NASA is transitioning long-running hypersonic technology studies increasingly toward potential commercial applications and has awarded two new contracts supporting high speed design and propulsion work to Aerion Supersonic and GE Aviation respectively.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reached agreements with Airbus and Boeing to defer the delivery of more than 130 aircraft in its order book past the contracted timeframe and some beyond the immediate five years.
To meet rising demand for converted freighters, the Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has announced it will open a third line for the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) at its Guangzhou, China facility.
UPS is in the home stretch of a five-year project designed to add 20 years of useful life to its Airbus A300-600 freighter fleet, finalizing agreements with two maintenance shops that will install upgraded avionics and other components on 51 aircraft.
Airports aiming to cut carbon emissions are having to set that ambition against the need simply to survive, according to a new report from Airports Council International (ACI).
Mexican ULCC Volaris is scaling back its capacity growth in the 2021 first quarter (Q1) because of new U.S. international testing requirements and growing COVID-19 case counts in Mexico.
An independent report has concluded that neither Ukrainian nor Russian aviation regulators were aware of any potential threats to civil airspace in the lead up to the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014.
Delta Air Lines will continue blocking off middle seats through at least April 30, extending a popular policy the company hopes will differentiate it as a more premium airline brand.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and its pilots’ union Aeropers have failed to reach agreement on a way forward to tackle the airline’s financial predicament.
Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace division will stop building jet engines for two weeks in summer 2021 as it continues to contend with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on its business.
A group of employees seeking to save South African Express (SA Express) are yet to provide a bank guarantee, keeping the airline at risk of liquidation.
Czech carrier Smartwings is set to become the first airline to operate the Boeing 737 MAX on a scheduled route in Europe since EASA gave its approval for the aircraft’s return to service.
China is in the process of developing new facilities for COMAC in Shanghai, laying the foundations for the state-owned airframer to one day take on the global powerhouses.
Boeing’s Indian joint venture Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited is set to start manufacturing vertical fin structures for 737 family aircraft at its site in Hyderabad.
Triumph Group saw both MRO sales and key leading indicators such as repair orders climb last quarter, suggesting that the commercial aftermarket recovery is gaining momentum.
SkyWest Airlines executives said the company could break even by mid-year 2021, assuming domestic travel demand picks up during the first half of the year.
Air Canada Rouge has become the country’s latest airline to suspend flights to warm weather markets following the Canadian government’s imposition of new travel restrictions for the Caribbean and Mexico.
