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 ...

By Hanneke Weitering • AIN Science & Technology Editor  October 7 For two years, Heart Aerospace promoted one hybrid-electric airliner concept while ...

By Charlotte Bailey • AIN Staff Writer  October 1, 2026 Deutsche Aircraft this week opened the final assembly line at Leipzig Halle Airport in northeast ...

By Howard Hardee and Charles Alcock  September 29, 2026  The first flight of the Airbus A350 Freighter on September 29 signified more than the European ...

By Howard Hardee • Editor September 28, 2026 Subscription Required The trickle of oil escaping from the Strait of Hormuz and associated surge in jet fuel prices are unwelcome developments for all ...

By Karl Sinclair • Contributing Writer September 28, 2026 Subscription Required  Buckle up, folks. It’s going to be a bumpy ride. Soaring fuel costs are squeezing already-thin airline margins, and the ...

U.S. enginemaker Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first GTF Advantage turbofan to an airline customer, marking what the company believes will be a turning point in the program’s history. United ...

Jet fuel prices have doubled since January, and analysts forecast we might not have seen the peak yet (Figure 1). The initial peak in April was because of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The ...

New air traffic control automation increases controller workload before it reduces it, often for years. Having lived the last transition, I believe the FAA should judge CAP bidders not only on ...

The Bargaining Unit Councils (BUCs) of SPEEA, the union representing Boeing’s engineers and technicians, recommended membership approval of two contracts offered by Boeing. The first contracts were ...

Korean Air will wait until the early 2030s for the first aircraft from its latest 103-aircraft Boeing order. The long lead time is not incidental to the deal. In fact, it is one of the reasons the ...

Union members’ reaction to the second Tentative Agreement (TA) between SPEEA and Boeing is mixed on social media. SPEEA is the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, representing ...