Archer Aviation has joined forces with NASA to jointly study and test high-performance battery cells for use in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and space applications. The two announced a Space Act Agreement on Monday that officially kicks off the partnership, although…
United Airlines has thrown a lifeline to its struggling regional subsidiary Mesa Airlines. Increasing block-hour rates, reducing debt obligations, and selling excess aircraft and engines should give Mesa some extra breathing space but the situation remains challenging. Mesa has faced a…
Mahindra Aerostructures Pvt Ltd (MASPL) and Airbus Aerostructures GmbH have signed a new contract for the manufacture and delivery of metallic components for all Airbus commercial aircraft models, including the company’s best-selling A320 family. MASPL has been a direct supplier to…
This order was expected a year ago, and at last, here we are: Delta Air Lines ordered 20 Airbus A350-1000s and took another 20 options. There had been chatter about more A330-900s also. This model was not ordered, and we…
UPDATE – Airbus has ended 2023 with a record-high 2.094 net orders and delivered 735 commercial aircraft, the airframer reported on Thursday evening. This makes 2023 a landmark year, said President and CEO Guillaume Faury. With a sense of understatement,…
UPDATE 1/9 – It was believed that Taiwan’s EVA Air was optimizing operational efficiency by adding more Boeing 787s to its fleet, but the airline will not have all eggs in one basket. Airbus said on January 9 that EVA…