Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Alaska Airlines has become the first commercial operator to declare serious interest in the BWB under development by JetZero, signing options for an undisclosed number of aircraft from the startup.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
AirBaltic has converted options for 10 additional Airbus A220-300s as the airline seeks to lay the groundwork for further growth toward the end of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has selected Embraer’s E190-E2 for fleet replacement and growth in its regional and charter subsidiary Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Guy Norris
The start of powered runs of the X-59’s single GE Aerospace F414 will mark a key milestone on the road to first flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Moore
Carbon Analysis revisits the topic of alliances with our focus this time directed at SkyTeam carriers Aeromexico, Air France, China Airlines and Virgin Atlantic
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Alan Dron
Iran’s Simorgh light transport aircraft is now undergoing flight certification.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Royal Jordanian's new Embraer E2 jets are helping to revitalize the flag-carrier's fleet amid Boeing and Airbus delays.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Sean Broderick, Lori Ranson
A Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 en route to São Paulo went down northwest of the city center; local reports said all 61 people on the aircraft were killed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Boeing is steadily increasing 777-9 production from a slow pace when final assembly re-started in late 2023 to the current rate of about one per month
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Energy Department’s research arm is studying whether it can launch a program to modify a regional jet into a flying testbed for the propulsion systems.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
NASA and Boeing are setting up for a round of key wind tunnel tests of the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
Nigerian carrier Arik Air has had a grounding order on several of its aircraft lifted, following the resolution of a court case.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s Ural Airlines will strip down its Airbus A320 that has been stuck in a wheat field near Novosibirsk, Siberia, since making an emergency landing in 2023
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Planned routes to Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius have been pulled by flydubai ahead of their launch.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The NTSB probe of the Alaska Airlines 737-9 blowout suggests safety systems work, but not effectively enough to address problems promptly or assuage workers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
Ortberg faces the challenge of fixing not one company but effectively two: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space and Security.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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

By Christine Boynton
Frontier Airlines dropped the Airbus A321XLR from its fleet plan because the aircraft’s performance fell short of the carrier’s expectations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Kelly Ortberg’s first-day steps suggests he intends to prioritize building a stronger link between front-line workers who build and design Boeing’s products.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Phoenix Aviation Capital said it would use $242 million of asset-backed debt to finance a portfolio of seven new Boeing 737-8s across two lessees.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation has released new details about its planned air taxi network in Los Angeles, one of the startup’s key launch cities, which it says can become operational as soon as 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Revenue increased 11% year-on-year in the June quarter to $785 million.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
What could the supply chain look like for the next generation of single-aisles?
Emerging Technologies

By Lori Ranson
LATAM Airlines Group believes there is over supply in Colombia’s domestic market after a new competitor launched operations earlier in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Sales campaigns in nearly all regions of the world are projected to bear fruit for Embraer’s commercial division in the near term, the company says.
Aircraft & Propulsion