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Boeing plans to pursue formal AS9100 certification, matching a requirement to which it holds suppliers across its businesses.

Airbus is conducting a flight-test campaign to study the water vapor exhaust from a hydrogen fuel cell system to understand if it will create a contrail.

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The A321XLR is reviving a niche created decades ago by the Boeing 757, currently the only narrowbody capable of flying true long-haul services.

Despite strong demand for new commercial aircraft, supply chain woes are forcing Airbus to delay rate targets and may make it sell parts of the space business.

The airframer projects it will reach historic E-Jet peak production in a few years, while studies for a larger narrowbody include wing and fuselage concepts.

Airbus no longer expects to reach its target of producing 75 A320neo family aircraft per month in 2026 and has cut back its delivery guidance for 2024.

To produce three or four commercial aircraft per day, Airbus receives 2.2 million parts.

GE’s small hybrid core; on-site hydrogen on demand; 3D-printing magnesium; and very-low-orbit space tracker.

With a famous name in aviation and following industry giants, Benoit de Saint-Exupery must sell more aircraft as production slots grow scarce.

The airframer hopes the narrowbody A321XLR will make new long-haul routes economically viable.

Airbus says it is targeting ambulance and medical services as an early market for its eVTOL system, follow the unveiling of its four-person CityAirbus NextGen.

Bombardier has its mojo back. The company is consistently profitable, with strong demand for its business jets.

One of Benoit de Saint-Exupery's major frustrations in the new job: having far fewer aircraft available for sale than airlines would currently take.

Iberia has opened reservations for two routes that will use the new Airbus A321XLR aircraft.

As Airbus has increasingly globalized the production of its A320-family narrowbodies, the matter of which FAL builds what variant has come into focus.

European officials have approved an extra fuel tank the A350-1000s Qantas will use for ultra-long-haul flights.

A flex shaft for the A350’s high lift system has become the most complex 3D-printed metal part to be approved for series production by Airbus and EASA.

Premium leisure startup Beond Airlines says getting the right aircraft requires lessors’ trust, as the carrier outlines its network expansion plans.

Last week's analysis showcased that international flights are back to 2019 levels; this week we look at the "resurgence" of the passenger widebody market.

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

The moves by the airframer and the engine manufacturer illustrate their all-out effort to make their supply chain more resilient and reliable.

With funding from an NTT Docomo-led consortium, Aalto is moving more quickly into production of the solar-powered stratospheric aircraft.

Steadily expanding Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) has started hosting its first crossover jet services, increasing links from Upstate South Carolina.

Zero has previously signed agreements with Boeing and Rolls-Royce.