Aircraft & Propulsion

NASA says the problems were uncovered during system checkout tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.

Maintenance info used by regulators to mandate 777 structural inspections includes errors that may create more risks for affected aircraft than it addresses.

Teams led by Boeing, GE, Northrop Grumman and RTX are among those to receive funding to develop tools to mitigate contrail-related climate forcing.

Safran and local institutional partners have laid the first stone for their new compressor blade manufacturing facility in Marchin, Belgium.

Folding wingtips will finally enter commercial service in 2025 with the long-anticipated debut of the 777-9.

AviLease will acquire a portfolio of 100 narrowbody aircraft and become a servicer for another 22 aircraft, increasing the size of its overall fleet to 167.

Chinese operators had almost 100 737 MAXs in their fleets when the variant was grounded in March 2019 following two fatal accidents.

The organization’s new study offers a detailed comparison between alternative sustainable power configurations for an Airbus A380-like airliner.

The exact number and breakdown of affected engines in the global fleet has not been previously reported.

As Russia pulls out of the CR929 and Airbus and Boeing sit on their hands, JetZero is showing that its radical new concept just might be for real.

The initial set of checks flags 201 engines on Airbus A320neo-family aircraft and requires pulling them from service by late September.

Air New Zealand has secured new aircraft deals that will help boost its short-haul international and domestic fleets in 2024.

For this week’s Flight Friday we look at domestic and international flights (cycles) compared to their equivalent month in 2019.

BermudAir plans to operate its E175s in a 30-seat, 1x1 configuration featuring privacy walls dubbed “Aisle Class," but it has not yet received the custom seats.

Boom Supersonic has received an FAA experimental certificate of airworthiness for its XB-1 technology demonstrator, meaning flight-testing can now get underway.

Norwegian Air Shuttle is reconsidering ordering the Boeing 737-10 for its fleet after being reassured of its range.

Airlines are fed up with suppliers that don’t deliver.

Qantas has ordered more Boeing 787s and Airbus A350s to replace its A330s, and said the A350-1000 will take over its A380 routes one day.

The oversized fastener holes are the result of an incorrect process at Spirit AeroSystems, which says it is working with Boeing to correct the 737 issue.

Zero-emission propulsion developer ZeroAvia has partnered with UAE renewable energy company Masdar to explore the production and supply of green hydrogen.

The capital investments by Boeing are supporting the company's "future franchise" programs, which possibly include the Next Generation Air Dominance program.

Eurocontrol has released an analysis of the various possibilities airframers might want to consider when designing a green widebody aircraft.

Certification of the Embraer E195-E2 by the Civil Aviation Administration of China follows approval of the smaller E190-E2 announced at Zhuhai Airshow in 2022.

Two U.S. aerospace industry teams have been awarded NASA contracts to study technology for sustainable high-speed airliner designs capable of Mach 2-plus.

An EASA order flags Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 turbine blades for targeted inspections to flag a flaw that could lead to engine failures.