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Global airlines are heading into another crisis brought on by skyrocketing fuel prices and worsening geopolitical tumult ...

Last month, Electra demonstrated that its fixed-wing EL2 prototype can fly the types of instrument procedures typically ...

Expanding conflict zones force hundreds of daily transcontinental flights into a tiny corridor over Azerbaijan ...

When Boeing set out to develop the 737 Max, engineers had to find a way to fit a much larger and more-fuel efficient engine under the wing of the single-aisle jet’s notoriously low-riding landing gear ...

The U.S. Navy will resume operations on Wake Island — a largely dormant contingency airfield — after over 70 years of reduced staffing, as the service works to re-establish a competitive presence in ...

U.S. airlines are so concerned about glitches in the latest version of the flight management software for Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft that they have actively avoided installing it for years, preferring ...

The A350’s Trent XWB engine is a bright spot for Rolls-Royce after a bruising 2018 spent tackling issues with its Trent 1000, 900 and production delays to the Trent 7000. With 240 A350s now flying, ...

When digital services company Jeppesen ForeFlight was spun off from Boeing in November, its new private equity owner Thoma Bravo declared “the original innovators of aviation technology are back in a ...

If Pratt & Whitney is feeling the heat from Airbus and its CEO in the public dispute over supplying engines for newly-built A320neo family aircraft, there are few outward signs of concern. Pratt’s top ...

The seventh in a series focusing on Boeing’s road to developing its next all-new commercial airplane. On the other side of the grounding of the 737 Max, it is becoming increasingly unclear if Boeing’s ...

Our air safety reporting, as always, is available without a subscription to The Air Current. Please subscribe to gain full access to our in-depth reporting, analysis and insights. Boeing earlier this ...