Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Alaska Air Group expects a commercial strategy and synergies from its merger with Hawaiian Airlines to drive $1 billion of incremental profit by 2027.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
The evenly shared effort gave results that may inform crucial technology orientations for all three companies.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Network Staff
The company handed over 13 aircraft in November—all from pre-strike inventory.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Sean Broderick
Boeing has restarted 737 production and expects its widebody facilities in Everett, Washington, to follow in the coming days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
A former Airbus facility in Russia has been used to manufacture spare parts for the A321’s drainage system through reverse engineering.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Leased aircraft now make up more than 51.3% of the global fleet, totaling over 12,000 aircraft, but Air Lease founder Steve Udvar-Házy expects this to settle.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific has welcomed a new report on sustainable aviation fuel that proposes a wide range of measures to encourage the use of such fuel in Hong Kong.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA says the pace of growth in SAF volumes remains disappointing, and more action is needed—especially from traditional oil companies—to boost quantities.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Cambodia Angkor Air is set for a rebrand, with the flag carrier also slated to more than double its fleet of ATR 72 turboprops.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
KAI will continue manufacturing the Boeing 737 MAX's empennage into the 2030s following an extension of its contract with Boeing.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By James Pozzi
Rolls-Royce has restarted civil engine activity at its Dahlewitz, Germany, facility by inducting its first Trent 1000 as it continues to ramp up capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
IATA plans to look at whether there is evidence of anti-competitive behavior among aircraft manufacturers and the aerospace supply chain, as delays and shortages continue.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The propulsively efficient open fan forms a center piece of CFM’s RISE technology but its large diameter poses integration challenges for single aisle airliners
Aircraft & Propulsion

Shantanu Misra
Hydrogen-powered hybrid aircraft can offer environmental and economic benefits by combining battery-electric and hydrogen systems for optimized energy use.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Pierre Farjounel was appointed chief information security officer and head of future developments at regional aircraft manufacturer ATR.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia Airlines looks to build on its 2024 financial turnaround despite challenges.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Deutsche Aircraft Group has named Nico Neumann as the new CEO of Deutsche Aircraft, which is developing a new version of the legacy Dornier 328.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
Lufthansa Technik has confirmed plans to build a new Portugal-based component repair facility near Porto and expects it to commence operations toward the end of 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams, Guy Ferneyhough
This year the number of Airbus A330s converted into freighters passed the half-century mark, but that number will look meager compared to a decade from now.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson, Adrian Schofield
2024 was full of challenges and milestones for airline consolidation efforts around the world.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Airbus delivered 84 commercial aircraft in November, bringing its 2024 total through Nov. 30 to 643 deliveries to 82 customers.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Guy Norris
A newly developed high-pressure turbine upgrade kit to increase CFM Leap 1A time-on-wing has been cleared for use after receiving FAA and EASA certification.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis have been hailed as a major breakthrough in electric aviation and urban mobility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
As Russian airlines continue to look for new ways to source spares under sanctions, Aeroflot Group is looking to buy a small fleet of freighters for teardown.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Wizz Air’s 2025 growth strategy relies on the delivery of 30 new aircraft as the carrier’s Pratt & Whitney GTF engine-related groundings remains high.
Airlines & Lessors