Sustainable energy company Velocys says it will be able to produce “negative-emissions” fuels, after striking a deal to capture and store the carbon dioxide that will be generated by the biomass-to-fuel plant it is planning to build in Mississippi.
European regional carriers are expecting a difficult operating environment to continue, with macroeconomic and political uncertainty as well as hefty fuel bills all causing headaches for smaller carriers in a region that has seen four airline collapses in the past month.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. says it expects to sign up new customers for its SpaceJet aircraft family by year-end, as it pushes ahead with type-certification testing.
Planned tariffs on aircraft imports to the U.S. from Europe would apply to about 15% of the Airbus backlog, Aviation Week Fleet Data Services show, though many questions—from how lessors are affected to what happens with U.S.-assembled A320s, remain unanswered.
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer expects the E175-E2 to make its first flight later this year, with an entry into service for the latest member of its new-generation E-Jets family expected at the end of 2021.
American Airlines narrowed its Q3 revenue guidance and said the absence of Boeing 737 MAXs from its operation shaved $140 million off its Q3 pretax income as well as resulting in 9,475 flight cancellations.
ATR is targeting customers operating out of space-constrained airports with the formal launch of a STOL (short-takeoff-and-landing) version of the ATR 42-600, for which it has 20 commitments.
Air France KLM chief executives say it is too early to see what effects the new strategic cooperation between Delta Air Lines and LATAM will have on the SkyTeam alliance and its member-partners.
Biofuel supplier SkyNRG has introduced a program that is geared to enabling corporations to reduce emissions from their business air travel by contributing to development of a production facility for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be built in the Netherlands.
British budget carrier easyJet said it expects its full-year profit to be at the top end of its previous estimates, helped partly by increased demand due to strikes at British Airways and Ryanair.
The FAA said the last two of 155 U.S. airports in a plan now receive and display aircraft targets by automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), completing the agency’s final implementation goal for the program.
With backing from KLM, a scale flying model of an unconventional fuel-efficient long-haul airliner concept made its debut at the airline’s 100th anniversary celebrations.
Seaplane operator Harbour Air has installed a 540-kw (750-hp) electric motor in a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, with first flight expected by the end of November.
