Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has completed the previously announced acquisition of fellow lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) from NAC Holdings.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has established a new aeronautics division, consolidating the company’s fixed-wing crewed aircraft, aerostructures and UAS work under one roof.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Kurt Hofmann
Qatar Airways is close to announcing a new widebody order that could come during U.S. President Donald Trump's forthcoming tour of the Middle East.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russian aeronautical research institute TsAGI has flight tested a windowless cockpit demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
Airbus and Boeing's monopoly days will almost surely be a thing of the past—at least in a handful of global markets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Air Lease has been notified of further delays to its Airbus orderbook, impacting A320/A321neo deliveries in 2027 and 2028.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Wizz Air’s first Airbus A321XLR delivery remains pending while the European ULCC has suspended one of its first planned routes with the long-range narrowbody.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, productivity has degraded, and it will take years for Airbus to regain 2019 levels, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Vietnamese LCC VietJet and Kazakhstan’s Qazaq Air are forming a new joint venture that will operate a fleet of at least 20 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Local certification of the import-free modification of Russia’s MC-21-310 narrowbody airliner will still take more than a year, according to Yakovlev.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Emirates says it sees the Americas and secondary cities as key points that its new Airbus A350-900ULRs will serve.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
MTU Aero Engines is working on re-arranging logistics flows between its existing facilities and with partners to minimize the impact of U.S.-imposed tariffs.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
JetZero is targeting a critical design review (CDR) of its full-scale multi-role demonstrator late in May.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
More than 3,000 Machinists union members are on strike at Pratt & Whitney’s plants in Middletown and East Hartford, Connecticut.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Moore
This week the Carbon Analysis focuses on Icelandair, which is is set to end widebody operations by 2030, instead focusing on developing its narrowbody offering.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Michael Bruno
Spirit appears to have finally obtained a goal it once thought would be its financial salvation during the worst days of the combined pandemic/737 MAX crises.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus Atlantic has closed the acquisition of some A320 wing manufacturing activities so far performed by Daher.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Green Fuel Forward initiative aims to educate and increase corporate awareness and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) credits.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick, Adrian Schofield, Helen Massy-Beresford
Many production projects are underway across the globe, but political upheaval risks affecting investment decisions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby achieved a major feat in its eVTOL development program late last month when its S4 air taxi made the first piloted transition between vertical hover and forward cruise.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
AerCap is not interested in a new design from Airbus or Boeing, and CEO Aengus Kelly is confident his company is far from alone.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
Thailand’s Bangchak Group has opened the kingdom’s first dedicated SAF facility as production capacity continues to ramp up in Asia-Pacific.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
As both Airbus and Boeing push to deliver more aircraft to eager customers, they are tackling different sets of issues.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
Hydraulic fluid exposure can contaminate a key flight control data interface on A350s and in extreme cases lead to uncommanded flight control surface movements.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick
Ryanair, Boeing’s largest customer in Europe, warns that tariff costs may cause it to look beyond its orderbook with the U.S. aircraft manufacturer.
Airlines & Lessors