When it comes to ideal locations for engine icing tests, manufacturers seek out an environment that many others try to avoid—with long winters and prolonged cold temperatures.

If Air Canada and American Airlines outsource their airframe maintenance, where will it go? Which MROs have capacity? This subject, as well as what really happened at Aveos Fleet Performance, was the focus of many conversations during the MRO Americas Conference & Exhibition in Dallas in early April. Both carriers appear to be in the initial stages of exploring third-party MRO market capabilities and capacity.

Now it is official. Amid mounting evidence that China is serious about curing its weakness in engine technology, Avic says its highest priority in the coming years will be propulsion. The group has set a budget of 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) for aero-engine work over five years, though that figure is probably only a fraction of actual spending.

Pressure is growing for an aircraft to show that sonic booms can be quiet.

Jet engine researchers study mysterious phenomenon behind more than 150 incidents.

The Volga-Dnepr Group has long been known primarily for its Antonov An-124-based outsize cargo charter business. But its scheduled operations are growing fast and strategic partnerships are serving to make the Russian logistics group a more serious international competitor.

While the airline world watches the seemingly unstoppable rise of the three big Persian Gulf carriers—Etihad Airways, Emirates and Qatar Airways—smaller airlines in the region are hurting like those elsewhere.

Corporate raider Paul Bilzerian may have ended up in prison after his takeover and break-up of diversified manufacturer Singer in the late 1980s, but he set in motion a chain of events that shaped and reshaped the flight-simulation market—and which may only now reaching their conclusion. Always technology-driven and highly competitive, the simulation industry has been wracked by waves of consolidation that have seen the some players change hands several times.