Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Sep 30, 2016
The design space remains wide open for a potential second stretch of the 737 MAX family to counter the Airbus A321neo, Boeing says, but as assembly of the first 737-9 nears, the manufacturer appears to be leaning toward a simpler, lower-risk derivative.
Sep 29, 2016
Passenger growth is showing signs of peaking, as IATA looks for new ways to sustain airline earnings.
Sep 29, 2016
Business jet demand was once linked to a wide array of economic indicators, especially equities markets and corporate profits. Since 2008, these links have broken down.
Sep 29, 2016
While the sunsetting of the US Airways brand is the most public change from its merger with American, most of the work of integration happened behind the scenes and in fact is continuing.
Sep 29, 2016
There is still disagreement over whether short-term aircraft demand has already peaked or is about to—or whether there is time left until the going gets much tougher.
Sep 29, 2016
Aurora Flight Sciences plans ground tests and flight demonstrations to prove the efficiency improvements promised by MIT’s unconventional “double-bubble” D8 twin-aisle short-/medium-range airliner concept.
Sep 28, 2016
An intercontinental transfer operation can be based largely on narrowbody aircraft, thanks to their rising range and the central location of Air Astana’s bases.
Sep 26, 2016
Industry says wider toilets for single-aisles will cut a row of seats, costing $33 billion over 25 years.