Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The dilemma: How do you integrate a new class of aircraft when there are no existing powered-lift pilots, and no established training curricula to certify them?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
SMBC Aviation Capital has signed a lease agreement with Thai Airways for eight Airbus A321neos.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Airbus deliveries were off to a slow start in January after the manufacturer had pushed out as many aircraft as possible to customers in December 2024.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Jens Flottau
Trade conflicts would prolong industry’s supply chain disruptions and inflation, ultimately resulting in higher prices for airlines and the flying public.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Daniel Williams
With Aviation Week’s MRO Middle East coming up in Dubai, this week’s Flight Friday looks at recent flights for Middle Eastern operators by aircraft class.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams, Guy Ferneyhough
Eighteen months on from Pratt & Whitney announcing that hundreds of GTF engines would have to be pulled from service to undergo enhanced inspections, airlines are still suffering.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA has released its methodology for reporting the emissions reduction that airlines can achieve by using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Emerging Technologies

By Kurt Hofmann
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary says the Irish ULCC lost one year of growth related to ongoing Boeing 737 MAX delivery delays.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Hainan Airlines intends to dispose of nine Boeing 787-8 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Daher is studying how to bring more electric systems into a new version of its TBM 900 or Kodiak single-turboprop aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Honeywell will follow the path of General Electric and United Technologies Corp. and split into different parts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Kurt Hofmann
The CEO of SunExpress says the European leisure carrier will seek to boost ACMI to counter seasonal capacity challenges.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
IndiGo confirms it has reached a deal to damp-lease one Boeing 787-9 from Norse Atlantic Airways and says the two carriers are discussing additional leases.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The narrowbody shortage is easing, and the carrier is considering accelerating its widebody plans.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Daher is firming up its project of making final assembly lines for the TBM 900 and Kodiak single-turboprop aircraft at its Stuart, Florida, production facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Lessor DAE says it was able to compensate for a slump in Boeing aircraft deliveries in 2024 by tapping an active secondary market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
As Daher has undergone salary and price inflation since the pandemic, the company is renegotiating the prices of the aerostructures it supplies to airframers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Network Staff
Perforation damage to the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190 that crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25 indicates that external objects penetrated the fuselage.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
France’s defense materiel agency DGA has contracted Airbus in partnership with Thales for a further two-year risk-assessment study on the A321MPA.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Moore
A breakdown of commercial aviation-related CO2kg emissions by year shows where the industry is in terms of tackling its carbon footprint.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
Canadian charter airliner Nolinor Aviation has purchased multiple production slots for the Natilus Kona blended wing body (BWB) regional freighter.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
Woodward expects its commercial aerospace business to return to growth in the second half of its fiscal 2025 as Boeing ramps up production of the 737 MAX.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Safran Electrical & Power is seeking a chemical specialist to create its own GENeUSPACK battery solution for propulsion systems on electric and hybrid-electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The approval paves the way for more powerful motors that may equip hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Hayes has served as executive chairman of the board of directors since May 2024, when he handed over the CEO role to his chosen successor, Chris Calio.
Supply Chain