Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Double-digit growth in aerospace MRO and aerostructure systems has elevated ST Engineering’s first-half commercial aviation portfolio revenue by 20%.
Supply Chain

By David Casey
Malta-based Universal Air is expanding its niche operations, while also exploring new bases.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Boeing’s latest orderbook includes two deals for 30 aircraft announced at the Farnborough Airshow as well as the handover of 31 737 MAXs and six 787 widebodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
The Russian government is preparing to revise down its plans for production of locally made commercial aircraft through 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
OXCCU has opened its prototype production plant.
Emerging Technologies

By Kurt Hofmann
AirExplore, which is part of the Avia Solutions Group, will damp lease four aircraft to Air Peace from November 2024 through March 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company Limited (GAMECO) has inducted Emirates’ Airbus A380 into its Guangzhou facility for a 12-year check.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Alaska Airlines has become the first commercial operator to declare serious interest in the BWB under development by JetZero, signing options for an undisclosed number of aircraft from the startup.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
AirBaltic has converted options for 10 additional Airbus A220-300s as the airline seeks to lay the groundwork for further growth toward the end of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has selected Embraer’s E190-E2 for fleet replacement and growth in its regional and charter subsidiary Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Guy Norris
The start of powered runs of the X-59’s single GE Aerospace F414 will mark a key milestone on the road to first flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Moore
Carbon Analysis revisits the topic of alliances with our focus this time directed at SkyTeam carriers Aeromexico, Air France, China Airlines and Virgin Atlantic
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Alan Dron
Iran’s Simorgh light transport aircraft is now undergoing flight certification.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Royal Jordanian's new Embraer E2 jets are helping to revitalize the flag-carrier's fleet amid Boeing and Airbus delays.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Sean Broderick, Lori Ranson
A Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 en route to São Paulo went down northwest of the city center; local reports said all 61 people on the aircraft were killed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Boeing is steadily increasing 777-9 production from a slow pace when final assembly re-started in late 2023 to the current rate of about one per month
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Energy Department’s research arm is studying whether it can launch a program to modify a regional jet into a flying testbed for the propulsion systems.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
NASA and Boeing are setting up for a round of key wind tunnel tests of the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
Nigerian carrier Arik Air has had a grounding order on several of its aircraft lifted, following the resolution of a court case.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s Ural Airlines will strip down its Airbus A320 that has been stuck in a wheat field near Novosibirsk, Siberia, since making an emergency landing in 2023
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Planned routes to Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius have been pulled by flydubai ahead of their launch.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Sean Broderick
The NTSB probe of the Alaska Airlines 737-9 blowout suggests safety systems work, but not effectively enough to address problems promptly or assuage workers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
Ortberg faces the challenge of fixing not one company but effectively two: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space and Security.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Christine Boynton
Frontier Airlines dropped the Airbus A321XLR from its fleet plan because the aircraft’s performance fell short of the carrier’s expectations.
Airlines & Lessors