Aircraft & Propulsion

India’s Adani Group is bringing together the capabilities of Air Works and Indamer Aviation to create a larger, integrated MRO platform.

Did ATR, Comac And Embraer exceed their 2024 output in 2025? The numbers are in, and the results are mixed.

The fatal crash of an ATR 42-500 in Indonesia Jan. 17 brought the total number of ATR accidents and incidents in the Asia-Pacific region to three this year.

The sizable orders also mark a return to Boeing widebodies for Delta and a show of confidence in the airframer from Alaska.

The Qantas Group has announced plans to upgrade cabins on narrowbody aircraft operated by its subsidiary Network Aviation.

A project to build a SAF production facility in the Middle East has secured funding, with developers aiming to break ground later this year.

Embraer is buying Safran's stake in their 50-50 joint venture EZAir, which manufactures interiors for the Brazilian airframer's regional jets.

Indonesia’s search and rescue agency (Basarnas) has confirmed it has located the wreckage of an ATR 42-500 aircraft that went missing on Jan. 17.

Boeing and Airbus's 2025 O+D numbers illustrate very different stories, but neither should assume their respective performances will continue into 2026.

Public charter operator JSX has formally marked the introduction into service of its first ATR 42-600 turboprop.

Lease extensions “far outnumber” lease transitions, according to Mike Inglese, the chief executive of Aircastle.

Airframers' 2025 delivery totals are in. Aviation Week’s team grades Airbus, Boeing and the smaller OEMs on their production performance last year.

With the curtain closed on 2025, Flight Friday takes the opportunity to review the state of the engine market.

A new research paper on global aviation emissions says efficiency-focused policy could swiftly reduce fuel use without limiting air transport capacity.

Order data for December shows Boeing added more aircraft to its backlog than Airbus in 2025, out-selling its European rival over the course of the year for the first time this decade.

Bouyed by full-year 2025 production numbers, manufacturers are cautiously optimistic that a steadily upward trend is emerging, but more challenges await.

The part that failed and triggered the engine separation at the heart of the Nov. 4, 2025, crash of a UPS MD-11 was flagged for inspections by Boeing in 2011.

In line with MRO Latin America 2026, Carbon Analysis studies the operators it assessed last year at this time: Avianca Group, Azul, Gol and LATAM Group.

Boeing and startup Salient Motion plan to attempt to certify modular actuators for commercial airliners.

Another attempt is being made to revive Air Zimbabwe, with the announcement of a plan to acquire a new fleet.

TAP Air Portugal has announced plans to build a new base maintenance facility in Porto by 2028.

The UK’s main air traffic control provider, NATS, is pressing ahead with efforts to modernize air routes over Scotland, with the aim of increasing efficiencies.

Chinese academics are calling the government to take a more proactive role in SAF adoption, including embedding mandates in China’s next Five-Year Plan.

President Donald Trump’s new attack on defense industry shareholder awards and executive pay will be problematic for the entire sector.

Boeing delivered 63 aircraft in December to finish at an even 600 for the full year, its highest calendar-year total since 2018.