Aircraft & Propulsion

After five challenging years, the European turboprop manufacturer says the worst is behind it and major expansion is in the cards.

President Trump is fighting hard again for his tariffs on imported goods and doubling down on trade wars; aerospace and defense should not be surprised when it is used as a bargaining chip again.

Spirit Airlines has reached an AIP with its lenders, one it believes will allow the business to emerge from Chapter 11 in late spring or early summer.

Even if eSAF developers manage to secure long-term airline offtake agreements, they are not likely to be recognized as bankable by financiers, experts say.

Somalia’s newly established carrier, Rayaan Air, recently saw the arrival of its first aircraft, a Fokker 50 turboprop, in the capital Mogadishu.

Finnair plans to add more Embraer E190s to the fleet operated by its Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra) unit.

Hybrid-electric Atea VTOL developer Ascendance has received the demonstrator’s airframe from composites specialist Duqueine and is beginning final assembly.

MTU Aero Engines' CEO expressed confidence that a solution between Airbus and Pratt & Whitney over the number of PW1100G engine deliveries can be reached.

Investigators have identified degraded GPS data as a contributing factor in the fatal crash of an ATR 42-500 turboprop near Makassar, Indonesia, on Jan. 17.

ATR wants to address pain points related to main landing gear maintenance on its ATR 42 and ATR 72 fleets.

Assessing efficiency at the largest Chinese, European and U.S. airlines since 2022, we see improvement across the board, but clear Chinese dominance throughout.

The person behind AOG Technics was sentenced to 56 months in prison, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said Feb. 23.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury used Airbus’ recent full-year earnings call to shred Pratt & Whitney.

Embraer needs firm orders for 200 aircraft if its plan to establish a final assembly line in India is to come to fruition, CEO Francisco Gomes Neto said.

A Myanmar National Airlines ATR 72-600 turboprop sustained airframe damage after being struck by first-person-view drones at Myitkyina Airport.

The FAA is slowly addressing gaps in its air carrier maintenance oversight process, but many shortcomings flagged by auditors are linked to staffing.

Trump Administration tariffs will remain both real and unreal for the aerospace and defense sector.

As North American airlines replace legacy A330, 767, and 777 fleets, Flight Friday looks at total flight cycles for the region's largest widebody operators.

One of Europe’s largest MRO providers has said that it is close to returning to pre-pandemic profit margins as demand for engine work continues to surge.

Although ATR has shelved the ATR 42-600 STOL variant, the OEM says it is in contact with operators using short runways to offer possible solutions.

Embraer has signed an MOU with India’s Hindalco Industries that could result in the Brazilian OEM sourcing aerospace-grade aluminum from the South Asian nation.

Air Niugini has appointed its next leader to oversee the carrier’s development and fleet renewal, although it has also canceled its Boeing 787 orders.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

With demand booming in commercial and defense aviation, why are Airbus programs in turmoil?

Editors are joined by Richard Aboulafia to discuss airliner production after Airbus shared its delivery targets for this year and Boeing updated its suppliers.