Green shoots keep emerging in commercial aviation in the form of used vaccination needles, but despite those shots in the arm and recent OEM trimming of production rates—i.e., the long-awaited certainty of the other shoe to drop—mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in aerospace production look set for a mixed year at best.

Two weeks after securing an air operator’s certificate (AOC), United Nigeria has begun commercial operations. 

The potential demand forecast for tens of thousands of delivery drones and air taxis means there is a growing need for propellers and rotors with better performance, lower noise and easier producibility.

Garuda Indonesia and Indonesia’s ministry of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) have moved to cut short a lease for 12 Bombardier CRJ1000 regional jets and return them to lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC). 

Africa’s primary hub carrier has decided to continue with the Boeing 737 MAX in spite of the March 2019 crash and subsequent grounding.

Ask the editors: Aviation Week forecasts that the vast majority of Boeing 767 aircraft in the fleet now will still be operating in 2030.

Boeing and Safran have put their APU joint venture on hold because of changes in the commercial aviation market due to COVID-19, a Safran spokesperson has confirmed.

Boeing delivered 20 long-idled 737 MAXs from its stored backlog to customers in January and one from its production line, an Aviation Week analysis shows.