Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
With Regional Express (Rex) filing for voluntary administration, Flight Friday looks at the current state of Australia's larger operators in terms of flights.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Guy Norris
“This model ... did what it was meant to do, which is it proved the aerodynamics of the nose activating take-off gear,” says JetZero CEO Tom O’Leary.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
Transport Canada issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring detailed visual inspections of Airbus A220-100/300 main landing gear.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground runs of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator ahead of its first flight, planned before year-end,
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Wizz Air posted a dramatic drop in quarterly net profit, citing the airline’s ongoing impact from geared turbofan (GTF) engine-related aircraft groundings.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall
Rolls-Royce has begun flight tests of a major upgrade to the Trent 1000 engine powering some Boeing 787s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
MTU Aero Engines reports that the time in shop to overhaul some PW1000G geared-turbofan engines has fallen below 100 days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing is anticipating certification of all three in-development aircraft by the end of 2025 and expressing confidence in near-term production-ramp estimates.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Boeing CFO Brian West indicated that the troubled airframer and large defense prime will see another year full of red ink when 2024 results are reported.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Lufthansa Airlines' long-haul fleet will be streamlined by decommissioning its Airbus A340-300, A340-600, A330-200 and Boeing 747-400 sub-fleets by 2028.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Boeing has named Kelly Ortberg to be its new CEO from Aug. 8, taking on the massive challenge of reviving the aerospace giant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Leonardo is cutting work at its site making 787 fuselages for Boeing to a single shift as a short-term measure to address the slow pace of aircraft deliveries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
The OEM expects similar or better performance for the next two years due to strong aftermarket sales.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Safran CEO Olivier Andries has blamed delays in CFM Leap 1A engine deliveries to Airbus on a drop in output at a high-pressure turbine (HPT) blade supplier.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Airbus says it is working through supply-chain issues with top-tier partners Honeywell, Safran and Spirit AeroSystems.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
Sri Lanka and Pakistan encounter setbacks in their quests to find suitable buyers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Perhaps it is a good sign that Howmet is raising its baseline expectations of 737 shipsets to Boeing by 10% coming out of the Farnborough International Airshow.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
CEO Guillaume Faury singled out engine manufacturer CFM International as one supplier having to urgently improve on-time delivery performance.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Air Astana Group has taken another step in its continuing expansion by signing an operating lease for seven Airbus A321LRs from Air Lease Corporation.
Airlines & Lessors

The latest news from the world of Advanced Air Mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility Departments

By Tony Osborne
Portugal has joined the growing number of Southern European countries in modernizing its aerial firefighting fleet with De Havilland Canada’s DHC-515 amphibian.
Defense and Space

By David Casey
Croatia Airlines has outlined the first routes planned to receive Airbus A220 service.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Metafuels and the Paul Scherrer Institute have been awarded $5 million by the Swiss government to demonstrate the production of e-fuel for aviation.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier’s CEO says it would be open to buying back the plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, it sold to Spirit AeroSystems in 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand is pulling back from a 2030 emissions reduction target, citing aircraft delivery delays and SAF supply as obstacles to achieving the goal.
Airlines & Lessors