Aircraft & Propulsion

Greek regional airline Sky Express is preparing to add an eighth ATR 72-600 over the next few months, as part of wider fleet renewal plans for 2024.

German aerospace industry sources says Berlin's proposed €2 billion cut would sound the death knell for development of SAF before it begins in the country.

Figeac Aero's announcement signals to OEMs that they can count on the critical supplier, the future of which was once at stake during the COVID crisis.

Lessors seek the return of stranded aircraft following the collapse of Indian carrier Go First.

The recovery rate of super-short-haul flights lags in Southeast Asia and the number of turboprop aircraft in the region has dropped significantly, a study says.

Supernal has good reason to be confident.

A number of GIFAS members, not only small suppliers, face a combination of financial problems.

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As bad as it is for Boeing, it could have been a lot worse. Listen in as our editors discuss the Alaska Airlines midair blowout.

Problematic Spirit AeroSystems-supplied 737-9 panels evaded Boeing quality checks and may have caused a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines accident.

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

“This incident should have never happened, and it cannot happen again,” the FAA said.

Never before has any commercial aircraft manufacturer received more orders than Airbus in 2023.

With 2023 wrapping up generally on a high in the aviation industry, it is time to look back and see how 2023 faired when compared to 2019.

Two of Lufthansa Cargo’s A321Fs have been grounded due to a fine crack found on the rear fuselage structure.

Cebu Pacific says in a stock market filing that it is in talks with both Airbus and Boeing and expects to place an order within the first half of this year.

“We’re not going to point fingers,” the Boeing CEO said. “Because, yes, it escaped their factory; but then it escaped ours too. So, we’re all in this together.”

The proposed merger would bring the AirAsia Group more in line with other major Asia-Pacific LCCs that operate widebodies and narrowbodies in a single airline

Subsidiary of Fokker owner Panta claims 90-seat aircraft is feasible on near-term battery technology.

GKN Aerospace has announced a £50 million ($64 million) investment to create additive manufacturing capability at its Trollhattan, Sweden, production facility.

Hyundai-backed Supernal unveiled the latest update to its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept at CES 2024.

The grounding of the Boeing 737-9 is expected to have a limited impact on Fitch-rated aircraft lessors and airlines.

Boeing delivered 528 aircraft from its Commercial Airplanes programs in 2023, including 396 737s and 73 787s.

Forthcoming airliner production forecasts for the year—yet to be offered by Airbus, Boeing and other airframers—already have taken a severe hit.

Airbus is establishing a ZEROe development center in Stade, Germany, focusing on composite materials for hydrogen systems such as liquid hydrogen tanks.