For Emirates’ long-haul fleet, the challenge is twofold: maintaining aging widebodies while looking beyond their likely life spans to the next big thing.

Airlines & Lessors

Kazakhstan’s SCAT Airlines is seeking to grow both its route network and fleet—with the possibility of adding widebodies—over the next few years.

Airlines & Lessors

There was no shortage of aircraft commitments announced at Dubai Airshow 2025 but only a modest number of firm orders will hit the OEMs' backlogs.

AWIN Knowledge Center

Aurora Flight Sciences is to co-invest with DARPA in completion and initial flight testing of the X-65 active flow control demonstrator.

Advanced Air Mobility

The direct-to-final rule, set for publication Nov. 25, mandates Boeing instructions included in an Oct. 15 alert service bulletin sent to affected customers.

Safety, Ops & Regulation

In spite of geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty, airlines in the Gulf region are spending big money on large new narrowbody and widebody fleets.

Airlines & Lessors

Emirates wants more capacity and bigger aircraft, but will Airbus and Boeing respond—and with what?

Aircraft & Propulsion

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Aircraft & Propulsion

Despite the possibility of Saudi Arabia receiving the F-35, Boeing’s ambitions for a renewed F-15 sales push in the region may still have merit.

AWIN Knowledge Center

Fatigue cracks in part of the aircraft’s left engine pylon assembly have emerged as a key factor in the Nov. 4 fatal crash of a UPS McDonnell-Douglas MD-11F.

Safety, Ops & Regulation

NATO seeks alternative airborne early warning platforms after the U.S. withdrawal from the E-7 Support Partnership collapsed the alliance’s E-7 acquisition.

Aircraft & Propulsion

Kenya Airways and Boeing have reached a five-year extension of an Airplane Health Management (AHM) agreement, in continued support of its 787-8 fleet.

Aircraft & Propulsion

As Boeing's commercial aviation supply chain recovers, the OEM is investing in inventory and the underlying technology to make parts procurement easier.

Supply Chain

BAE Systems has teamed up with Boeing and Saab to offer the T-7 for a UK Royal Air Force need to replace an aging fleet of Hawk T1s and T2s flown by the Red Arrows and student pilots.

Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing’s global team of 150 pilots is helping customers and bringing valuable insight back to the company’s flight operations experts.

Safety, Ops & Regulation

With its entry-into-service again delayed, the 777-9 program is advancing to Phase 3 of FAA certification flight testing. Guy Norris and Christine Boynton explain what's next.

Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing’s flight operations representative (FOR) program has grown to more than 150 pilots that make up a global network supporting some 250 customers.

Safety, Ops & Regulation

Malaysia Airlines parent Malaysia Aviation Group is preparing to launch its campaign to select the widebody aircraft type that will replace its current long-haul fleet.

Airlines & Lessors

With the aviation community converging for the Dubai Airshow, this week’s Flight Friday looks at the post-pandemic recovery of the Middle East’s major carriers.

Aircraft & Propulsion

Striking union members will begin returning to work Sunday, Nov. 16. Around 3,200 members went on strike Aug. 4.

Supply Chain

Airbus and Boeing are exploring new narrowbody designs. But with no plans for new long-haul aircraft, today’s widebodies could dominate the segment for decades.

Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing’s total deliveries for 2025 are up to 493 and are on pace to top 2023’s total of 528, a post-downturn high.

AWIN Knowledge Center

The FAA’s mandating of a MD-11 fleet grounding gives crash investigators time to establish plausible safety issues while eliminating the risk of a similar event

Safety, Ops & Regulation

Big widebody twins form the backbone of today’s high-capacity air transport system and are set to grow even larger.

Aircraft & Propulsion

Thai Airways is in the process of converting more of its Boeing 787 options to firm orders to boost its long-term fleet plans.

Airlines & Lessors