Aircraft & Propulsion

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the split recovery in Latin American operators’ domestic and international utilization profiles.

Breeze Airways has reiterated interest in a larger, longer-range version of the Airbus A220-300 that would make its chosen fleet type even more flexible.

The last company to take on Airbus and Boeing was crushed, but market conditions could be ripe for another challenger. BofA analyst Ron Epstein joins to discuss what Embraer might do.

Airbus delivered 61 aircraft to 33 customers in April 2024, including 51 A320neo family aircraft.

Volare, the sales, management, maintenance and charter provider to be the launch customer for the Lilium Jet, expects to receive 10 aircraft by mid-2026.

The Austrian aerospace company recorded significant revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024 but is staying flexible as aircraft deliveries remain uncertain.

Russian MRO provider Aeroflot Technics says it is ready to provide line maintenance on Boeing 787 airliners after receiving approval from Rosaviatsia.

The China Aviation Planning and Design Institute says it has won the bid to construct the second phase of the Comac C919 assembly plant in Shanghai.

While LOT Polish Airlines is taking three E195-E2s for network expansion, CEO Michał Fijoł says no decision has been made on a larger regional aircraft order.

Former Boeing CEO and Chairman Frank Shrontz, who led the company through key developments ranging from the 747-400 and 777 to the space station, died aged 92.

Boeing delivery delays continue to hamper Allegiant Air, as the ULCC no longer anticipates placing any MAX aircraft into service during the first half of 2024.

Embraer’s commercial division priorities have been selling more aircraft and smoothing out production and by extension deliveries.

The CEO of Lilium says the company may have to leave Germany if it cannot secure government funding for development and certification of its Lilium Jet.

A consortium led by H2Fly has received German government funding to develop a 350-kW hydrogen fuel cell system designed for commercial aircraft applications.

Embraer’s near-term focus is on selling its products and ramping up production.

A lack of negotiations with Airbus over repricing shipsets for the European OEM—if not also a sale of related business units—is proving more harmful.

Florida-based lessor Azorra is looking to expand its widebody fleet to become a “meaningful” part of its portfolio.

A subscale flight demonstrator of distributed electric propulsion for large passenger aircraft has made its remotely piloted first flight.

Distributed-propulsion testbed flies; Airbus hydrogen APU demo; uncrewed delivery corridor; another Chinese eVTOL; and Wright’s megawatt-scale electric engine.

The carrier will enter longer-haul markets with Airbus A350s set to begin arriving in 2027.

The goal of HyPower is to demonstrate the stable operation of a fuel cell in flight, including its restart.

U.S. electric seaglider startup Regent has partnered with sustainable- and maritime-aircraft lessor Monte to offer leasing options for the Viceroy seaglider.

The Climate Impulse enterprise is aiming at 2028 for the first circumnavigation on green hydrogen.

In Europe, the monitoring of non-CO2 emissions and their role in aviation’s environmental impact is a hot topic—and airlines are not all on the same page.

This week’s Carbon Analysis returns to Latin America and reassesses the emissions of Avianca Group, Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines, and LATAM Group.