Airbus

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

By Jens Flottau
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.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
To produce three or four commercial aircraft per day, Airbus receives 2.2 million parts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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

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

By Jens Flottau
The airframer hopes the narrowbody A321XLR will make new long-haul routes economically viable.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
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.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Bombardier has its mojo back. The company is consistently profitable, with strong demand for its business jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Iberia has opened reservations for two routes that will use the new Airbus A321XLR aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams, Guy Ferneyhough
As Airbus has increasingly globalized the production of its A320-family narrowbodies, the matter of which FAL builds what variant has come into focus.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Adrian Schofield
European officials have approved an extra fuel tank the A350-1000s Qantas will use for ultra-long-haul flights.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
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.
Emerging Technologies