Mint Turbines in Stroud, Oklahoma, has been named a Pratt & Whitney Canada designated overhaul facility for the PT6A and PT6T engine series. The approval expands the turbine MRO specialist’s OEM-backed engine services and extends its maintenance footprint beyond its…
Airbus Corporate Helicopters has appointed Nicolas Boltoukhine as its new head, replacing Frédéric Lemos after his recent departure. Boltoukhine will oversee the division’s global strategy, marketing and operations, bringing nearly 40 years of aviation experience and more than 10,000 flight…
Electra has selected The Atlas Group to manufacture and assemble EL9 airframes for the hybrid-electric aircraft’s flight-test and certification programme. Work is due to start in September at Atlas’s Wichita, Kansas site, with first deliveries expected in 2027. The deal…
Icelandair aircraft mechanics have voted to begin an indefinite strike from 23 September after wage talks broke down, raising the risk of major disruption to the carrier’s schedule. The action involves members of Flugvirkjafélag Íslands and could affect Icelandair’s flight…
ITA Airways has appointed Sharon Stone as its global brand ambassador and the face of its new international advertising campaign, Simply Italian. The rollout began in Italy on 14 September and is due to expand to the United States and…
ACI World has called for a modernised global airport slot allocation system, arguing that rules designed more than 50 years ago no longer fit today’s aviation market. The Montreal-based airports group wants a more transparent and collaborative framework that can…
Air France will open a 29,000-square-foot flagship lounge at New York’s JFK airport when New Terminal One begins operations in early 2027. The two-level space will be the carrier’s largest lounge outside Paris and is designed for more than 400…
Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force has lost an RQ-4B Global Hawk surveillance drone over the Sea of Japan off Tottori Prefecture, with the aircraft later presumed to have crashed after its communications dropped out. The unmanned aircraft, one of three Global…
Emirates and Kuwait Airways have agreed to expand their existing interline partnership into a reciprocal codeshare, deepening cooperation between the two Gulf carriers around Dubai. The arrangement will let Kuwait Airways passengers connect via Dubai to a wider range of…
Icelandair and Aviationtag have transformed the retired Hekla Aurora Boeing 757-200 into limited-edition collectible keychains made from salvaged fuselage skin. The material was recovered from the aircraft in Lleida, Spain, and processed at Aviationtag’s workshop in Cologne, turning one of…
Honda Aircraft has completed the first wing assembly for its HondaJet Echelon programme, moving the new light jet closer to airframe integration and test preparation. Final assembly of the first aircraft is now scheduled for early next year, while the…
Wizz Air will expand its Pristina operation by adding a second based aircraft at Pristina Airport and launching five new routes from the Kosovo capital. The programme will connect Pristina with Berlin, Hamburg, Hahn near Frankfurt, Malmö and Trieste, with…
Frankfurt Airport will temporarily close access to the arrivals forecourt P35 at Terminal 1 from Wednesday at 00:00 until Thursday at 07:00, with traffic disruptions expected around the terminal. Drivers collecting passengers will need to use the terminal car park…
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke is advertising a Team Leader Account Management position on aeroTELEGRAPH’s job board, with the vacancy posted and updated on 15 September 2026. The listing identifies the role as a full-time position in Stans, Switzerland, and provides contact details…
Saudi authorities have granted an Air Operator Certificate to the Air Arabia-led consortium, clearing the way for a new Saudi low-cost carrier to begin operations from King Fahd International Airport in Dammam. The airline, backed by Air Arabia Group and…
Latvia’s airBaltic has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, seeking to restructure its debt while keeping flights, ticket sales and customer service operating normally. The carrier has secured commitment for about €350 million in debtor-in-possession financing…
Aegean Airlines slipped to a first-half net loss of €3.3 million in 2026 as higher fuel and emissions costs, together with Middle East-related disruption, outweighed growth in traffic and revenue. The Greek carrier still lifted revenue 4% to €816.6 million,…
Freedom OKC is set to open next September at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, giving the airport a third fixed-base operator on its business aviation side. The new facility will expand service options for corporate and charter traffic…
Enflite has received FAA technical standard order authorisation for aerospace-grade galley equipment, covering at least a coffee maker and a microwave. The approval clears the products for certified use in aircraft cabin interiors, giving the supplier a regulatory green light…
Axinom and Rosen Aviation have launched a connected seatback platform for in-flight entertainment, unveiling a system that links Rosen’s cabin displays with Axinom’s cloud-based software environment. The platform is designed for airline seatback installations and aims to turn the screen…
Qatar Airways plans to take delivery of 138 new aircraft over the next five years as it steps up fleet modernisation and network expansion from Hamad International Airport in Doha. The plan, outlined by Group Chief Executive Hamad Ali Al…
London Southend Airport has been named the UK’s most punctual airport after Civil Aviation Authority data for the second quarter of 2026 showed 84% of its flights departed within 15 minutes of schedule. The result lifted the airport from third…
Rolls-Royce has moved its F130 engine closer to flight testing for the U.S. Air Force’s B-52J modernisation programme after completing major altitude, sea-level and twin-pod testing. Flight-test engines are being assembled in Indianapolis, with first deliveries expected in April 2027…
Qantas has opened its Product Innovation Centre in Adelaide’s CBD, bringing software, digital design, product and data teams together in a new hub expected to support more than 400 technology roles over the next three years. The first 50 employees…
Etihad Airways has unveiled its new Beyond Borders cabin and brand experience in Abu Dhabi, introducing a refreshed premium design language that will debut on the Airbus A330-900neo before extending to the A321LR fleet. The long-haul widebody will enter service…
