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Boeing delivered 35 aircraft in August, including its first 787s in more than a year, but 737 MAX deliveries are not ramping up as anticipated.

Papua New Guinea carrier Air Niugini is making progress on its plans to replace most of its jet and turboprop fleets.

Details on the planned new Saudi Arabian flag-carrier are expected to be announced by the end of 2022, but its arrival will not mean the subsequent downgrading of existing national carrier Saudia, Aviation Daily understands.

Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary expects to close two additional smaller bases during the winter.

IT provider SITA is launching a program to uncover companies that can broaden or deepen its expertise as it embarks on what it describes as a new path to growth.

Amidst a ramping up of efforts to cut emissions to meet long-term sustainability targets, European airlines are facing a growing number of new

The NTSB has located the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter seaplane that crashed in the Puget Sound off Whidbey Island, Washington.

De Havilland Canada is providing engineering support to modify a Dash 8-100, replacing one of its two P&WC PW120-class turboprops with a 2-megawatt parallel hybrid-electric powertrain.

The company wants to certify its technology for continuous autopilot engagement through all phases of the Cessna 208’s operations, including taxi, takeoff, cruise, landing, braking and rollout.

Finland has opened the LIFT Future Aerospace Center, which aims to strengthen aviation research, development and innovation in the country through public and private cooperation.

A New York bankruptcy court has approved Scandinavian Airlines’ (SAS) $700 million debtor-in-possession financing, which is being provided by U.S.-headquartered Apollo Global Management.

“Much of the focus in advanced air mobility today has been on the vehicle,” says David Stepanek, the Bristow Group’s chief transformation officer. “There hasn’t been a lot of focus, or any focus at all, on what happens after production."

Alder Fuels has signed a long-term contract with Enviva for the large-scale supply of woody biomass for conversion to a “green crude” that can be processed into SAF.

The challenges involved in electrifying aviation powertrains remain considerable, but an important developmental corner may have been turned, according to Rolls-Royce.

Romanian LCC Blue Air has postponed its relaunch by a month to Oct. 10, citing cashflow issues, after the airline was forced to halt operations on Sept. 6.

Lufthansa said it has agreed a pay deal with Lufthansa mainline and Lufthansa Cargo pilots which rules out more strikes until the end of June 2023.

The FAA will not grant an extension of time to weigh in on its proposed secondary flight deck barrier installation mandate.

Already operating a 737-800F in Thailand, the new additions make more operational sense as AirAsia Group is already operating more than 200 Airbus A320 family aircraft in the region.

Europe, or any other region for that matter, has overcome the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic with relatively few airline failures.

Boeing continues to evaluate and develop improvements to the aircraft’s aerodynamics and flight control system ahead of long-delayed certification tests of the 777-9.

Airlines received more than $60 billion in payroll support grants as part of three separate rounds of relief granted by the U.S. Government in 2020 and 2021.

The LCC has been in the country’s business rescue procedure, roughly akin to Chapter 11 proceedings, since August 2021.

Colombian startup Ultra Air plans to nearly double the aircraft in its fleet in 2023 and add eight aircraft annually to its operations during the next three years, CEO William Shaw said.

The FAA will require new protocols meant to protect delegated employees from fearing retribution or inaction if they raise safety concerns.

The Netherlands government plans to more than triple the cost of the country’s flight departure tax, according to press reports in the country.