Wingcopter has unveiled the Wingcopter 262, an all-electric fixed-wing VTOL drone for tactical reconnaissance and persistent aerial surveillance. The aircraft is designed for defence and security users and combines up to six hours of flight time with a tactical range…
Britain’s Climate Change Committee has linked Heathrow’s proposed third runway to stricter aviation decarbonisation measures, saying the expansion can proceed only if airlines are made to cover the cost of cleaner fuels, efficiency gains and engineered carbon removals. The advice,…
Boeing and Korean Air have finalised an order for 103 aircraft in Seoul, covering 20 777-9s, 25 787-10s, 50 737-10s and eight 777-8 Freighters. The deal completes Korean Air’s procurement commitment first outlined in August 2025 and ranks among the…
ANA Group’s trading arm, ANA Trading, has agreed to acquire 100% of Japanese lifestyle retailer Akomeya Tokyo from Sazaby League, in a move that extends the group’s retail strategy beyond airport channels into broader consumer sales. The transaction was signed…
Emirates is leaning on its fuel-hedging position to absorb higher jet fuel costs and limit fare increases as Middle East aviation faces disruption linked to the Iran war. Adnan Kazim, the Dubai carrier’s deputy president and chief commercial officer, described…
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have vertically stacked the first inert LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, bringing the next-generation nuclear deterrent programme a step closer to flight testing planned for 2027.…
Air Arabia’s Saudi-backed carrier will begin operations from King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on 20 September, opening domestic services to Riyadh, Jeddah and Madinah. The new operation has received its air operator certificate and will start with twice-daily flights…
Boeing is close to finalising a delayed deal for 150 737 MAX jets with Turkish Airlines, after the carrier threatened to walk away over maintenance terms linked to CFM International engines. The agreement could be signed next week, and would…
American Airlines is dealing with malfunctioning lie-flat business-class seats on some of its new Airbus A321XLRs, with affected suites blocked from sale or left empty while repairs are carried out. The issue has emerged on aircraft used for premium and…
The US Government Accountability Office has found that the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control modernisation programme lacks a credible integrated master schedule and a fully documented lifecycle cost estimate. The review centres on the FAA’s Brand New Air Traffic…
RTX has appointed Jill Albertelli president of Pratt & Whitney, effective 1 January 2027, as the engine maker prepares for a leadership handover from Shane Eddy. Albertelli will report to RTX chairman and chief executive Chris Calio and takes over…
Swarm Aero has unveiled Gamera, a Group 5 military drone aimed at the US Air Force’s Massed Modular Aircraft effort, at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference. The company is pitching the aircraft as a…
Honeywell Aerospace is weighing acquisitions of smaller companies to bring more work in-house and reduce exposure to supplier quality and delivery problems, as the newly independent aerospace business continues to wrestle with bottlenecks across its supply chain. Chief executive Jim…
The Federal Aviation Administration is pressing ahead with its air traffic control overhaul, but a Government Accountability Office review has faulted the programme for lacking a detailed integrated master schedule while the first phase is already projected to cost about…
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford defended delays in the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control modernisation programme on Tuesday, telling lawmakers in Washington that the overhaul will fall short without substantially more money. The testimony came as the FAA faced fresh…
Air Cambodia has signed a purchase agreement with COMAC for 20 C909 regional jets, with the carrier becoming the first overseas national flag carrier to place a batch order for the type. The aircraft are due to support the airline’s…
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved legislation to streamline FAA aircraft certification, sending the measure to the House floor after a voice vote on Tuesday. The Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act is aimed at making type certification…
Honda Aircraft has pushed the HondaJet Echelon’s first flight to 2028 and type certification and first delivery to 2031 after supplier-related delays and continuing development work. The update came as the company completed the first Echelon wing assembly, keeping the…
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy has criticised Congress for failing to advance legislation tied to the January 2025 midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, urging lawmakers to act on safety recommendations connected to the fatal KDCA accident. Speaking at…
Congress has taken the first formal step towards approving legislation to streamline the FAA aircraft certification process, with a House committee advancing a bill aimed at making approvals more efficient. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association welcomed the move, as the…
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines posted a near break-even after-tax result in the second quarter as higher fuel costs squeezed margins and sharply reduced year-on-year earnings. June systemwide traffic reached 87.5 million passengers, but that was 3.7% below the June 2024…
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy pressed Congress to advance stalled aviation safety legislation linked to the 29 January 2025 midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, warning that key recommendations remain unfinished. She met lawmakers on Capitol Hill after addressing…
SATA Holding has drawn interest from 11 parties in the planned privatisation of SATA Handling, the ground-handling arm of the Azorean aviation group. The process covers the company’s entire share capital, indicating a full sale rather than a partial stake…
Harbour Air has agreed to acquire Pacific Coastal Airlines and combine the two carriers into a new regional airline group in British Columbia, bringing together seaplane and conventional fixed-wing operations under Canadian ownership. The combined business will keep both brands…
The Federal Aviation Administration has released $1.1 billion in Airport Improvement Program grants for 280 projects at more than 223 airports across 46 states and three territories. The sixth major funding wave of fiscal 2026 will support runway, taxiway, apron,…
