Aerospace & Air Transport

GE Aerospace To Collaborate with Canada Research Council

GE and the National Research Council of Canada are collaborating on R&D for next-generation aerospace technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes.

NRC researcher

AFI KLM E&M Sees Return to 2019 Revenue Levels in 2024

Job openings exist for over 1,000 new employees at the MRO concern over the next three years.

Maintenance and Modifications

AFI KLM E&M

PBS and Ivchenko Sign MoU for Small Turbojet

A partnership between PBS and Ivchenko aims to build a new turbine engine for small UAVs and cruise missiles.

AI-PBS-350

Icare Selects Exail Simulator for A320 Pilot Training

Icare chose the EASA FTD2/FNPT II simulator to train A320 pilots and complement its future full-flight simulator

Phillipe Goetz, CEO Icare

First eVTOL Passenger Flights Set For Paris In 2024

Volocopter says it expects to complete EASA type certification in time for the Paris Olympic Games starting in late July 2024.

Volocopter eVTOL aircraft

Feam Aero Earns Full Part 145 Repair Station Approval

Feam Aero is now able to support all airframes weighing more than 12,500 pounds with its latest round of authorizations.

Maintenance and Modifications

Barriers Snarl Connected Data's Full Sustainability Potential

Data is an easy way to boost airlines' sustainability efforts, but regulations and pilot unions could prevent this effort from reaching its full potential.

Sustainability and Environment

Brad Surak, Boeing Global Services v-p of digital aviation solutions

Given the Opportunity, Women Could Fill Aerospace Skills Gap

Companies are investing in multi-pronged efforts to boost female involvement in engineering, but women still account for around one-fifth of the total.

Training and Workforce

Sophie Chittim

SkyDrive to Build Electric Air Taxis at Suzuki Factory

SkyDrive now intends to produce a three-seat eVTOL air taxi, which it will manufacture at a facility owned by car maker Suzuki.

A digital rendering of SkyDrive's three-seat eVTOL air taxi in flight

Embraer to Open P2F Conversion Line in China

Lanzhou Aviation Industry Development Group emerged as launch customer of the Embraer E-Jets freighters in China.

Maintenance and Modifications

E-Jet passenger-to-freighter conversion

New SAF Facility Coming to Washington

Twelve Corporation will open a commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel production facility in Moses Lake, Washington.

Sustainability and Environment

Twelve CEO and co-founder Nicholas Flanders (left) and Washington Governor Jay Inslee toast to Twelve's new SAF production facility during the Paris Airshow

ATR's 72-600 Turboprop Flies at Paris Air Show 2023

ATR's 72-600 Turboprop Flies at Paris Air Show 2023

Boeing Launches Dashboard to Monitor SAF Production

A new Boeing tool tracks potential SAF availability, underscoring the need to close the supply-demand gap.

Sustainability and Environment

Boeing SAF dashboard

Aura Aero Scores New Orders for Hybrid-electric Airliner

The order book for Aura Aero's ERA hybrid-electric airliner has grown to more than 330 aircraft.

Aura Aero

H2Fly Launches Higher Performance Hydrogen Fuel Cells

German propulsion pioneer H2Fly says the H175 family of fuel cells could power both new and existing aircraft carrying between 20 and 80 passengers.

H2Fly's H175 hydrogen fuel cell systems will power regional airliners.

Pratt & Whitney To Establish Engine Parts Maker in Morocco

Pratt & Whitney Maroc will manufacture detailed static and structural machined parts for various engine models in Casablanca.

Pratt & Whitney Morocco

Airlines Double-down On Fleet Expansion and Replacement

Airbus, ATR, Boeing, and Embraer all collected multiple aircraft orders on Tuesday at the Paris Airshow.

Paris Air Show 2023

Boom Adds Suppliers, Addresses Progress on Overture SSJ

Boom added Aernnova, Leonardo, and Aciturri as aerostructures suppliers for its Overture supersonic airliner.

Blake Scholl Boom CEO

GE, Clemson University Win $10M Ceramics Research Grant

GE Aerospace and Clemson University received a $10 million USAF grant to continue research on advanced ceramic-matrix materials.

GE Aerospace continues advanced materials research with Clemson University

Airbus A321XLR Flies at Paris Air Show 2023

Airbus A321XLR Flies at Paris Air Show 2023