Pratt & Whitney

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 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 Alex Derber
The deal for 15 PW1100G-JM engines is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
MRO

By Adrian Schofield
Vietnamese aviation officials are urging them to lease more aircraft to offset the number of narrowbodies grounded due to engine availability issues.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Persistent problems with the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines on the Airbus A220 are forcing Cyprus Airways to rethink its strategies.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Ben Goldstein
Timothy Eyre, Monte’s COO, discussed the company’s vision for AAM leasing and shined some light on how Monte is approaching this new business line.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Ann Shay
AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss talks about fleet growth, the need for more equity and geared turbofan engine problems at MRO BEER.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin F-35s will become more expensive over the next four years, with flyaway prices rising 16-18% depending on the variant.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
New engine utilization figures confirm that the use of twin-aisle aircraft—for the most part—has finally returned to 2019 pre-pandemic levels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at how important “previous generation” engine technology is for the current aviation industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Wizz Air CEO József Váradi believes the ULCC is nearing the peak of the Pratt & Whitney GTF recall issue and is seeing improvements in shop visit times.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch conducted a “shakedown” flight of its Roc carrier aircraft on May 15.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Azorra is working closely with Pratt & Whitney to support the engine-maker's customers affected by accelerated PW1000G geared turbofan inspections.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation's Cessna Citation Ascend midsize business jet program has seen over 125 flights and 350 flight hr. completed on the prototype, Textron says.
EBACE

By Sean Broderick
“The manufacturing of [PW1000G] parts is a little bit of a bottleneck,” MTU CFO Peter Kameritsch said on a recent earnings call.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The light twinjet Beechjet 400A has remained a popular aircraft through various corporate changes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
Steep costs, capacity swings and Boeing woes compounded an already seasonally challenging quarter for U.S. airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
MTU Aero Engines continues to roll out new protocols to reduce Pratt & Whitney PW1000G overhaul turnaround times (TAT) .
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
End-to-end urban air mobility demo; integrating airborne collision avoidance system into autonomy; ZeroAvia eyes wider electric market; electrifying the Beaver
Emerging Technologies

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at aircraft ground days in the narrowbody sector, split by the CFM56, LEAP, PW1000G (GTF), and V2500 engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
Volaris' major issues of concern include how fast Pratt is inducting engines into shops, and once inducted, wait times for parts and materials seem uncertain.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Buoyed by double-digit first-quarter revenues and a busy commercial and defense orderbook, GE Aerospace reported an operating profit of $1.5 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
In preparation for Aero-Engines Asia-Pacific, this week’s Flight Friday looks at the utilization of the top five engine manufacturers with Asia-Pacific carriers
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Startup VerdeGo Aero has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to advance development of a turbine-based hybrid-electric powerplant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
Engine manufacturer is building up its aftermarket presence in Florida.
MRO