Aircraft & Propulsion

This week’s Carbon Analysis compares the efficiency of Europe’s top four largest airlines with the top four in the U.S.

Tanzanian leisure carrier Flightlink is seeking a pair of ATR 72-600s to launch services to Entebbe, Uganda, and Kigali, Rwanda, starting in 2026.

The FAA will mandate repetitive inspections designed to prevent a failure scenario that forced a Delta Boeing 717 to land without its nose gear in June 2023.

Southwest Airlines has adjusted its premium seating layout ahead of retrofits set to begin April 30.

The Comac C919 may receive its European certification in 3-6 years, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Executive Director Florian Guillermet said.

Thai Airways has moved to gain Boeing 777-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversion capability with Kansas Modification Center.

All Nippon Airways has expanded the AeroShark riblet film program from its Boeing 777F freighter fleet to the passenger 777-300ER.

Airbus is set to take over more of Spirit AeroSystems than originally planned to ensure a more reliable flow of parts for the A350 and A220 programs.

Since GE and Safran share CFM’s revenue but only a small part of the costs, tariffs will test the 50-year-old joint venture in an unpredictable way.

Awaiting delivery of eight Embraer E175s in 2025 of the 16 it has on order, SkyWest anticipates the majority to arrive in the back half of 2025.

Mumbai-based cargo operator Jet Freight Logistics will be the first Indian customer for the Airbus A330P2F converted freighter.

Boom Supersonic plans to start core tests of its Symphony engine at a Colorado site formerly used by failed hypersonic propulsion company Reaction Engines.

Top manufacturers continue to express cautious optimism that the loss of SPS Technologies will not lead to major new-production flow disruptions.

Safran is modifying its logistics flows and intends to take advantage of every existing trade mechanism, both for its own products and CFM engines.

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is looking to replace its Embraer E195LR regional fleet with new-generation aircraft.

Qatar Airways is likely to initially install the updated version of its Q-Suite business class cabin on Airbus A350s rather than the Boeing 777X.

Beijing has chosen to exempt some aircraft parts from import tariffs introduced as part of the escalated trade conflict with the U.S. according to Safran's CEO.

“If that’s a business jet, it needs winglets,” blended winglet chief Joe Clark said about the nascent Boeing Business Jet.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at narrowbody engine utilization by Asia-Pacific operators (which in this analysis excludes China and India operators).

Business jet and turboprop manufacturers delivered 214 aircraft during the first quarter of 2025, including 150 business jets and 64 turboprops, up from 181 during the same period a year ago, according to Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s Fleet Discovery data. The market analysis includes deliveries by category and month and by leading original equipment manufacturers. It also includes utilization data for business jets and turboprops.

United Airlines has become the latest U.S. carrier to publicly announce an investment in JetZero’s blended wing body (BWB) concept.

Boeing is pausing development of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing aircraft with NASA and reallocating resources to get the 737-7, 737-10 and 777X certified.

Boeing managers believe they can limit sudden cost increases from Trump administration tariffs and trade wars to below $500 million this year.

The tariffs beginning to disrupt the aerospace and defense industry were the least of Hexcel’s problems in a tepid first quarter performance.

An indefinite pause in deliveries to Chinese customers will not derail Boeing’s planned production rate ramp-ups.