Airbus inaugurated its second A320 Family final assembly line at the repurposed Jean-Luc Lagardère facility in Toulouse on 15 June 2026, marking the tenth such line globally. This expansion, part of a network split across Hamburg (4), Mobile (2), Tianjin…
Virgin Australia has put Adelaide on its Pets in Cabin map, with first departures set for 23 June 2026 and bookings open now. The expansion adds Adelaide-Melbourne and Adelaide-Gold Coast sectors in both directions, extending a service that began in…
Anuvu has named Simon Sutton chief executive officer, effective 15 June 2026, replacing Joshua Marks. The move puts a media and content operator at the top of an inflight connectivity and entertainment specialist. Sutton joins from a career that includes…
Turkish Airlines has pushed its long-term fleet target back three years, resetting the path to roughly 800 aircraft from 2033 to 2036. The shift comes under Murat Şeker, who took over as chairman in April after nearly a decade as…
Nasmyth Group has cleared AS9100D audits at its new purpose-built site in Sri City, India, and is moving the facility into production for Rolls-Royce aerospace programmes. The plant, built under Nasmyth’s UK-India operating model with Sigma Advanced Systems, is positioned…
Jazeera Airways has appointed Andrew Robert Littledale as chief financial officer, effective 1 July 2026. The airline is bringing in a finance executive with more than 25 years of international experience, including senior roles in aviation. Littledale is a Fellow…
Avincis has widened its fleet renewal programme with an order for 15 Leonardo helicopters, split between 10 AW169s and five AW139s, with deliveries scheduled from 2028 to 2031. The deal follows its separate commitment for 15 Airbus H145s, taking the…
Romania’s outgoing vice prime minister Oana Gheorghiu has branded Tarom a company on a direct flight to ruin, reopening pressure on the state carrier as it burns through cash and fights for survival. Her attack lands amid an EU-approved restructuring…
Air Europa will return to Düsseldorf on 30 November 2026 with a new Madrid-Barajas service in the winter 2026/27 schedule. The route will operate twice daily with Boeing 737-800s, restoring a direct link between the Spanish hub and one of…
Maldives-based beOnd has fallen two months behind on staff salaries as it tries to keep aircraft moving through a cash squeeze. The all-business-class carrier has paused its regular summer Maldives schedule, shifted to charter flying, and tied back pay to…
Vietnam Airlines inaugurated its first nonstop Hanoi–Amsterdam service on 16 June 2026, becoming the first Vietnamese carrier to operate a direct route between Vietnam and the Netherlands. Flight VN83 departed Noi Bai at 3:50 a.m. aboard an Airbus A350, carrying…
The aviation insurance sector has officially pegged the cost of the destroyed Yemenia Airbus A320-233 at $147 million, finalizing a figure previously estimated. This assessment reflects the market value of the aircraft lost during the May 28, 2025, airstrike on…
Nammo used Eurosatory 2026 to present a modular UAV strike package built around the Croatian Orqa MRM2-10 and its N7 66 mm high-explosive anti-tank copper-cone warhead. The warhead weighs 1.5 kg and is claimed to defeat more than 450 mm…
John Cockerill Defense and Arquus used Eurosatory 2026 in Paris to debut Fenris, a 26-tonne 6×6 fire support vehicle built around the Cockerill 3105 turret and its 105 mm gun. The platform was developed in just over a year as…
KLM startet seinen ersten Airbus A350-900 ohne verkaufsfähige World Business Class. Die Zertifizierung der neuen Sitze ist noch offen, daher bleiben die 34 Business-Class-Plätze auf den ersten beiden Auslieferungen zunächst blockiert. Der Flieger soll Ende August 2026 eintreffen und im…
Privilege Style has taken delivery of its first dedicated freighter, an Airbus A330-300P2F registered EC-OTE, marking its entry into pure cargo flying. The aircraft arrived in Madrid on 13 June 2026 after conversion in Dresden, having been delivered new to…
CMA CGM Group has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire Crystal Aero Solutions, giving its air cargo arm direct access to aircraft maintenance capacity as the freighter fleet expands. Crystal Aero Solutions, based at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport with…
Rheinmetall is moving its loitering-munition business from demonstration to serial production, with the FV-014 set to enter output in the third quarter and manufacturing centred in Neuss. At Eurosatory in Paris, the company showed a mobile launch container that holds…
Air India is pressing Airbus and Boeing to push back deliveries of hundreds of aircraft as it resets capital spending and trims capacity. The carrier is in talks over a slower induction profile rather than a cancellation, with as many…
The EU has struck a compromise on passenger rights after more than a decade of negotiations, keeping the three-hour delay threshold and current compensation bands unchanged. At the same time, the deal tightens transparency on hidden airline fees, bans no-show…
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base on 15 June 2026, with eight people aboard and no survivors. The aircraft was flying a routine test mission tied to the bomber’s radar modernization…
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems secured a U.S. Army contract on 12 June 2026 to demonstrate a maneuvering 155 mm projectile under the Extended Range Artillery Projectile program. This award places GA‑EMS alongside General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and BAE…
Milrem Robotics and Frontline Robotics have put a THeMIS UGV on display at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris with a rear-mounted shotgun remote weapon station for short-range counter-UAV work. The vehicle also carries a front-mounted RWS with a 40 mm Mk19…
