Sustainability

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandair’s remaining 13 Boeing 757-200/300s will be replaced in the second half of this decade and the all-Boeing operator is preparing to enter discussions with OEMs on its future aircraft options.
Airlines & Lessors

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Jens Flottau, Michael Bruno
Amid ugly write downs and program woes, Boeing launches a new freighter, cashes in on an Airbus dispute and places a half-billion-dollar bet on the future.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
As commercial aircraft demand recovers and production is starting to ramp up accordingly, suppliers are beginning to face hiring, raw material and logistics issues.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Victoria Moores
Canadian aviation holding company Longview Aviation Capital has changed its name to De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited and appointed former PAL Group executive Brian Chafe as CEO.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Revised 777X -family plan leverages air cargo boom and seeks to expand 777-8 interest with marginal capacity increase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein, Lori Ranson
With the worst of the pandemic hopefully behind them, U.S. carriers are resuming their stalled fleet transformation plans.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Istanbul’s Bogazici University has inaugurated what is claimed to be Turkey’s, and Europe’s, first carbon-negative biorefinery, designed to produce a range of algae-based biotech products including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The much-anticipated launch of the Boeing 777-8F freighter by Qatar Airways strengthens Boeing’s big cargo aircraft portfolio—but could it also be a bellwether of a broader strategic large freighter succession plan for later this decade?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Daher, a tier-one supplier of major composites and metallic subassemblies, has entered final negotiations with Triumph for the acquisition of a metal aerostructures factory in Stuart, Florida.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
An ATR 72-600 prototype performed a series of ground and flight tests with one of its turboprop engines running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau, Michael Bruno, Brian Everstine, Sean Broderick, Joe Anselmo, Irene Klotz
Amid huge program changes are signs that Boeing may finally be turning the corner.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Working with Deutsche Aircraft, Germany’s H2Fly is planning to fly a 40-seat Dornier 328 regional aircraft modified to hydrogen-electric propulsion in 2026, and the companies are aiming for certification and market entry in 2028.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Following months of negotiations and several days of industrial action, Airbus and Germany’s industrial workers union IG Metall agreed on a new company set-up that will see the company's industrial structure in Germany divided into two main units.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Victoria Moores
Aftermarket specialist AerSale has chosen Precision Aircraft Solutions to convert six more Boeing 757-200s to freighters, with options on a further four aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The LMS-901 Baikal light turboprop is seen as a successor to Russia’s ageing fleet of Soviet mass-produced Antonov An-2 piston-engine utility aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Universal Hydrogen has completed a 1-megawatt iron bird for ground testing of its zero-emissions fuel-cell propulsion system and announced the first customer in France for its regional aircraft conversion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Aircraft propulsion batteries with three times the pack-level energy density of today’s automotive technology may be achievable in the next decade if enough investment is targeted at aeronautical applications, a new report published in Nature concludes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
The ongoing bad-tempered dispute between Airbus and Qatar Airways has to be resolved somehow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The UK’s FlyZero research project has revealed its concept for a 75-seat regional airliner powered by liquid hydrogen as it finalizes its study on how to prepare the country’s aerospace industry to participate in the development of future zero-emissions commercial aircraft.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The COVID-19 pandemic still is raging, but its history and industrial effects already are being written.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
There are promising recovery signs for the Asia-Pacific region as the in-service aircraft fleet steadily rebuilds, although the growth rate has been quicker for narrowbodies than widebodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China Airlines is acquiring four more Boeing 777 freighters as the Taiwanese airline looks to consolidate its market position amid the ongoing air cargo boom.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Ahead of Boeing’s latest financial results released Jan. 26, financial analysts knew Boeing would be reporting on another ugly quarter and another ugly year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Thierry Dubois
A technology demonstrator based on the Airbus C295 military transport and aimed at regional aviation sustainability has made its first flight in Seville, Spain.
Aircraft & Propulsion