When people hear about aircraft manufacturers struggling with supply chain disruptions—a shortage of a specific fastener, a late fuselage delivery, a supplier quality escape—it can be tempting to ...

Deutsche Aircraft this week opened the final assembly line at Leipzig Halle Airport in northeast Germany, where it will build its D328eco regional airliner. The start-up is working to certify a model ...

We started looking at thermoplastic composite production last week. The high melting point of 380°C to 400 °C for the PEEK variant and over 305 °C for the LMPEAK (Low Melt PAEK), and the high ...

Securing market share in the commercial aviation business is one of the most difficult industrial endeavors one can attempt. It requires huge amounts of capital and thousands of talented engineers, ...

Certification of the 737 Max 10 appears back on track despite a software glitch potentially affecting some Boeing narrowbodies—an issue the FAA has since deemed not safety critical, reducing the ...

We started looking at thermoplastic composites last week. The thermoplastic matrix behaves like the plastics we use every day; it melts when heated. The plastics used for aeronautical thermoplastic ...

The basic facts have been established for weeks: On September 6, a Boeing 767 Freighter operated by 21 Air on behalf of Amazon landed long and fast after an approach to Runway 30 at Miami ...

Boeing’s latest commercial aircraft program delay is unwelcome news for the company less than two weeks after it said that FAA certification of the 737 Max 10, already several years behind schedule, ...

Boeing’s management team is surely breathing a sigh of relief after avoiding a potentially costly and disruptive strike of its union-represented engineers and technicians. Both groups represented by ...

Comac’s C929 widebody program is gaining momentum on the manufacturing front with suppliers taking on major structural work and preparing to deliver components for development aircraft. The baseline ...

Folding wingtips could be considered something of a proven concept since they are a signature feature of the 777X. But before such technology can enable greater wingspans on the eventual successors to ...

Buckle up, folks. It’s going to be a bumpy ride. Soaring fuel costs are squeezing already-thin airline margins, and the final quarter of 2026 projects to be a difficult period for U.S. carriers.