HOUSTON, Tx. - Avelo Airlines has placed a firm order for 50 Embraer E195-E2 jets, with purchase rights for 50 more, in a deal valued at US$4.4 billion at list prices.

The deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first half of 2027. The new aircraft will modernize Avelo’s fleet, complement its existing Boeing 737NGs, and expand its route network thanks to the E195-E2’s strong short-field performance, extended range, quieter operation, and improved passenger comfort.

Source: Embraer
Associated URL: https://www.embraer.com/media-center/en/?mediatype=NEWS&detail=21960-Avelo-Orders-up-to-100-Embraer-E195%E2%80%91E2

MOBILE, Al. - Airbus is set to launch a second final assembly line for the A320neo family at its Mobile, Alabama facility in October 2025, expanding its U.S. production infrastructure and increasing its total global assembly lines to 13.

Preparatory work, including tooling certification, is already underway on the new line. The Mobile site, which began with a single A320neo line a decade ago and added an A220 line in 2020, is instrumental in Airbus’s strategy to ramp up output amid strong global demand. The company aims to boost combined A220 production at Mobile and Mirabel to 14 jets per month by 2026, while working to overcome supply chain constraints, particularly a shortage of CFM International Leap-1A engines that have held current monthly A320neo family deliveries to about 42 units so far in 2025.

Source: Flight Global
Associated URL: https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/airbus-to-open-second-mobile-a320neo-assembly-line-in-october/164456.article
Author: Jon Hemmerdinger 

TOULOUSE, France - ATR plans to fly a hybrid-electric aircraft by 2030, leading two key projects that have been awarded funding from the Clean Aviation joint undertaking. The initiatives, named HERACLES and DEMETRA, will use an ATR 72-600 as a testbed to first define and then demonstrate an "ultra-efficient" hybrid-electric aircraft. ATR's goal is to support the development of a next-generation regional aircraft that could enter service by 2035, achieving up to a 30% improvement in fuel efficiency and significantly lower carbon emissions.

The projects are part of a broader €945 million ($1.1 billion) funding round from Clean Aviation spread across 12 programs focused on decarbonizing the industry. ATR's efforts are supported by partners like Pratt & Whitney Canada, which also received funding for its own hybrid-electric propulsion project. The support extends to other major aerospace players, including Airbus for its short- and medium-range aircraft concepts, and engine manufacturers Rolls-Royce and Safran for next-generation technologies like open-fan designs.

The selected programs are scheduled to begin early next year, with the first flight tests envisioned for 2028-2029.

Source: Flightglobal
Associated URL: https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/atr-hybrid-electric-aircraft-among-programmes-sharing-latest-clean-aviation-funding/164441.article
Author: David Kaminski-Morrow