Pratt & Whitney has completed the F135 Engine Core Upgrade risk reduction design review in East Hartford, Connecticut, clearing another development step for the F-35 engine modernisation effort. The review covered detailed design elements, propulsion technologies and integration work for…
Airbus has opened a new delivery centre at its Jean-Luc Lagardère site in Toulouse to increase handover capacity for the A320 Family, including the high-volume A320neo and A321neo variants. The move is intended to speed up aircraft deliveries and ease…
Airbus has opened a new integrated delivery centre for its A320 family at the Jean-Luc Lagardère site in Toulouse, consolidating preparation, technical adjustments and customer handover work in one location. The facility is designed to accelerate deliveries of A320-family jets,…
GOL Linhas Aéreas cancelled flight G3 1433 after a Boeing 737 MAX 8 returned to Goiânia on Saturday following an emergency declaration shortly after departure for São Paulo The aircraft, registered PR-XMX, landed safely back at the airport after reporting…
Air Arabia’s consortium has secured an Air Operator Certificate from Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation regulator, clearing the final major regulatory hurdle for a new low-cost carrier based at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam. The approval formally advances a project…
Cebu Pacific has taken delivery of an Airbus A320neo from Airbus’s Tianjin facility in China, bringing the low-cost carrier’s NEO aircraft share to 77% of its jet fleet. The aircraft, delivered to Manila on 11 September, is the third of…
Drukair has chosen CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines for five Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, including three A320neos and two A321XLRs, in a move that extends the Bhutanese carrier’s long-running relationship with CFM. The aircraft were ordered in 2024, and the engine decision…
Brussels Airport handled more than 2.5 million passengers in August 2026, providing a fresh snapshot of late-summer travel demand at Belgium’s main hub. The airport’s monthly traffic figures also point to continued strength in passenger volumes as the summer peak…
Qatar Airways Cargo has started a once-weekly freighter service linking Doha Hamad International with Helsinki-Vantaa, using a Boeing 777-200F and routing via Budapest. The new operation, launched on 2 September, gives Finland its first dedicated scheduled cargo connection to Asia…
The European Commission is allowing several Schengen countries, including France, extra time to phase in the EU Entry/Exit System after the end of temporary flexibility on 6 September. The biometric border regime remains in force, but congestion, technical problems and…
An Italian NATO fighter shot down an unidentified drone over Lithuania shortly after midnight on 15 September, after the aircraft entered Lithuanian airspace and was intercepted near Pratkūnai, close to Kaunas. Lithuanian authorities said the drone likely came from Belarus,…
Transport & Environment has warned that planned expansion at 20 of Europe’s largest airports would push them beyond a Paris-aligned carbon budget, even after allowing for more efficient aircraft and wider use of sustainable aviation fuel. The study, commissioned by…
A Russian frigate fired two flares towards a Royal Danish Air Force Fennec helicopter over international waters off Gedser in the Baltic Sea on 14 September, in an encounter that Denmark called completely unacceptable. The helicopter was carrying out routine…
EPCOR, part of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance, has signed a five-year agreement with Mexican cargo airline mas to support auxiliary power units on five Airbus A330 aircraft. The package covers GTCP331-350 APUs and is the first contract…
Korean Air will begin offering free Starlink in-flight Wi‑Fi on 15 September aboard a small initial fleet of retrofitted widebodies, becoming the first full-service airline in East Asia to introduce the service. The launch starts with four aircraft — three…
The US Navy has awarded Boeing a $562 million fixed-price incentive contract for low-rate initial production of the MQ-25A Stingray, the service’s carrier-based unmanned aerial refuelling aircraft. The award, made through Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, covers…
Airbus has moved the A350F closer to first flight, with the freighter now in the final stretch before its initial airborne tests and a global certification campaign expected to run for about nine months. The programme will use two flight-test…
A Russian frigate fired two flares towards a Danish military Fennec helicopter in international waters south of Denmark on Monday, in an incident that triggered an immediate diplomatic response from Copenhagen. One flare passed close to the aircraft during a…
Adventia, the pilot school linked to the University of Salamanca, has started the 2026-2027 academic year with record enrolment at its Matacán aerodrome base near Salamanca, Spain. Student numbers are up by about 30% from a year earlier and are…
Boeing and American Airlines have completed the first landing gear exchange for a 737 MAX in Plano, Texas, extending Boeing’s Landing Gear Exchange Program to the MAX family. The swap used overhauled, Boeing-certified main and nose landing gear assemblies supplied…
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works will build four more Vectis aircraft, lifting the development fleet to five including the prototype already in production. The move, disclosed at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor,…
Raytheon has demonstrated an F-35B launching eight StormBreaker smart weapons in a single flight test in Arizona, a trial that highlights the jet’s expanding precision-strike capacity against moving targets. The milestone centres on RTX’s StormBreaker munition and the F-35B platform,…
Hybrid-electric aircraft programmes moved closer to development at Farnborough International Airshow in the UK, where GE Aerospace, BAE Systems and other industry participants highlighted demonstrators and system integration work rather than early-stage concepts. Coverage of the 2026 event placed the…
Aeroflot has proposed limiting foreign charter flights operating from Russia, in a move that could reshape access to the country’s charter market and affect competition on leisure routes. The proposal targets foreign charter operators serving Russian destinations, a segment that…
Brazilian investigators have concluded that the crew of a Gol Boeing 737-800 should have abandoned the approach before the aircraft ran off the runway in Recife. The finding centres on decision-making as weather conditions deteriorated, placing the event squarely within…