Supply Chain   Orders   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Airbus A350   Airbus   Boeing  
AirInsight • Addison Schonland

A350 delivery shortfall widens as Airbus misses rate targets, ceding momentum to Boeing 787

Airbus's A350 programme faces a multi‑year industrial delivery shortfall as handovers lag the company's ambitious production‑rate targets, creating a widening gap in widebody output and adding pressure to its production roadmap. Boeing's 787 ramp is accelerating in parallel, quietly shifting the widebody balance.

2026-03-26T07:31:16.195407-07:00
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Flying Magazine • Meg Godlewski

Mesa Imposes Landing Fees at Falcon Field, Sparking Lawsuit Threats and Risking Local Aviation Businesses

By Flying Magazine: The decision by the city of Mesa, Arizona, to impose landing fees at the municipal airport has triggered talk of lawsuits that could bankrupt the city and business closures that would erode its tax base.

Also: AINonline
2026-03-26T07:14:52.321073-07:00
Safran   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives  
FlightGlobal • Dominic Perry

Safran accelerates hybridisation with Silvercrest tests — 250 kW e‑motors on LP and HP spools this summer

By FlightGlobal: Safran Aircraft Engines is scaling up its hybridisation demonstration efforts and will this summer run a Silvercrest business jet engine incorporating 250kW electric motors on both the low- and high-pressure spools.

2026-03-26T06:26:39.692299-07:00