Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic plans to start core tests of its Symphony engine at a Colorado site formerly used by failed hypersonic propulsion company Reaction Engines.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
Top manufacturers continue to express cautious optimism that the loss of SPS Technologies will not lead to major new-production flow disruptions.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Safran is modifying its logistics flows and intends to take advantage of every existing trade mechanism, both for its own products and CFM engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is looking to replace its Embraer E195LR regional fleet with new-generation aircraft.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways is likely to initially install the updated version of its Q-Suite business class cabin on Airbus A350s rather than the Boeing 777X.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Jens Flottau
Beijing has chosen to exempt some aircraft parts from import tariffs introduced as part of the escalated trade conflict with the U.S. according to Safran's CEO.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By William Garvey
“If that’s a business jet, it needs winglets,” blended winglet chief Joe Clark said about the nascent Boeing Business Jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at narrowbody engine utilization by Asia-Pacific operators (which in this analysis excludes China and India operators).
MRO

Aviation Week Staff
Business jet and turboprop manufacturers delivered 214 aircraft during the first quarter of 2025, including 150 business jets and 64 turboprops, up from 181 during the same period a year ago, according to Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s Fleet Discovery data. The market analysis includes deliveries by category and month and by leading original equipment manufacturers. It also includes utilization data for business jets and turboprops.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
United Airlines has become the latest U.S. carrier to publicly announce an investment in JetZero’s blended wing body (BWB) concept.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Boeing is pausing development of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing aircraft with NASA and reallocating resources to get the 737-7, 737-10 and 777X certified.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
Boeing managers believe they can limit sudden cost increases from Trump administration tariffs and trade wars to below $500 million this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The tariffs beginning to disrupt the aerospace and defense industry were the least of Hexcel’s problems in a tepid first quarter performance.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
An indefinite pause in deliveries to Chinese customers will not derail Boeing’s planned production rate ramp-ups.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
CFM International's transatlantic nature may wreak havoc for the joint venture partners GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines if the trade war materializes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
French charter and ACMI specialist Regourd Aviation, which operates as Amelia, plans to expand its fleet with the delivery of two E190s from lessor CDB Aviation
Small Narrowbody Jets

Aviation Week Network Staff
Yakovlev has flown a prototype of its Superjet 100 regional jet in an all-Russian configuration powered by PD-8 engines for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Thai Airways continues to increase its backlog for more Airbus A321neos, this time agreeing to five aircraft from BOC Aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace is exploring various mitigation avenues in an attempt to avoid the impact of tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Mark Pilling
Flyadeal has revealed its long-awaited widebody deal, placing a firm order for 10 A330neos which the Saudi LCC hopes will propel it into a new phase of growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace is working to validate a new engine fan blade coating that will help make repaired blades “better than the original.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Trent 7000/1000TEN Phase 2 durability enhancement package tests are underway as Rolls targets on-condition maintenance in 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
Breeze CEO David Neeleman is hopeful that no new issues will arise with Pratt & Whitney geared turbofans (GTFs) powering its fleet of Airbus A220s.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Michael Bruno
Super Tier 1 suppliers are dusting off their pandemic playbooks over cost escalations during that crisis in order to manage the next wave of challenges.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
With tariff uncertainty front and center, major engine suppliers are not seeing signs of demand shifts that threaten strong aftermarket activity projections.
Aircraft & Propulsion