CDB Aviation has completed delivery of four Airbus A320-271N aircraft to Marabu Airlines, finalising a lease programme first agreed in November 2025. The last handover took place on 30 July 2026 and brings Marabu’s A320neo fleet to 12 aircraft as…
Sling Aircraft has revealed plans for a twin-engine piston aircraft designed for the FAA’s updated light-sport framework, with configurations for four-seat LSA/MOSAIC use and six-seat Experimental Amateur-Built operations. The South African manufacturer positioned the Sling Twin around the broader engine…
LOT Polish Airlines will begin direct flights between Warsaw Chopin Airport and Hanoi on 31 March 2027, opening ticket sales for the new year-round route. The service will operate three times a week with Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, adding Vietnam’s…
Britten-Norman’s first Islander assembled entirely on its reshored UK production line is now 75% complete and should move into final assembly in the coming weeks. Built at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, the aircraft is destined for the Falkland…
Lufthansa Technik has begun testing the next-generation AeroSHARK drag-reduction film on a Lufthansa City Airlines Airbus A319 in regular service between Munich and Hamburg. The trial uses about 70 transparent film patches on the short-haul aircraft, which is based in…
Washington Dulles International Airport will undergo a multi-year transformation backed by a capital programme of more than $20 billion, in a plan unveiled by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and President Donald J. Trump at the White House. The…
Allegiant Travel Company will begin offering complimentary inflight beverages on all flights from 1 August, while preparing to introduce a new premium cabin, Allegiant First, on select aircraft in spring 2027. The Las Vegas-based carrier is expanding its onboard service…
Flightpath is expanding its Western Canada private charter and aircraft management network with a Calgary-based fleet at Calgary International Airport, adding a Phenom 300E and a Falcon 7X. The move gives the operator a larger presence in Alberta while supporting…
Australia, the United States and Japan have formalised a new trilateral air logistics framework to deepen cooperation across their air forces. Senior logistics representatives signed Terms of Reference at Defence Establishment Fairbairn in Canberra, creating the Trilateral Air Logistics Coordination…
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force has carried out the country’s first live launch of a Tomahawk cruise missile from a warship, firing from the destroyer JS Chokai in the Pacific Ocean off the United States on 29 July 2026. The test,…
Boeing has put forward a new four-year contract offer to SPEEA, the union representing about 17,000 engineers and technical workers in its commercial airplane division, and the union’s negotiating team has backed the proposal. The talks come ahead of the…
Turkish Aerospace’s KAAN P1 prototype completed its first low-speed taxi test at the company’s Ankara facility on 31 July, moving under its own power for the first time as the fifth-generation fighter programme advances toward flight testing. The ground run…
Airbus Defence and Space has won a contract from Hisdesat to serve as prime contractor for SpainSat NG-III, the next secure communications satellite for Spain. The programme will be delivered with Thales Alenia Space as co-contractor and is designed to…
Washington Dulles International Airport will undergo a more than $20 billion capital transformation under a long-term programme backed by the US Department of Transportation, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and United Airlines. The phased redevelopment is designed to turn the…
France’s Air and Space Force has deployed an Airbus A400M Atlas fitted with a removable firefighting kit for the first time in an active wildfire response, sending the military transport to help combat blazes in Gironde in southwest France. The…
Italy has deployed about 400 Air Force personnel to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain since March under Task Force Air-Arabia, with four Eurofighter jets assigned to protect allied airspace in the Gulf. The mission also includes air-defence radars and a…
Boeing has selected Liebherr-Aerospace to supply the brake remote electronic unit for the B777-8 Freighter, extending the companies’ work together on the 777X programme. The unit will act as a data concentrator in the braking system and support the aircraft’s…
Washington Dulles International Airport will undergo a multibillion-dollar modernisation programme worth about $22 billion to $22.5 billion, in a phased rebuild designed to turn the Virginia hub into a larger, more efficient international gateway for the US capital region. President…
Wisk Aero and NASA have tested a 1:3 supervisor-to-aircraft ratio for autonomous eVTOL operations in a simulation at NASA Ames Research Center. The exercise examined whether one ground supervisor could monitor three autonomous aircraft moving through shared airspace using existing…
Edelweiss has appointed Edi Wolfensberger as its next chief executive, with the handover from Bernd Bauer scheduled for 1 October 2026. Bauer will step down after 12 years leading the Swiss leisure airline, which is part of the Lufthansa Group,…
SR Technics has appointed XiaoLei (Kevin) Guo as chief information officer, effective 1 August 2026, while he continues as deputy chief executive officer. The move gives Guo responsibility for the company’s IT organisation as SR Technics places greater emphasis on…
Russia will allocate more than 250 billion rubles in 2026 to support its civil aviation industry, including additional funding for the first three serial Il-114-300 aircraft and continued MC-21 production. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin outlined the financing at a government…
Baykar’s Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned combat aerial vehicle has completed its first live-fire test using its internal weapons bay, with the serial-production aircraft tail number S2 launching TEBER-82 and TOLUN-P precision munitions at the Çorlu Flight Training and Test Center in…
Lufthansa Technik has begun flight trials of the next-generation AeroSHARK drag-reducing surface on a Lufthansa City Airlines Airbus A319, using the aircraft as the first commercial-service test platform for the updated material. The trial is running on regular Munich-Hamburg flights…
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first NH90 Standard 2 to France’s Armament General Directorate in Marignane, handing over the special-operations-configured helicopter under an 18-aircraft programme for the French Army. The new NH90 TTH variant is intended for the army aviation…
CDB Aviation has completed delivery of four Airbus A320neo aircraft to Marabu Airlines, ending the lessor’s mandate with the Estonian leisure carrier. The final handover brings Marabu’s A320neo fleet to 12 aircraft, supporting operations from its German bases in Hamburg,…
Singapore has begun early exploratory talks on possible involvement in the Global Combat Air Programme, the sixth-generation fighter project led by the UK, Japan and Italy. The discussions remain preliminary, and no decision, commitment or participation model has been agreed.…
Rolls-Royce has effectively eliminated aircraft on ground delays in its Civil Aerospace business, citing a stronger maintenance, repair and overhaul network and improved supply-chain resilience in its first-half 2026 results. The engine maker said the progress lifted availability for airline…
Sikorsky used a Farnborough International Airshow media briefing to outline an armed Black Hawk upgrade path and a fully unmanned U-Hawk based on the Black Hawk airframe. The company is pushing optional piloting capability that would let the aircraft fly…
LAM, the flag carrier of Mozambique, plans to expand its operational fleet to 13 aircraft by the end of 2026 as it presses ahead with a renewal and recovery programme. The increase would add four aircraft by December, supporting domestic…
Bombardier posted stronger second-quarter 2026 results on record services revenue, higher profitability and a larger backlog, as demand for the Global family and aftermarket work continued to drive the business-jet manufacturer’s performance. Revenue rose 6% to $2.15 billion, adjusted EBITDA…
General Dynamics lifted its full-year profit forecast after a stronger-than-expected second quarter, helped by higher Gulfstream business jet deliveries and stronger service revenue at Gulfstream and Jet Aviation. The aerospace unit delivered 41 aircraft in the quarter, up from 38…
Investigators are examining whether uncoordinated flight contributed to the engine failure and forced highway landing of a Socata TBM 850 in Manitoba, Canada. One of the four people aboard was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the aircraft came…
Intermountain Health’s medical flight team has reunited in Utah with Estelle Santiago, the toddler it flew home from Uruguay after she became gravely ill abroad. The long-range air ambulance mission covered more than 6,300 miles and took about 18 hours,…
BlueSky FBO San Juan is planned for Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Puerto Rico, with the new fixed-base operation expected to open in late 2028. The $54 million project is designed to ease the aircraft shelter shortage at San…
Gulfstream said on July 30, 2026, that its G700 reclaimed the Los Angeles-to-Farnborough city-pair speed record, completing the 4,740-nautical-mile flight in 8 hours and 27 minutes. The company’s claim puts the business jet 19 minutes ahead of Bombardier’s Global 8000,…
Russia’s government said on 2026-07-30 that financing has been secured for production of 18 MC-21 aircraft at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant and that RUB 2.6 billion will be allocated to complete the first three serial Il-114-300 turboprops. The announcement was…
SES said on 2026-07-29 that LATAM Airlines has selected it to provide multi-orbit inflight connectivity for more than 60 Airbus and Embraer aircraft over the coming years. The agreement covers Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321XLR and Embraer E195-E2 aircraft and extends…
CDB Aviation has completed the delivery mandate for four Airbus A320-271N/A320neo aircraft to Marabu Airlines, ending a lease arrangement first announced in November 2025. The final handover, disclosed on 2026-07-30, marks completion of CDB Aviation’s mandate with the Estonia-based leisure…
The U.S. Air Force’s 355th Wing has flown the final A-10C Thunderbolt II mission at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, ending A-10 operations at the base after about 50 years. The farewell flight took place on Wednesday, with…
Bombardier said on July 30, 2026 that its order backlog rose to $21.8 billion at the end of the second quarter, up $4.3 billion from year-end 2025, as demand for its Challenger and Global business jets continued to outpace deliveries.…
Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled Ellyon, a new EW/ISTAR multi-mission aircraft concept built around a heavily modified Bombardier Global 6500. The announcement, dated 2026-07-20, presents the aircraft as a single airborne system combining electronic attack with intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition…
GKN Aerospace has completed the engineering, manufacture and full prototype integration of the wing and control-surface structures for BAE Systems’ Brontanax uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft. The British-designed aircraft was unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow, and the prototype structures were…
Altea is urging business-aviation customers to evaluate fixed-base operators on more than a fancy terminal, warning that appearance alone should not drive the choice of an FBO. In a piece published on 2026-07-29, the company says buyers should carry out…
Emirates Engineering has launched Material Futures Studio, a six-week programme for university students to reimagine retired aircraft materials and turn them into new products. The initiative, announced on 30 July 2026 in Dubai, brings together students and aviation professionals under…
Gulfstream said on 30 July 2026 that its G700 has reclaimed the Los Angeles to Farnborough city-pair speed record, covering the 4,740-nautical-mile sector in 8 hours 27 minutes. The result beat Bombardier’s recent mark by 19 minutes and restored the…
TAP Air Portugal has confirmed that it is introducing AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings’ lighter Aerobase UPD aircraft basecoat after successful tests on two Airbus A320s. The airline says the coating can reduce weight by up to 26 kg per aircraft, with…
The U.S. Marine Corps received its 359th and final MV-22B Osprey on 28 July 2026, completing the program of record for the tiltrotor aircraft. The delivery took place at the Bell Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas and went to Marine…
Airbus reported first-half 2026 results on 29 July in Amsterdam, saying second-quarter net income rose 126% year on year as higher commercial aircraft deliveries and a stronger contribution from Airbus Defence and Space lifted performance. Quarterly revenue increased 28% to…
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a rule that would let the agency waive requirements under 13 federal environmental and natural-resource laws when reviewing certain commercial space licences and permits. Published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2026, the…