Air France-KLM Maintenance & Engineering (AFI KLM M&E) intends to double its market share in component maintenance of the Airbus A350 to some forty percent. That’s the target of the proposed joint venture with Airbus , which was announced in…
RTX stated that Pratt & Whitney (P&W) GTF-powered A320 family aircraft grounded for engine problems would rise from approximately 10% of the fleet in mid-September to 600 to 650 airplanes AOG by early 2Q24. Aviation Week analysis shows The percentage…
Comlux has won orders for the cabin completion of two more Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty executive aircraft. This brings the number of total orders of the type for the completion specialist to five aircraft. The identity of the new customers has not…
JetBlue seems determined to get its deal done to acquire Spirit. A previous attempt to acquire Virgin American floundered as Alaska Airlines outbid it. More recently, JetBlue’s deal with American had to be abandoned. These experiences seem to reinforce JetBlue’s…
Boeing, NASA, and German Aerospace Center DLR have commenced flight tests on Thursday with a MAX 10 and Douglas DC-8 to study the effects of burning sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) on contrail formation and non-carbon emissions. Testing should demonstrate if there…
Following the recent appointment of Christian Scherer as CEO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft, the European airframer has announced further changes to streamline leadership and shift priorities. Guillaume Faury will continue as group CEO, but he will focus on strategy and business…