Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 31, 2017
Rolls-Royce has received certification for its Trent XWB-97 engine, the most powerful version of the Trent XWB range of turbofans.
Aug 31, 2017
Ireland-based LCC Ryanair is bidding to buy around 90 aircraft from cash-strapped Italian carrier Alitalia. Speaking in London on Aug. 31, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said his company would be submitting a bid for Alitalia’s aircraft, their crews and engineering staff to the Italian flag carrier’s administrators.
Aug 30, 2017
French Polynesian carrier Air Tahiti Nui is preparing for a major upgrade of its long-haul international fleet in 2018, when it will begin the replacement of its Airbus A340s with Boeing 787-9s.
Aug 30, 2017
Southwest Airlines has become the first US airline to take delivery of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, an aircraft in which the Dallas-based carrier played a key role in developing.
Dec 20, 2021
The energy requirements of future aircraft must be reduced by at least half by 2050 if aviation is to achieve the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century, according to a new aviation strategy adopted by German national aviation research agency DLR.
Dec 20, 2021
Europe is expanding its technology base for hydrogen propulsion as the region’s industry pushes to field zero-emissions commercial aircraft by the mid-2030s.
Dec 20, 2021
Traditional aerospace suppliers are investing in their capabilities to develop systems for emerging electric aircraft.
Dec 20, 2021
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Harbour Air Seaplanes has begun modifying a second de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion and will begin certification flight testing in 2022.
Dec 20, 2021
Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has flown a subscale model of its ES-19 electric regional airliner.
Dec 17, 2021
EASA has granted regional aircraft manufacturer ATR approval to significantly extend the intervals between C-Checks for its turboprops.
Dec 17, 2021
Boeing has delivered about 180 of its stored 737 MAXs since December 2020, leaving the company with 290 in the inventory accumulated during the model’s grounding and setting it up for a possible bottleneck if the pace does not accelerate amid a planned production-rate hike, Aviation Week data show.
Dec 17, 2021
Issues on a global scale face the aerospace and defense industry in 2022. Here are some events to watch for in the year ahead.