Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Dec 15, 2015
The EC should focus on defending consumer interests rather than protecting Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group from competition.
Dec 15, 2015
“So we are finally—after years of destroying capital—delivering the minimum level of profitability that an investor would expect,” says IATA CEO Tony Tyler.
Dec 14, 2015
Maturing hybrid laminar flow control, active flow control, noise reduction and vibration prediction and mitigation technologies are the focuses of Europe’s AFloNext research program.
Dec 11, 2015
Qatar Airways says it will not take A320neos with PW1100G operational restrictions; Airbus negotiates with Lufthansa to take delivery of first A320neo.
Dec 11, 2015
Even with almost 3,000 orders in the bag before first flight, the Boeing 737 MAX is in catch-up mode with the A320neo, which was launched more than a year ahead of it.
Dec 11, 2015
Analyses of data culled from five-year fatigue testing on the 787—the first ever on a primarily composite airliner—is underway at Boeing.
Dec 10, 2015
Ukraine’s Antonov has struggled since the collapse of the Soviet Union and suffered from the recent schism with its biggest customer, Russia, but the manufacturer is making a comeback with new designs and upgrades.
Dec 10, 2015
A customer-supplier model based on mutual trust and long-term commitment is the key.