Boeing

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Richard Aboulafia
Editors are joined by guest columnist Richard Aboulafia to discuss the progress of airliner production by Airbus in Alabama and Boeing in South Carolina.
Check 6

By Daniel Williams
This week, Flight Friday focuses on Africa, investigating how each aircraft class is being utilized when compared to an equivalent pre-pandemic month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has tweaked its Boeing 787 orders, converting some from the -10 variant to -9s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air’s board approved the carrier’s plan to order more than 100 Boeing aircraft, in addition to a separate proposal to acquire another 21 spare engines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren, Jens Flottau
The order includes A320neo, A321neo and A321XLR aircraft; it also marks the first commitment for the A321XLR among China’s three state-owned airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Boeing has joined the first set of composite wings to the center fuselage section of the initial 777-8F freighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Positive aircraft certification updates are partially offset by a new 737 production quality issue and the grim financial reality of Spirit AeroSystems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Lufthansa is close to placing a follow-up order for new widebody aircraft with either Airbus or Boeing, according to CEO Carsten Spohr.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing plans to boost 737 production to 47 per month in the coming months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Contrails and their effects—cited by scientists as the main source of non-CO2 climate emissions—are notoriously difficult to characterize and measure.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
The two remaining 737 MAX variants are on track to receive FAA approval by year-end following final flight testing and final design validations, Boeing's CFO says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing are in a strong place to turn around the VC-25B future “Air Force One” program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
E-commerce demand is here to stay in the long term, but Trump’s tariffs led to trade lane changes and disruptions in the Middle East have caused reroutings.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
The industry has long demurred on major capex or capacity increases in favor of issuing shareholder returns, both public and private.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
Boeing handed over 51 total aircraft in February, but that number will surely fall following the revelation of a 737 MAX wiring issue that will need correcting.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
The stop-fold tiltrotor uncrewed aircraft under development by Bell for a DARPA project to fly a high-speed VTOL demonstrator has been designated the X-76.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Leaders of seven top defense firms in a meeting with President Donald Trump appeared to reaffirm agreements to increase production of in-demand munitions.
Supply Chain

By Swaati Ketkar
The FAA and India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation have announced a new cooperation with OEMs to simplify procedures.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The manufacturers are wrapping up a software update that is intended to reduce the risk of smoke in the cabin following engine failures.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Safe separation of UAM aircraft in automated airspace is to be evaluated by uncrewed airspace management providers ANRA Technologies and SkyGrid.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus, Boeing, Leonardo, and Sikorsky have prequalified to participate in the next steps of a NATO initiative to develop a battlefield and naval rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
A pair of deputy managers have taken the reins of NASA’s portfolio of low-Earth-orbit programs
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Lessors have traditionally been cautious about entering the widebody market, but SMBC Aviation Capital could change that approach.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Nearly 18 months into his role as Boeing’s first chief of human factors, Nick Patrick is making progress on codifying the discipline companywide.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce is advancing F130 engine testing for the B-52J program, refining design and preparing production for strategic missions starting in 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion