Editing 2022 in aviation (section)

=== January ===
[[File:Eurocopter AS365+( kf 8984).jpg|thumb|[[Airbus Helicopters]] delivered the last [[Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin|Eurocopter Dauphin]] helicopter on 21 January; more than 1,100 have been produced since 1972.<ref name=Airbus21jan2022/>]]

; 1 January
: The [[Airbus]] group creates [[Airbus Atlantic]], the world number two in [[aerostructures]], combining the resources of [[Stelia Aerospace]] and two Airbus sites.<ref>{{cite press release |title= Launch of Airbus Atlantic, a new global player for aerostructures |url= https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-01-launch-of-airbus-atlantic-a-new-global-player-for-aerostructures |publisher= Airbus |date= 3 January 2022 |access-date= 12 January 2022 |archive-date= 17 January 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220117211013/https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-01-launch-of-airbus-atlantic-a-new-global-player-for-aerostructures |url-status= live }}</ref>
: The [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] announces a goal to eliminate the use of fossil fuels for the country's domestic flights by 2030.<ref>{{cite news |title=Denmark to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59849898 |work=BBC News |date=2 January 2022 |access-date=2 January 2022 |archive-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102160029/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59849898 |url-status=live }}</ref>

; 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.<ref>{{Cite press release |url= https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2022-01-05-Allegiant-Air-Orders-Up-to-100-737-MAX-Jets |title= Allegiant Air Orders Up to 100 737 MAX Jets |date= 5 January 2022 |publisher= Boeing |access-date= 12 January 2022 |archive-date= 13 January 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220113071547/https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2022-01-05-Allegiant-Air-Orders-Up-to-100-737-MAX-Jets |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Hemmerdinger |first=Jon |date=5 January 2022 |title=Allegiant confirms major order for Boeing's 737 Max |work=Flightglobal |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/allegiant-confirms-major-order-for-boeings-737-max/147020.article |url-status=live |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105171003/https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/allegiant-confirms-major-order-for-boeings-737-max/147020.article |archive-date=5 January 2022}}</ref>{{importance-inline|reason=non-notable commercial aviation order|date=June 2023}}
:Protesters seize [[Almaty International Airport]] during the [[2022 Kazakh unrest]], halting flights, and Kazakh President [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] appeals to Russian security forces to retake the facility.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rodionov |first1=Maxim |last2=Trevelyan |first2=Mark |date=5 January 2022 |title=Kazakh president seeks help from Russia-led security bloc |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/kazakh-president-seeks-help-russia-led-security-bloc-2022-01-05/ |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://p.dw.com/p/45A3D|title=Kazakhstan president confirms takeover of Almaty airport &#124; DW &#124; 05.01.2022 |author=<!--not stated--> |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=5 January 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref>

; 6 January
: The [[Royal Norwegian Air Force]] withdraws its [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 fighter]] fleet from operational service. It becomes the first air force to have only [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35As]] as combat planes.<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=F-35 takes over QRA mission from F-16 in Norway |url=https://ac.nato.int/archive/2022/f35-takes-over-qra-mission-from-f16-in-norway |website=[[Allied Air Command]] |language=en |date=6 January 2022 |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109163851/https://ac.nato.int/archive/2022/f35-takes-over-qra-mission-from-f16-in-norway |url-status=live }}</ref>

; 7 January
: ''[[TASS]]'' reports that [[Collective Security Treaty Organization]] troops have occupied Almaty International Airport and restored order.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=7 January 2022 |title=Peacekeepers take control over Almaty airport - Russian Defense Ministry |url=https://tass.com/defense/1384737 |work=[[TASS]] |location=Moscow |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Per the Wikipedia list of perennial sources, ''TASS'' is considered reliable for official statements of the Russian government, but is not considered an objective news source otherwise.|date=August 2022}}

; 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/tu-204-freighter-destroyed-in-ground-fire-at-hangzhou/147043.article|title=Tu-204 freighter destroyed in ground fire at Hangzhou|first=David|last=Kaminski-Morrow|date=2022-01-08|website=Flight Global|access-date=9 January 2022|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108234733/https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/tu-204-freighter-destroyed-in-ground-fire-at-hangzhou/147043.article|url-status=live}}</ref>

; 14 January
: [[Boom Supersonic]] begins conducting engine runs using their [[Boom XB-1]] supersonic demonstrator aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wolfsteller |first1=Pilar |title=Boom Supersonic begins testing XB-1 demonstrator's GE engines |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/boom-supersonic-begins-testing-xb-1-demonstrators-ge-engines/147134.article |work=Flight Global |date=14 January 2022 |language=en |access-date=29 January 2022 |archive-date=19 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119234004/https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/boom-supersonic-begins-testing-xb-1-demonstrators-ge-engines/147134.article |url-status=live }}</ref>

; 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford completes solo round-world record |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59899980 |access-date=20 January 2022 |work=BBC News |date=20 January 2022 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120130258/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59899980 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Levaux|first1=Christian|last2=Cotton|first2=Johnny|date=20 January 2022|title=British-Belgian teen becomes youngest woman to fly solo round the world|language=en|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/british-belgian-teen-becomes-youngest-woman-fly-solo-round-world-2022-01-20/|access-date=21 January 2022|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120175502/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/british-belgian-teen-becomes-youngest-woman-fly-solo-round-world-2022-01-20/|url-status=live}}</ref>

; 21 January
: [[Enstrom Helicopter Corporation]] ceases activities after almost 62 years of operations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Enstrom Helicopters out of business |url=https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/enstrom-helicopters-out-of-business |work=www.scramble.nl |date=20 January 2022 |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122064104/https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/enstrom-helicopters-out-of-business |url-status=live }}</ref>
: [[Airbus Helicopters]] delivers the last [[Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin|Eurocopter Dauphin]] helicopter, more than 1,100 of which have been produced since 1972.<ref name=Airbus21jan2022>{{cite web |title=Airbus delivers the last ever Dauphin to Spanish Customs |date=21 January 2022 |publisher=Airbus |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-01-airbus-delivers-the-last-ever-dauphin-to-spanish-customs |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122012658/https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-01-airbus-delivers-the-last-ever-dauphin-to-spanish-customs |url-status=live }}</ref>

; 27 January
: A [[EADS CASA C-295|C295]] equipped with [[Airbus]]'s semi-[[Adaptive compliant wing|morphing wing]]s completes its first flight in [[Seville]], Spain. With other new materials and technologies, Airbus aims to reduce  [[Carbon dioxide|{{CO2}}]] emissions by up to 43% and [[nitrous oxide|NOx]] by up to 70% in a regional multi-mission configuration.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Hoyle |first=Craig |date=27 January 2022 |title=Airbus C295 demonstrator takes flight with semi-morphing wing |work=FlightGlobal |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/airbus-c295-demonstrator-takes-flight-with-semi-morphing-wing/147288.article |url-status=live |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130033156/https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/airbus-c295-demonstrator-takes-flight-with-semi-morphing-wing/147288.article |archive-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>

; 31 January
: [[Boeing]] launches the [[777X#Freighter|777-8 Freighter]], with an order from [[Qatar Airways]] for 34 aircraft, with deliveries expected to start in 2027.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Boeing Launches 777-8 Freighter to Serve Growing Demand for Cargo, Enhanced Environmental Performance |url=https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2022-01-31-Boeing-Launches-777-8-Freighter-to-Serve-Growing-Demand-for-Cargo,-Enhanced-Environmental-Performance |date=31 January 2022 |publisher=Boeing}}</ref>