Airbus

By Graham Warwick
Next steps for wake surfing; measuring e-SAF emissions; solar stratospheric UAS upgrade; and uncrewed medical eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
While lessors have done well with lease rates surging, disrupted supply chains and other issues make normal business, let alone growth, complicated to manage.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Recent personnel developments in the commercial aviation industry included changes at airlines in the U.S., Spain and Turkey, Airbus and the Oneworld alliance.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Having two pilots onboard is a vital safety asset that reduced-crew concepts are threatening, says NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Talk of a pilot shortage has softened, but the need persists to increase opportunities to ensure a steady flow of qualified candidates.
Maintenance & Training

By Alex Derber
Aircraft and engine OEMs are advancing their use of health monitoring systems to improve maintenance.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
The agreement will give carriers some control of the data their aircraft share with manufacturers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Listen in to hear Frank Haselbach, president of ISABE and head of propulsion at Airbus, in conversation with Aviation Week's Guy Norris.
Check 6

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Industry efforts are underway to address shortfalls in recruiting and training aviation maintenance technicians.
Workforce & Training

By William Moore, Ben Goldstein
The advanced air mobility sector has proven itself to be surprisingly resilient.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is dealing with “10 times more issues on a daily basis” in its supply chain than in the past, Sinead Cormican, SVP of leasing said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Keith Mwanalushi
IndiGo is boosting technology initiatives and training to prepare for its fleet expansion.
MRO

By Chen Chuanren
With renewed focus on sustainability in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Airbus has signed MOUs with AirAsia and Pertamina.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
The new facility is the company’s second in Hamburg, and it will store and service tools and large components.
Supply Chain

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Airbus expects the market for aircraft dismantling and recycling to grow significantly over the next 20 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Airbus has appointed Gabriel Semelas as its new president for the Africa and the Middle East region, effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Performance goals for the next generation of aircraft will benefit from progress in measurement techniques and a drive to increase investments in test centers.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
The phrase “Valley of Death” describes the stage in which startups have begun operations but don’t yet have customers, and therefore revenues.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
The clear gulf dividing Europe and North America over the level and intensity of hydrogen propulsion research appears to be of growing concern to Airbus.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
As Airbus gears up for the first flight of a high-aspect-ratio, morphing-wing aircraft in 2026, engineers are working on accompanying measurement techniques.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Graham Warwick
Acquired by Airbus in 2001, Poland’s PZL-Okecie produced more than 1,000 of the four-seat Wilgas between 1967 and 2008.
Business Aviation

June-August deliveries show Airbus’s pace is 2% higher than 2023 while Boeing’s pace has slipped 6% year-over-year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The UK is undergoing a major overhaul of its military satellite communications architecture.
Satellites

By Ben Goldstein
Airbus UAM CEO Balkiz Sarihan tells Aviation Week the CityAirbus NextGen full-scale eVTOL prototype is on track to make its first flight before year-end.
Advanced Air Mobility