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Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
More than five months into the second Trump administration, it is becoming increasingly clear who the winners and losers are in Western aerospace and defense.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russian aircraft manufacturer Ural Works for Civil Aviation has conducted the first flight trials of its new VK-800 turboprop engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
Airlines in Latin America are feeling good about their short-term prospects but are keeping a close watch on the second half of the year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
LATAM plans to spend $40 million upgrading 37 Airbus A319s, a subfleet that has provided the company flexibility as it faced aircraft delivery delays.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
UK startup Sora Aviation has designed a large tiltrotor eVTOL able to carry up to 30 passengers at a time.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
New SAE and ASTM programs are developing aerospace standards to simplify and improve the use of advanced technologies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
As Airbus tests the Taxibot, question marks remain over the viability of such solutions and aviation players’ willingness to save fuel in the taxiing phase.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Korean Air has purchased a wearable robot developed by Hyundai and Kia designed to reduce technician strain during repetitive overhead tasks.
Emerging Technologies

By Kurt Hofmann
Swiss International Air Lines is reflecting on the future of its Airbus A220-100 fleet as Pratt & Whitney GTF engine issues remain a recurrent concern.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Guy Norris
Boeing has begun construction of the first composite wing for the 777-8 Freighter as other major sub-assemblies come together at supplier sites in Japan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau preliminary report suggests an A171 pilot toggled the aircraft’s engine fuel supply switches just after liftoff.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Third-party revenue at Delta TechOps is back to pre-pandemic levels and poised to grow steadily in the coming years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
India's AAIB just missed ICAO’s Annex 13 30-day deadline for a preliminary report on the Air India Boeing 787 crash that killed 260.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) aims to finalize its new net-zero standard by year-end for launch in the first quarter of 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
A Swiss executive outlined further details of the airline's widebody fleet strategy during a visit to Toulouse to assess the flag carrier's first Airbus A350.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Safran CEO Olivier Andriès has succeeded Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury as head of French industry lobby GIFAS.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Strong June deliveries signal Boeing’s recovery is gaining momentum, but system tests on 737-10s remain a challenge toward completing MAX family certification.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Daniel Williams
This week's Flight Friday looks at utilization in Europe of Embraer’s E170/E175s, E190/E195s and its E2s, given the Brazilian OEM's successful Paris Air Show.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Jens Flottau
A large part of Embraer's commercial aircraft backlog could be at risk of serious disruption if an escalating political dispute between the U.S. and Brazil cannot be settled.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s new passenger turboprop the Ilyushin Il-114-300 will reportedly gain its designed operational parameters in 2028, two years after it enters service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
The management team of Croatian charter and ACMI specialist ETF Airways has completed a buy-out of the airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
AviaAM Leasing is nearing completion of its first Boeing 777-300ER passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion with U.S.-based partner Mammoth Freighters LLC.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
MTU Aero Engines CEO Lars Wagner will join Airbus on Nov. 1 now that his current employer has secured the timing of his succession.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore has launched the Asia-Pacific Sustainable Aviation Center, aimed at advancing sustainable aviation in the region.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Pilling
Saudia is maintaining its traffic growth forecast at 7-8% in 2025 after reviewing the impact on travel demand after the Iran-Israel missile attacks in mid-June.
Airlines & Lessors