Frankfurt health authorities have reported two additional malaria cases in Schwanheim, near Frankfurt Airport, after earlier airport-related infections in the summer. The patients had not travelled to malaria-risk regions and are being treated medically, while officials suspect an imported infected…
Alaska Airlines will temporarily reduce its Honolulu-Sydney schedule for the 2026/27 northern winter, operating six weekly flights instead of the seven initially planned from 20 December 2026 to 6 February 2027. The long-haul transpacific service is flown by Hawaiian Airlines…
GOL Linhas Aéreas has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-900neo, opening a new phase in the Brazilian carrier’s long-haul expansion as it prepares to add widebody capacity to its network. The aircraft is the first A330-900N linked to GOL…
Breeze Airways has retired its last Embraer E190, ending the carrier’s first-generation E-Jet era and leaving scheduled operations to the Airbus A220-300 alone. The final aircraft, registered N120BZ, exited the fleet in early September, with the transition completed as Breeze…
flydubai has passed the 100-aircraft fleet milestone and will take delivery of 11 additional Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in 2026, including seven 737-9 MAX and four 737-8 MAX. The Dubai-based carrier is also starting a cabin retrofit programme in September…
Air France will shift all of its John F. Kennedy International Airport operations into the New Terminal One when the facility opens next year and will introduce a new premium lounge in the terminal. The lounge will cover more than…
Catania-Fontanarossa Airport suspended arrivals and departures until 22:00 local time on 15 September after fresh ash from Mount Etna again affected Sicily’s main air hub. Airport operator SAC extended restrictions after Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology raised the…
Tuvoli used the inaugural AI Symposium for Business Aviation in Daytona Beach, Florida, to showcase Skyler, its AI agent, with the message that artificial intelligence can speed up business aviation workflows without replacing human oversight. The discussion, which included Tuvoli…
Austrian Airlines had to offload 68 passengers from a Boeing 767 in Montreal after an emergency slide on the aircraft’s left forward door was accidentally deployed at the gate on the Vienna service. Specialists removed the slide, but the affected…
Airbus Corporate Helicopters has appointed Nicolas Boltoukhine as its new head, giving him responsibility for global strategy, operations and marketing across the corporate helicopter brand. He succeeds Frederic Lemos as Airbus moves to steer its VIP and business aviation rotorcraft…
Honeywell Aerospace chief executive Jim Currier has endorsed GE Aerospace’s planned $11.75 billion purchase of Consolidated Precision Products, calling it positive for the industry overall. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference, he said Honeywell does not compete with CPP…
Aena’s Spanish airport network handled 34.9 million passengers in August, up 4.7% from a year earlier, as summer traffic remained strong across the country’s main hubs. The group’s total traffic, including Spain, London Luton, Leeds Bradford and 17 airports in…
Skeyes air traffic controllers at Brussels South Charleroi Airport will strike every night from 16 September to 10 October, with work stoppages scheduled from 22:00 to 08:00 after talks on night-shift bonuses failed. The action could disrupt about 832 flight…
TransNusa will launch four weekly return flights between Bali and Melbourne from 19 October, entering a leisure-heavy Australia-Indonesia market with a new nonstop link between Denpasar and Melbourne Airport. The Indonesian carrier will operate the route four times a week,…
Icelandair faces the prospect of an indefinite strike by its aircraft mechanics from 00:01 on 23 September if no agreement is reached beforehand. The action covers the airline’s maintenance staff and could disrupt flight operations during one of its busiest…
Wizz Air will open a nonstop route between Hamburg and Pristina on 15 December, with flights scheduled four times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Hamburg Airport said the service will give the Kosovo capital another direct link…
Britten-Norman is targeting annual production of eight Islander aircraft by 2029 after the first UK-assembled example from detail-level components completed its maiden flight from Bembridge on the Isle of Wight on 3 September. Serial 2317, the first aircraft built through…
LATAM Airlines Group has secured about US$505 million in long-term financing to support fleet renewal and expansion, covering deliveries due in the second half of 2026. The package includes one Airbus A320neo, four Airbus A321neo aircraft and six Embraer E195-E2…
Air France will move all of its New York-JFK operations to the new Terminal One and open a lounge of more than 29,000 square feet, set to become the largest in its international network. The two-level facility will host more…
Hanseatic Bank is promoting its GenialCard as a travel-oriented Visa card with no annual fee, no foreign-currency surcharge and fee-free cash withdrawals abroad. The offer is framed for travellers who want to pay and withdraw money overseas without extra card-side…
Global Jet Capital’s latest Business Jet Market Forecast projects total transactions in new and pre-owned business jets will reach $247 billion from 2026 through 2030, close to a quarter-trillion dollars. The outlook calls for average annual growth of 4.1% in…
Sydney Airport is introducing 50 electric buses across its landside and airside operations, replacing diesel vehicles as part of its Scope 1 and 2 net-zero target for 2030. The fleet includes 25 dual-control airfield apron buses and 25 Citirider electric…
Red Bull has secured a building-rights allocation for a vacant plot at Salzburg Airport that could be developed into an additional hangar beside Hangar 7, where the Flying Bulls’ aircraft and the company’s car collection are already based. The site,…
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has validated the AGM-190A Havoc Spear small cruise missile after a spring 2026 combat evaluation, opening the way for broader use across special operations and conventional aircraft. The Leidos-built weapon was live-fired from an…
Salzburg Airport has begun demolishing Hangar 2, launching the first visible stage of a EUR 105 million terminal redevelopment that will run through 2033. The work clears space for a reconfigured passenger area at the Austrian airport, with the first…