Too many airlines have a vested interest in keeping current ownership and control regulations in place. If they succeed, it will mark a major missed opportunity.

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co. (Gameco) has become Satair Group’s first Chinese customer for its Airbus Managed Inventory (AMI) service, an automated inventory management solution.

The combined company will be a super supplier of buyer-furnished equipment poised to ride the wave of aircraft interior retrofits.

Rolls-Royce’s power gearbox and ceramic matrix composites work are part of a plan that will culminate in the UltraFan, an engine aimed at future airliners for 2025 onward.

An era ends as launch customer Lufthansa retires its last Boeing 737 after 48 years

Wholesale changes put in place by Boeing for 777X production have strategic implications for the company’s future effectiveness.

Boeing’s first 777X full-size composite wing skin test panel is being built as its robotic fuselage line picks up speed.

Aviation Week editors recently saw a demonstration of the folding wingtip at Boeing’s plant in Everett, Washington. The target time for extending and/or retracting the wingtip is 20 sec. Watch and listen closely when it reaches the selected position to hear the locking mechanisms engage.