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De Saint-Exupery is currently Airbus' senior vice president for contracts and a close aide to sales chief Christian Scherer.

A project involving fewer pilots on the flight deck is maturing—and meeting increased resistance as a result.

A clean-sheet design could shake off dust gathering on the 737 and offer significant profit and fuel savings.

For too long, OEMs assumed that compliant aerostructures suppliers were a given. That era is over, and aerospace stakeholders must plan for a new reality.

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

Sales and strategy expert Christian Scherer to run Airbus Commercial Aircraft.

China is learning the science of airliners, but politics remains an issue, experts say.

After a pre-pandemic boom, Chinese lessors have sharply curtailed their business expansion.

Airbus is carving out its commercial aircraft business as a separate entity and has named sales chief Christian Scherer as the new unit’s CEO.

China’s decades as aviation’s fastest growth country is over for now, and it will take years for aircraft deliveries to return to previous levels.

Airbus Helicopters has unveiled a third technology demonstrator, this time based on its H145 twin-engine light rotorcraft.

African airlines appear to be rapidly growing their regional jet and turboprop operations, with narrowbody flown hours also on the increase.

Airbus and ZeroAvia have agreed to collaborate on certification approaches for hydrogen power systems and work together on key technologies.

At a recent summit in Washington, industry CEOs shared some of their current pain points, particularly those around supply chain constraints.

Airbus has formed a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) strategic partnership with Washington D.C.-based DG Fuels (DGF).

Eurowings and Discover Airlines have firm strategies in place as City Airlines nears launch. But Lufthansa Group must invest in renewing its narrowbody fleet.

The agreement for 28 Airbus helicopters is one of the first major orders from an oil and gas operator energy prices dipped in 2015.

Interior specialists are developing new products to upgrade the passenger experience and reduce maintenance headaches.

Airbus is working on improving the A220’s autothrottle design after several reports of crew errors.

The leasing giant’s CEO cites engine OEM reluctance to lose out on valuable maintenance revenues as a factor.

Modern cabin design factors in how to reduce environmental impact.

The HIA consists of Airbus, Bristol Airport, LCC easyJet, GKN Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, and renewable energy company Ørsted.

The agreement is set to cover supply chain management, repairs and the creation of a worldwide pool of aircraft components.

Turkish Airlines has made the first relatively small step in renewing and growing its fleet by adding 10 Airbus A350-900s to its order backlog.

Marwan Lahoud, a former Airbus senior executive, has been appointed chairman of France’s Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space, known as ISAE-Supaero.