Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
ACMI-to-MRO company Avia Solutions Group (ASG) has entered a strategic partnership with U.S.-based investment specialist Certares Management, which will provide €300 million ($354 million) in structured equity investment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Aircraft interiors retrofit spending is set to rise as airlines start to show some signs of recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, industry experts said Sept.14 at this year's virtual Aircraft Interiors Expo.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Sean Broderick
Boeing booked 17 widebody orders from unidentified customers among its 53 gross additions in August, including seven for 787-9s, providing a boost during a largely anemic time for long-haul passenger demand.
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard, Graham Warwick
Startup Mobius Energy plans to deliver its first electric-propulsion battery module to a customer in October.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has renewed a guarantee supporting aircraft-engine sales while Reta Jo Lewis has been nominated to lead the export credit agency.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The updated Current Market Outlook has not changed much from 2020, signifying that recovery from the historic demand downturn is still gaining steam.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation flights in North America were flat in August compared to July, but higher than August 2020 and up 10% from August 2019.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick, Tony Osborne
UK advanced air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace is gearing up to begin assembly of its VA-X4 engineering prototype to fly in 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Energy giant Chevron and renewable fuel producer Gevo have signed an LOI to build one or more facilities to process inedible corn into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In support of U.S. plans to boost sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production to at least 3 billion gal. a year by 2030, the U.S. Energy Department (DOE) has awarded $64.7 million in funding for 22 projects to produce cost-effective low-carbon biofuels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Steve Trimble, Michael Lavitt
Aviation Week editors witnessed terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and flew on missions guarding the capital. Listen to their stories.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Shrinking the high-pressure heart of an engine will make smaller turbofans more efficient than current commercial powerplants.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has taken delivery of a Britten-Norman BN-2B Islander for conversion to zero-emission hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The research and technology effort in Europe toward the use of hydrogen in commercial air transport is in full swing, but the readiness level varies depending on the industry segment.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
BA head of sustainability Carrie Harris briefs ATW on BA’s Better World initiative, in front of special-liveried A320neo.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Company developing conversion package and will do the modifications in its own facility.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
BA is reviewing the items that it gives passengers onboard, cutting plastics wherever possible, as part of its sustainability push under the BA Better World initiative.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
EASA plans to mandate an Airbus-recommended fuselage modification which addresses A380 fuselage cracks operators are discovering when conducting a similar fix required by the European regulator.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Graham Warwick
The U.S. startup has teamed with UK-based LCC easyJet on the project to get direct airline input while it is still in the development phase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Virgin Atlantic is shrinking the business-class cabin inside some of its A350-1000s to make way for more economy seats in a new seating layout tailored for certain leisure routes, beginning with flights from London Heathrow to Orlando, Florida.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Dron
Ryanair said it had been in discussions with Boeing about “a large follow-on order for Boeing MAX 10 aircraft" but now "both sides have agreed to waste no more time on these negotiations” after failing to agree on price.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The island state was among the first countries in the world to implement a stringent ban on the type on March 12, 2019.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
In a long-expected move, Philippine Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Spirit AeroSystems began accumulating Boeing 737 MAX fuselages at its Wichita site after the FAA grounded the aircraft in 2019.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
LG Chem, South Korea’s largest chemical company, plans to build the country’s first plant producing biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel from vegetable oils.
Aircraft & Propulsion