Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Air freight specialist Challenge Group has agreed to lease a pair of Boeing 777-300ERSF freighter conversions from AerCap.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Staff
Marketplace for Commercial Aircraft & Engines.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Thierry Dubois
Daher is cementing its position on the North American aerostructures market with a long-term lease for its Stuart, Florida, site.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Boeing confirms it conducted a functional check flight on the third 777-9 test aircraft on Jan. 16.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
The much-awaited launch of Riyadh Air will be postponed because of aircraft delivery delays.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
With Boeing delivering the final 777-300ER at the end of 2024, this week’s Flight Friday looks back at how 777 cycles have been since the beginning of 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Moscow has signed off an investment of RUB283.8 billion ($2.8 billion) to facilitate the domestic production of 600 commercial airliners by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Bruno Stoufflet, Dassault Aviation’s former CTO and director of innovation, has taken office as president of the Toulouse-based Air and Space Academy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
SAESL is eyeing “tactical solutions,” such as parts swapping, to overcome supply chain constraints.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
GOL plans to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May and pledges an improving financial performance as more aircraft return to service after engine maintenance.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
While the performance of Airbus and Boeing in terms of deliveries has been in the spotlight, dramatic falls in order numbers for both OEMs have gone under the radar.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
The nine 787 handovers were the highest monthly total for the widebodies since December 2023’s 11.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Sean Broderick
Boeing closed 2024 with some notable cleaning up of its orderbook and a few positive delivery-related developments, including a solid month of 787 hand-overs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boeing is set to conduct a functional check flight on the third 777-9 test aircraft, marking a return to flight for the stalled certification program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Suppliers polled by Jefferies in December 2024 expected the 737 program to hit an average production rate of just 26.4 a month in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
Porter Aircraft Leasing and Avolon have entered into a sale and leaseback agreement covering four Pratt & Whitney engines powering Embraer E195-E2 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A new report from a new report by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) highlights the sector’s environmental challenges.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Aviation sustainability investor SkiesFifty has agreed to acquire 200,000 tons of marine-based CO2 removals from Gigablue.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The next generation of single-aisle airliners will depend on very high bypass propulsion systems with much larger fan diameters than those in service today.
Emerging Technologies

By William Moore
This week, we review the 2024 CO2 emissions of Delta, Emirates and Lufthansa, but unlike usual, this analysis focuses on total emissions rather than CO2 per ASK
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Sean Broderick, Adrian Schofield
Officials will order step up pilot training and improvements to antennas at several airports based on an investigation prompted by the fatal Jeju Air accident.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European aviation’s projected growth is incompatible with the region’s climate goals, according to a new report by Brussels-based NGO Transport & Environment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Airbus annual commercial aircraft deliveries between 2014 and 2024.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
BAE Systems plans to provide the energy storage system for an Airbus project to demonstrate microhybridization for commercial aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
The divergence between the prospects of eVTOL startups in Europe and the U.S. is growing starker by the week.
Aircraft & Propulsion