Airbus

By Michael Bruno, Molly McMillin, Lee Ann Shay, Steve Trimble
The two-decade experiment known as Spirit AeroSystems is set for a dramatic and rocky close.
Farnborough Airshow

By Christine Boynton
Delta Air Lines confirms some of its Airbus deliveries may slip in 2024, while it continues to expect no Boeing deliveries “over the next handful of years.”
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno, Ben Goldstein
Do Airbus and Boeing’s aerostructures reintegrations represent a trend, anomalies or both?
Farnborough Airshow

By Jens Flottau, Robert Wall
Guillaume Faury is looking to bring more work in-house in order to deal with supplier issues.
Farnborough Airshow

By Jens Flottau
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says two factors are “marginally affecting” the timeline for when the OEM will launch its next narrowbody aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
After a challenging start, France, Germany and Spain’s Future Combat Air System is progressing toward demonstrator flights.
GASCC & RIAT

By Graham Warwick
After electric air taxis, commercial space and artificial intelligence, is quantum computing the next big thing for private equity?
Farnborough Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Airbus is eyeing the technology to see if it fulfills its promise to outperform classical computing and enable more optimized aircraft designs and operations.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has added more partners and a new region to its hydrogen infrastructure studies.
Emerging Technologies

By Alex Derber
Industry efforts to improve the recycling of materials from aircraft have gathered pace in recent years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

In June, Airbus delivered 53 A320neo family aircraft, a significant output of the in-demand narrowbodies.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Christian Albertson
International Airlines Group’s MRO demand over the next decade will surpass $24.1 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Photonic navigation sensors; Airbus and quantum computing; in-space refueling; alternatives to GPS for PNT.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick, Thierry Dubois
Airframe production rate changes, stretched supply chains and durability remain major challenges in spite of rising utilization rates.
Farnborough Airshow

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris
To simplify its fuel cell engine design, Airbus elected not to use batteries that would have boosted peak power.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton, Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau, Lori Ranson, Adrian Schofield
As demand remains healthy, airlines are managing capacity challenges amid supply chain woes, engine issues and significant aircraft delivery delays.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Ann Shay
As Boeing plans to acquire the majority of Spirit AeroSystems, with some parts carved out by Airbus, change is coming to the supplier's aftermarket business.
Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
The second half of 2024 could be an important period for Asia-Pacific aircraft orders.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois, Graham Warwick, Victoria Moores
As pressure to cut aviation’s environmental impact intensifies, non-CO2 emissions are in the spotlight.
Farnborough Airshow

By Michael Bruno
Boeing announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Spirit AeroSystems early July 1 which values the supplier at $4.7 billion.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
Boeing plans to pursue formal AS9100 certification, matching a requirement to which it holds suppliers across its businesses.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
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.
Emerging Technologies

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

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

By Jens Flottau, Robert Wall
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.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain