Finnair said it is now in a healthy financial position after a recapitalization and extensive cost-cutting that addressed the havoc wreaked on its business by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Around a decade after preparing to divest its aerostructures businesses, Airbus is now reversing course and wants to keep component manufacturing inside the group for the long term.

De Havilland Canada plans to suspend production of the Dash 8-400 regional turboprop, citing the difficulty of securing new orders in current industry conditions. 

The U.S. aerospace industry provided a foreign trade surplus of around $43 billion in 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department reported this month, a notable achievement amid the onset of COVID-19 but almost half the sector’s 2019 level.

The A330neo has not enjoyed nearly the market success of its predecessor.

Renewable fuel producer Fulcrum BioEnergy has partnered with refinery operator Essar Oil (UK) to build a facility in northwest England to convert municipal solid waste into sustainable aviation fuel. 

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has once again selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power its latest order for 35 A320neo family aircraft placed in 2018. 

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