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Innovations can help airlines reduce their environmental footprint and cater to evolving travel patterns.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The two German air taxi companies need state support to exit a funding crisis, but party politics and risk aversion may force their sale to foreign investors.

Air Canada is working to lease Boeing 737-8s for additional lift in 2025, as it contends with a tight capacity environment.

IndiGo's A350 order highlights how Boeing is slipping behind in the region that holds the greatest potential for commercial aviation in the coming decades.

The Tikehau Aero Partenaires 2 fund is aimed at supporting small- and medium-size companies in the aerospace sector.

Despite a comfortable backlog, the country’s industry continues to grapple with financial woes and recovering know-how.

Bombardier, Embraer, and Gulfstream have shown new aircraft can be developed at reasonable prices.

Airbus is raising production of its A350 widebody further to 12 aircraft per month despite the current supply chain constraints that show no signs of easing.

Airbus’ Rapid And Cost-Effective Rotorcraft (RACER) compound helicopter has made its first flight.

India's low-cost giant IndiGo is to get its own widebody fleet after signing a firm order for 30 Airbus A350-900s.

Wary of the green hydrogen production challenge, industry cautiously eyes growth prospects.

Hexcel reported first-quarter 2024 results including net sales of $472 million and adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.44 per share.

Buoyed by double-digit first-quarter revenues and a busy commercial and defense orderbook, GE Aerospace reported an operating profit of $1.5 billion.

After a successful 2023 in recruitment, the aerospace sector in France is planning to add 25,000-30,000 employees in 2024.

Former JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes will succeed retiring Airbus Americas CEO and Chairman Jeff Knittel, effective June 3.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The industry must be allowed to grow in order to self-finance its transition to greater sustainability—but it must do so responsibly.

Will green hydrogen be produced in sufficient quantity to meet aviation’s future needs?

The average age of a business aircraft in the U.S. is 18.5 years old, according to a survey by Pureprofile commissioned by Airbus Corporate Jets.

The Aerospace Technology Institute was set up largely to allocate government money to projects intended to future-proof the UK’s civil aerospace sector.

Retirements in February 2024 came to just over 30 units, 24% below February 2023.

As of March 2024, 12% of the in-service fleet is classed as being in either parked or parked/reserve status.

As they grapple with supply chains and pitch new processes, companies are trying to ramp up production.

Airbus delivered 63 aircraft to 45 customers in March 2024, including 51 A320neo family narrowbodies.