2022 in aviation

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Many aviation-related events are expected to take place in 2022. The aviation industry continues to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events[]

January[]

1 January
The Airbus group creates , the world number two in aerostructures, combining the resources of Stelia Aerospace and two Airbus sites.[1]
The Prime Minister of Denmark announces a goal to eliminate the use of fossil fuels for the country's domestic flights by 2030.[2]
5 January
Allegiant Air orders up to 100 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft including 50 optional: of 50 737 MAX 7s and 50 737 MAX 200s.[3][4]
A Caspian Airlines Boeing 737-400 suffers a main landing gear collapse while landing at Isfahan International Airport. Everyone on board survives, but the aircraft suffers serious damage.[5]
6 January
The Royal Norwegian Air Force withdraws its F-16 fighter fleet from operational service. It becomes the first air force to have only F-35As as combat planes.[6]
8 January
An Aviastar-TU cargo Tu-204 is destroyed by a fire at Hangzhou Airport in China, after arriving from Novosibirsk Airport in Novosibirsk, Russia. The two occupants, the pilot and co-pilot, are unharmed.[7]
14 January
Boom Supersonic begins conducting engine runs using their Boom XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft.[8]
20 January
Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford becomes, at age 19, the youngest woman to fly solo around the world after a five-month journey which began in Kortrijk, Belgium on 18 August 2021.[9][10]
21 January
Enstrom Helicopter Corporation ceases activities after almost 62 years of operations.[11]
Airbus Helicopters delivers the last Eurocopter Dauphin helicopter, more than 1,100 of which have been produced since 1972.[12]
27 January
A C295 equipped with Airbus's semi-morphing wings completes its first flight in Seville, Spain. With other new materials and technologies, Airbus aims to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 43% and NOx by up to 70% in a regional multi-mission configuration.[13]
28 January
More than 5,000 domestic flights are cancelled as a result of the January 2022 North American blizzard.[14]
31 January
Boeing launches the 777-8 Freighter, with an order from Qatar Airways for 34 aircraft, with deliveries expected to start in 2027.[15]

February[]

7 February
Frontier Airlines announces a planned merger with Spirit Airlines, in a $2.9 billion deal expected to close in the second half of 2022.[16]
16 February
At the 2022 Singapore Airshow, Airbus gets two orders for the upcoming A350 freighter: a firm order from Singapore Airlines, for 7 aircraft to be delivered from 2025 onwards, and Etihad Airways, who signed a letter of intent for 7 aircraft.[17]
22 February
Airbus announces a demonstration of a liquid hydrogen-fueled turbofan, with CFM International modifying a GE Passport, for a first flight expected within five years, mounted on an Airbus A380 prototype.[18]
24 February
The airspace of Ukraine is closed, just a few hours before Russia begins the invasion of Ukraine, and flights flying to Ukraine are diverted to other airports.[19]
25 February
EU sanctions against Russia include a ban on the sale of aircraft and spare parts.[20] The sanctions also require lessors to terminate the leases on aircraft placed with Russian airlines.[21]
27 February
All EU member states, as well as the UK and Canada, close their airspace to all Russian aircraft including both commercial and private aircraft.[22] Russia issues a reciprocal ban, forcing many airlines to reroute or cancel flights to Asian destinations.[23]
During the battle of Antonov Airport, the world's largest cargo plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, is destroyed by bombing and fire.[24] Ukraine affirms its intent to rebuild the aircraft.[25]

March[]

1 March
The United States closes its airspace to all Russian aircraft.[26][27]
2 March
Airbus and Boeing both suspend maintenance support for Russian airlines.[28]
7 March
Embraer announces their intentions to enter the cargo market, by providing freighter conversions of E-190s and E-195s, which should enter service in 2024.[29]
8 March
Aeroflot suspends all its remaining flights to international destinations (except for Minsk, Belarus) due to airspace restrictions[30] and to counter the "risk" of aircraft being repossessed by lessors.[31]
9 March
To avoid Russian airspace, Finnair adopts routes over the North Pole to Asia, the first time a polar route has been used in nearly 30 years.[32]
14 March
The Cessna 408 SkyCourier receive its FAA type certification after 2,100 hours of flight tests.[33]
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree authorising Russian airlines to register in their own name aircraft leased from foreign companies, mainly Western ones. This nationalisation concerns approximately 500 airliners valued at over $10 billion.[34]
17 March
US conglomerate Textron, parent of Beechcraft, Bell Textron and Cessna, announces the acquisition of Slovenian light aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel, producer of the Velis Electro, the first EASA certified electric aircraft, with a transaction due to close in the second quarter of 2022 to form the basis of a new eAviation division focused on "the development of sustainable aircraft".[35]
21 March
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735, a Boeing 737-800 crashes in the mountains of Guangxi near Guangzhou, killing all 132 people on board.[36]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Denmark to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030". BBC News. 2 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Allegiant Air Orders Up to 100 737 MAX Jets" (Press release). Boeing. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ Jon Hemmerdinger (5 January 2022). "Allegiant confirms major order for Boeing's 737 Max". Flightglobal. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ Hradecky, Simon (5 January 2022). "Accident: Caspian B734 at Isfahan on Jan 5th 2022, main gear collapse on landing". The Aviation Herald. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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  10. ^ Levaux, Christian; Cotton, Johnny (20 January 2022). "British-Belgian teen becomes youngest woman to fly solo round the world". Reuters. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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