Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
A recent draft FAA inspection mandate for PW1500 and PW1900 parts is the latest step in the extensive plan to mitigate risk from contaminated powder metal.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Issues with the new PD-8 turbofan engines may again delay the certification of the import-free variant of Russia’s Superjet 100 (SJ-100) regional jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
The replacement of aging, large regional jets and smaller members of mainline jet families provides a potential addressable market of around 2,000 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
FACC is evaluating increased global cooperation as costs in Europe are creating a significant disadvantage in the race to remain competitive.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
The startup’s blended wing plan is moving forward with new airline funding and a growing development team.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau, Adrian Schofield
The A330neo, not yet the success story Airbus has hoped for, may find its biggest opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Emirates has agreed to buy the remaining five of a total of seven Airbus A380s it had been leasing from Doric Nimrod Air Two Limited.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
The Boeing 777-9 with the severed thrust link component has the fewest hours and cycles but was the most active since formal FAA testing began five weeks ago.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
According to a new report from the AIA, the U.S. aerospace and defense (A&D) industry’s workforce suffered a 13% attrition rate last year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
IAI is seeking an STC from the FAA that will kick-start work on P2F conversions of Boeing 777-300s at four sites in South Korea, the UAE and the U.S.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
London City Airport has been cleared to grow from 6.5 to 9 million passengers annually, although plans to extend its Saturday opening hours have been rejected.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
FAA funds sustainability projects; faster cryogenic fueling; hydrogen in a box; and sharkskins for 777s.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Boeing is halting 777-9 certification flight tests following the failure of a thrust link mounting component on one of the GE9X engines powering a test aircraft
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
The refinery will be built in Brisbane, Australia, with the CirculAir SAF production system, jointly marketed by LanzaTech and LanzaJet.
Emerging Technologies

By William Moore
Carbon Analysis revisits the U.S. “Second Four,” looking at annual figures for Alaska Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Guy Norris
Boeing made its first certification flight test of the upgraded Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine on the 787 on Aug. 16; the flight lasted 1 hr. 21 min.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Gambian company Magic Air has ferried its four Airbus airliners into Belarus, a country subject to Western sanctions that bar the import of aircraft or parts.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Some eVTOL industry-watchers are beginning to question whether the juice is truly worth the squeeze when it comes to large-scale air taxi demos.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Victoria Moores
Austrian Airlines is equipping four Boeing 777-200ERs with Lufthansa Technik’s AeroSHARK surface film, marking the technology’s debut on the 777-200ER.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesian airline TransNusa has completed a short runway verification flight using a Comac ARJ21 at Nabire Douw Aturure Airport in the West Papua region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines is moving closer to deciding which aircraft to select for the next phase of its narrowbody fleet replacement program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing's new CEO closed his first full week on the job with an olive branch to a key union as part of a broader message of encouragement to employees.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick
Airbus is really excited about an open-rotor engine. Boeing not so much. Here’s why.
Check 6

By Daniel Williams
As airlines in the Northern Hemisphere enjoy their summer peak, Flight Friday looks at passenger flights from January to July over the 2019-24 period.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Nordic ministers have agreed to intensify efforts to establish Nordic fossil-free air routes operated by electric aircraft by 2030.
Advanced Air Mobility