There is a path for aviation to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, but it requires changes in technologies and behaviors far beyond the industry’s traditional incremental pace of progress.

Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX has partnered with Blade Urban Air Mobility to electrify a fleet of Cessna Caravan seaplanes operated for Blade by Lima, New York, starting in early 2023.

Both Airbus and Boeing are looking at big boosts in production of their narrowbody jets. But with some regions of the world still closed to outsiders, the widebody market is a different story.

Airbus is exploring if and how it could raise production of its A320neo family to 75 aircraft per month in 2025 while also almost tripling output of the A220 to 14 aircraft over roughly the same period.

Following a series of commissioning runs with a Trent XWB turbofan and after almost three years of construction, Rolls-Royce has officially opened Testbed 80 at its Derby, England headquarters. 

Boeing has begun taxi tests of the 737-10—the fourth version of the MAX series and the longest stretch of the company’s long-running twinjet program—in the run-up to first flight.

In a bid to find an effective and immediate way to cut aviation’s contribution to global warming, one of the busiest air traffic control centers in Europe is conducting live tests of vertical flight profile-based action to avoid the formation of contrails.

Airlines are looking to fly more point-to-point long-haul routes with smaller, more efficient aircraft.