Airbus

By Jens Flottau
Airbus managed to substantially increase output in May, delivering a total of 81 commercial aircraft to its customers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Latecoere is readying to offer composite-material aerostructures to Airbus, targeting reduced weight at affordable costs on the airframer’s NGSA.
Emerging Technologies

Mesh Feigenbaum
The shortage of large hydraulic forging press capacity is constraining commercial and defense production.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Daniel Williams
Operators want to introduce newer, more fuel-efficient aircraft into service to offset rising fuel costs—how many aircraft are manufacturers rolling out?
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Thierry Dubois
Saab supplies composite-material ailerons for the Airbus A320 family, and overwing doors for the A321.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Betting on strong sales for the new A321XLR, Airbus has invested in new facilities, tooling and personnel to develop the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Michael Bruno
Honeywell Aerospace has opened up additional production capacity at its auxiliary power unit assembly line in Phoenix to meet growing airliner production rates.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
NASA is rescinding a proposal to anchor a post-International Space Station commercial platform with a government-owned module.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
In researching aerostructures technologies it could offer on a future narrowbody, Spain's Aernnova is giving precedence to ease the cost of manufacturing.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Honda eVTOL flies; helping to avoid contrails; bio-based carbon fiber advances; Korea’s engine independence bid; and Airbus’ Canadian tech hub.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
Atlas Air acquires 49% stake in Air Atlanta to expand global freighter capacity; Air Atlanta consists of sister airlines Air Atlanta Icelandic and Air Atlanta Europe.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus warns against non-certified cockpit window accessories after sunshade causes A320 window overheating incident.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
The German market is an early proving ground for companies vying to equip European air forces with collaborative combat aircraft to augment crewed fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
As German civil aerospace copes with multiple overlapping crises, preparations for the next-generation narrowbody aircraft are accelerating.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Christine Boynton
American Airlines will install SpaceX Starlink inflight connectivity across its Airbus aircraft, covering nearly half of its in-service mainline fleet.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has launched a Tech Hub in Canada to work with local industry and academia on research projects principally in support of the A220 airliner program.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas confirmed a further delay to the aircraft for its Project Sunrise ultra-long-haul flights, with delivery of the initial A350-1000ULRs expected to slide.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Kough
North America’s narrowbody-dominant fleet shifts engine MRO value to Asia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Airbus U.S. Space and Defense names Alex Veneziano as CEO and retired Rear Adm. Kevin Sweeney as chairman of the board.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Daniel Williams
As the inaugural MRO Greater China event in Beijing nears, Flight Friday looks at how the largest Chinese operators’ flights have performed over recent years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus prepares Valkyrie drone flight tests with Learjet surrogates to demonstrate collaborative combat aircraft capabilities for European air forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The Paris court of appeal has found Airbus and Air France guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the June 1, 2009, loss of Air France Flight 447.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has warned customers about new delivery delays of A350s and A320neo family aircraft over the next several years.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Airbus proposes partial reset of European FCAS program to address Ukraine war lessons and industrial partner disputes over next-gen fighter requirements.
Aircraft & Propulsion