Package carrier FedEx Express is planning to conduct tests of startup Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft in 2023 in its middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sorting locations. 

The 737 MAX 10’s likely appeal for airlines, restarted MAX and 787 deliveries and free cash flow generation are some reasons for optimism.

With Swiss International Airlines as its first customer, solar kerosene startup Synhelion has selected Germany’s Ineratec to provide the Fischer-Tropsch technology required to produce carbon-neutral aviation fuel using concentrated sunlight.

The UK aerospace industry has broadly welcomed a government decision to provide £685 million ($897.2 million) in funding for the Aerospace Technology Institute to accelerate the development of green aviation technologies.

Honeywell Aerospace sees its urban air mobility (UAM) office creation as a responsible move for a longtime aerospace supplier eyeing a generational shift.

Startup HyPoint has partnered with an aerospace R&D company to combine its aircraft fuel cells with liquid hydrogen tanks and offer manufacturers the ability to carry more hydrogen for greater range.

Airbus said March 29 that the new 125,000-ft.² expansion of its A220 subcomponents preassembly line in Mirabel, Canada, will help double production capacity of the small airliner in coming years.

Saudi Arabian airline flynas' board of directors has approved its strategic plan, which includes raising new aircraft orders to 250.