Argus International’s TraqPak data showed North American business aviation activity rose 0.3% year over year in August, with fractional operators driving the gain as softer traditional flying offset the increase. Europe posted its second consecutive monthly decline in the same…
Boeing has moved Sean Black, who leads its Wichita site, into a corporate role overseeing the company’s future production system for its next single-aisle aircraft. The appointment places a senior manufacturing executive in charge of the industrial blueprint for Boeing’s…
Honeywell Aerospace used a conference appearance on Wednesday to highlight that supply-chain bottlenecks, not weak demand, remain the main brake on output as it trims its 2026 outlook. Chief executive Jim Currier pointed to a small group of constrained suppliers…
Aeroitalia has launched weekly flights from Rome Fiumicino and Milan Bergamo to Tripoli Mitiga, adding direct scheduled links between Italy and Libya. Both routes began on 6 September and are operated with Boeing 737-400 aircraft, giving the carrier two new…
Aero Friedrichshafen will add an inaugural Air Charter Regional conference to its 2027 programme, bringing the Air Charter Association’s business aviation format to the German show. The event will run from 14 to 17 April 2027 and will include a…
North American business aviation activity rose 0.3% year on year in August, with stronger fractional flying offsetting weaker demand in other segments, Argus International’s TraqPak data showed. Fractional operators increased flying 7.9%, while Part 135 activity was flat and Part…
A technical failure at NATS disrupted departing flights across the UK on 8 September, with cancellations and delays spilling into Wednesday and affecting business aviation alongside scheduled services at Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted. Reuters reported about 1,300 flights to…
Donald Trump has threatened to block Bombardier aircraft sales in the United States unless the Canadian business jet maker builds in the country, drawing pushback from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The move targets Bombardier’s Challenger and…
Wizz Air will restore services to Dubai and Abu Dhabi from late October, bringing back Middle East flying with 12 routes and 49 weekly frequencies across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The low-cost carrier is resuming direct links to…
Star Alliance and Incheon International Airport Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a dedicated Star Alliance-branded lounge at Incheon International Airport Terminal 1. The new facility will replace the existing Asiana Airlines Business Lounge West near Gate…
Delta Air Lines is expanding its international in-flight entertainment offer with Sport 24 and Sport 24 Extra, bringing live sports streaming to long-haul flights to and from the United States through Delta Sync Wi-Fi. The service will be available this…
United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby has called on the US to back sustainable aviation fuel production and deployment with the same scale of policy support that helped solar power grow. The comments place United at the centre of the…
Gogo is seeing stronger demand for in-flight connectivity across Africa as operators extend installations beyond large business jets to smaller aircraft, including Pilatus PC-24s and Beechcraft King Airs, at a time when the company is promoting new financing options for…
OpsGroup has outlined new Starlink regional service maps for business aviation, giving operators a clearer view of how SpaceX is segmenting satellite connectivity by geography. The maps show regional coverage for North and Central America and indicate that the area…
Saab has secured a new order from Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration for continued work on the country’s future combat-aircraft programme, extending studies and demonstrator activity on manned and unmanned fighter concepts. The contract is worth about SEK 2.9 billion and…
Lufthansa Technik is in the final certification phase for AeroSHARK on Airbus A330-200 and A330-300 aircraft, with the first modification under way on a Discover Airlines A330. The long-haul jet is undergoing test flights over several weeks as part of…
United Airlines has started operating a Boeing 787-9 with its new Elevated premium cabin on the Zurich–San Francisco route, bringing the upgraded long-haul product to Switzerland and the German-speaking market for the first time. The daily seasonal service, which runs…
Air Cairo will begin flights from Cairo to Brussels on 18 December 2026 using Airbus A320 aircraft, before extending part of the service to Luxor two days later. The schedule calls for two weekly Cairo-Brussels rotations and one weekly Cairo-Brussels-Luxor…
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed replacing the 53-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. land with a noise-based standard that would allow commercial aircraft to fly faster than Mach 1 if ground-level sonic boom limits are met. The draft…
The US Treasury has sanctioned 27 Iranian airlines and several foreign intermediaries in a fresh crackdown on Iran’s civil aviation sector, targeting carriers linked to Mahan Air’s support network. The measures also hit companies in Turkey, Malaysia, the United Arab…
Sydney Airport is set to add EgyptAir as its newest carrier in 2027, with plans for a Cairo service via Singapore using Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The one-stop route would give Sydney its first direct link to Cairo, subject to regulatory…
Hermeus has unveiled Ramjet-X, an expendable ramjet-powered vehicle designed to be released from its Quarterhorse uncrewed aircraft at around Mach 3. The concept is intended for high-Mach flight testing and is part of the company’s effort to build a lower-cost…
NBAA used an Aug. 27 News Hour webinar to press for tighter coordination between flight operations and security teams across business aviation missions, with panelists calling for shared trip planning, unified threat intelligence and clear decision-making authority. The discussion centred…
Honeywell Aerospace and the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit have tested a magnetic navigation system on an Embraer 170 in a GPS-free flight over the Pacific, with the aircraft flying from the Seattle area to southern Alaska and back. The trial…
Pratt & Whitney Canada has changed contract terms after a European Commission antitrust review into turboprop aftermarket access, with the case closed at the end of August. The changes focus on PT6 and PW100-series engines and address concerns over used…
