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From the air transport industry.
Aviation Week Network
Air Transport Digest
A look back at some of the top stories in March
 
Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Richard Aboulafia

Aviation Week editors and guest Richard Aboulafia delved into the implications of the tragic 737-800 crash in China. This podcast was recorded on March 24, 2022.
 
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Kurt Hofmann

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) recently unveiled its first aircraft equipped with its new premium economy class at Zurich Airports. 
 
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Helen Massy-Beresford

Embraer estimates that it could transform between 100 and 200 of the jets into cargo aircraft over the next 10 years. 
 
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The Business of Aerospace published throughout the last decade. These reader-friendly columns cover a broad range of issues to provide a comprehensive, 360-degree view of the key themes relevant to the business of aerospace today.
 
Chen Chuanren

A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 123 passengers and nine crew members has crashed into the mountains near Wuzhou, southern China; the airline is reportedly grounding its fleet of 75 737-800 aircraft.
 
 
Linda Blachly

Over the years, airlines sometimes change their liveries because of a merger or re-branding, or just to give a fresher and more eye-pleasing look. Here are some of our favorites.
 
 
Bill Carey

The pilot of an Aeroflot airliner that violated Canadian airspace after it had been closed to all Russian aircraft declared the flight to be on a humanitarian mission, air navigation service provider (ANSP) Nav Canada said. 
 
Lindsay Bjerregaard

The OEM expects its E190F and E195F passenger to freighter conversions to enter service in early 2024.
 
Alaska Airlines named the 2022 Air Transport World Airline of the Year. 
 
China is the largest operator of 737-800s in the world; it operates 24.6% of the global in-service fleet (ISF) of the type. Among the top 10 Chinese operators of 737-800s, China Eastern is fifth, with 60 of the type in-service at present.
 
Sean Broderick, Maxim Pyadushkin

Boeing  suspended support of Russian airlines operating its products, including spare parts sales and engineering services, adding to previously announced pauses affecting its Russian and Ukrainian operations.