Avianca has secured financing of up to US$300 million to support maintenance, repair and overhaul work on its CFM56 engines at GE Aerospace’s Celma shop in Brazil. The structure, arranged through Citibank and backed by export credit insurance from Brazil’s…
Covenant has unveiled Anthem, a long-range, heavy-payload ground-launched cruise missile, and opened a 105,000-square-foot factory in Dallas to build it for U.S. demand. The defence startup expects serial production to begin in the first quarter of 2027, with output ultimately…
Airbus and Boeing both finished August with deliveries ahead of their pace from the same point in 2025, after the two planemakers reported fresh monthly data on Monday. Airbus delivered 57 aircraft in August, taking its 2026 total to 475,…
EasyJet is facing a High Court claim in London from STLC Europe Eight, an Irish unit of Russian state-owned lessor GTLK Europe, over at least $72 million tied to six Airbus aircraft left in Madrid and Cyprus after lease termination…
The commercial aviation shock triggered by 11 September 2001 continues to shape Airbus and Boeing a quarter-century later, with order cancellations, deferred demand and a long shift in market share still visible in both manufacturers’ businesses. The fallout hit Boeing…
PAL-V has secured European Production Organisation Approval from EASA, clearing the Dutch fly-drive developer to manufacture aviation products under EU rules at industrial scale. The approval covers the PAL-V Liberty programme and completes the production-side authorisations the company needs alongside…
The National Transportation Safety Board has updated its investigation into the Miami runway overrun involving 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-33A operating an Amazon Prime Air cargo service. Flight data indicates the crew briefly selected thrust consistent with a…
Lockheed Martin has appointed Ali Ruwaih as vice president and general manager of its Training, Logistics and Simulation business, a Rotary and Mission Systems unit based in Orlando, Florida. He succeeds Jonathon Wells and will also oversee the company’s Innovation…
The Italian Air Force has ordered two additional MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, with delivery due at the end of 2027. The purchase is part of a US Foreign Military Sale and includes…
Ontic has acquired SIRS Navigation, a Kent-based specialist in precision standby magnetic compasses for aviation, expanding its portfolio with a business whose products serve commercial aircraft and rotorcraft. The deal brings proprietary compass products and an established global customer base…
UK airports continued to suffer knock-on disruption on Wednesday after a NATS flight-processing system failure hit departures across the network the previous day, triggering widespread cancellations and delays at Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted. More than 1,000 flights were cancelled…
Amazon Air’s Boeing 767 cargo flight overran Runway 30 at Miami International Airport after its crew first appeared to prepare for a go-around before continuing the landing, killing five people on the ground and injuring five others. The aircraft, operated…
airBaltic carried 554,700 passengers in August 2026, a 5% increase from the same month a year earlier. The Latvian carrier’s latest monthly traffic update points to continued late-summer demand across its network, with the figures covering its overall passenger traffic…
Finnair carried 1,126,000 passengers in August, up 2.3% from a year earlier, as its unit revenue improved despite lower capacity. The Helsinki-based carrier’s capacity fell 4.8% and revenue passenger kilometres declined 3.1%, while load factor rose 1.4 percentage points to…
Fiji Airways will start direct services between Nadi International Airport and Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport on 19 March 2027, making it the first international carrier linked to the new airport. The three-times-weekly route will operate on Mondays, Fridays…
Pilatus has flown the first PC-7 MKX basic military trainer at its site in Stans, Switzerland, with the aircraft set for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The inaugural sortie took place on 7 September and came as the Dutch air…
Airlines are gradually restoring Middle East services after the conflict triggered by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, but major disruptions remain across key routes. Lufthansa Group, British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Air Canada, Wizz Air, Air France and Cathay Pacific…
Hungary Airlines is selling its Airbus A330-243P2F registered HA-ZTO, with the freighter set to leave the carrier’s operation once the transaction closes. The aircraft is owned by Hong Kong-based ZTO Airlines, while Hungary Airlines has operated it and will remain…
A technical fault at UK air traffic control provider NATS disrupted flights across the country on Tuesday and left Heathrow and Gatwick dealing with delays and cancellations into Wednesday. More than 1,000 flights were grounded, with the impact spreading to…
The US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Conti Federal Services a $74,787,155 firm-fixed-price contract to build a specialised B-21 hangar at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. The facility will support radio-frequency and measurements work needed to verify the…
Dassault Aviation has delivered the development aircraft and the first two Falcon 2000LXS Albatros maritime surveillance aircraft to France’s defence procurement agency for use by the French Navy. The aircraft are part of the AVSIMAR programme and are destined for…
A technical fault in NATS’ flight-processing system on 8 September caused major disruption across the UK aviation network, forcing more than 1,000 flight cancellations and multiple long-haul diversions from Heathrow. Two Emirates Airbus A380s were rerouted to Düsseldorf and Munich,…
IATA has welcomed changes by Pratt & Whitney Canada to contract terms covering PT6 and PW100-series turboprop engines, saying the move eases competition concerns in the used-parts market and opens up access for independent maintenance shops. The revised terms affect…
Lufthansa Technik is in the final certification phase for AeroSHARK on the Airbus A330, extending the shark-skin-inspired riblet film to an Airbus aircraft for the first time. The test programme uses a Discover Airlines A330-300 and includes flight testing and…
Air Cairo has placed a firm order for 15 Airbus A320neo aircraft at the El Alamein International Airshow in Egypt, making its first direct purchase from Airbus. The narrowbody deal supports the carrier’s fleet expansion plan as it looks to…