The U.S. Space Force has ordered two additional GPS IIIF satellites from Lockheed Martin for $514.4 million, lifting the program total to 14 spacecraft. The satellites, the 13th and 14th in the buy, are due before November 2032 and extend…
Gilat Satellite Networks has entered a definitive agreement to acquire most of Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s Satellite and Space Communications segment for $157.5 million, marking a strategic reversal six years after Comtech’s failed 2020 takeover attempt. The cash-free, debt-free transaction, unanimously…
A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet crashed near Rimrock Lake in Yakima County, Washington, on 13 June after the pilot ejected safely. The aircraft was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and was flying a routine…
A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in Irkutsk region during a training sortie, and all four crew members ejected safely before impact. The aircraft was on approach to land, carried no combat load, and caused no damage on the ground.…
The National Academies wants the FAA to move flight crew radiation exposure from advisory guidance into formal oversight. The report says current monitoring, tracking and risk communication are uneven, while cumulative cosmic radiation on long-haul and high-altitude flying can add…
United Airlines has unveiled a Stars and Stripes special livery to mark the United States’ 250th anniversary, applying the scheme to a Boeing 787-10 and a Boeing 737-800. The aircraft carry tail numbers N91007 and N78285, and the design moves…
Finnish startup SCATA used Eurosatory 2026 in Paris to put the Mk1 4×4 on the market, with orders opening at the show and production set to follow in 2026. The 18-tonne vehicle sits between the 14-tonne Sisu GTP 4×4 and…
Jeju Air has cut its firm Boeing 737 MAX 8 order to 32 aircraft from 40, reducing the deal by 20% and scaling back planned capital outlay. The carrier also kept the 10-aircraft option from its 2018 agreement, preserving upside…
Gogo hat die Installation seines Galileo-Systems auf der Dassault Falcon 7X und 8X freigegeben. Die Ergänzungszulassung von Dassault Falcon Jet MRO durch FAA und EASA öffnet den Retrofit-Zugang für das HDX-Antennensystem und erweitert damit die zertifizierten Connectivity-Optionen für Langstrecken-Businessjets. Galileo…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has closed its probe into Delta Air Lines’ handling of the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage without seeking penalties. The decision clears the carrier after a review of how it treated passengers during the disruption that…
SAS hat seine Nachhaltigkeits- und Kundeninitiative Conscious Traveler in EuroBonus ChangeMakers umbenannt und enger mit dem EuroBonus-Programm verknüpft. Der neue Rahmen soll Mitgliedern klarer zeigen, wie sie an laufenden Maßnahmen zu Betrieb, Kundenerlebnis und langfristiger Transformation teilnehmen können; zugleich weitet…
Budapest Airport hat Terminal 2 vor der Hochsaison mit neuen Kapazitäten und Prozessänderungen aufgerüstet. Im Fokus stehen mehr Stellplätze, schnellere Abfertigung und zusätzliche Infrastruktur, um den Passagierstrom bis zur Terminal+-Erweiterung abzufedern. Neu eröffnet wurde der Langzeitparkplatz Relax Parking mit rund…
Ethiopian Airlines is taking delivery of its first De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300-G Twin Otter Classic, serial number 1002, on ferry from Canada to Ethiopia. The aircraft follows the two-unit order placed at the Paris Air Show 2025 and extends the…
United Airlines has unveiled a Stars and Stripes special livery for a Boeing 787-10 and a Boeing 737-800 to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States. The aircraft were painted in Amarillo, Texas, and will enter service this summer…
Airbus inauguró en Toulouse una segunda línea modernizada de ensamblaje final para la familia A320, con foco en el A321neo. La instalación ocupa el antiguo emplazamiento del A380 en Jean-Luc Lagardère y refuerza la capacidad de la compañía para sostener…
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base on 15 June, killing eight people aboard the bomber. The aircraft was on a routine test mission tied to the B-52 radar modernization effort when…
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base on 15 June 2026, with eight people aboard and no survivable outcome indicated. The aircraft was on a routine test mission tied to the Radar…
Lockheed Martin has secured a $514 million U.S. Space Force contract for GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 23 and 24, extending its production run to 14 spacecraft. The award keeps the company’s Denver GPS line tied to the next phase of…
The Commerce Department’s order to block foreign access to Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 could spill straight into Pentagon workflows. Defense users and contractors often sit inside mixed-nationality teams, so a model-level export control forces broader shutdowns, slower procurement,…
Japan Airlines has cut President Mitsuko Tottori’s pay by 30% for two months after two cabin attendants drank during a layover and delayed a Hiroshima-to-Haneda flight by about 40 minutes. The transport ministry issued a stern reprimand and ordered the…
A video circulating after the 15 June crash shows a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber dropping into a steep nose-down descent before impact in Irkutsk region. The aircraft went down during a training flight near Kamenka, with all four crew members ejecting…
Mehr als jeder dritte Fluggast kennt die Evakuierungsregel nicht vollständig: Nur 61 Prozent wissen, dass Handgepäck im Notfall zurückbleiben muss. Die IATA reagiert darauf mit der Kampagne Save a life, not a bag, gestützt auf eine Umfrage in den USA,…
Avincis has ordered up to 30 helicopters from Airbus Helicopters and Leonardo to renew and expand its fleet for emergency aerial services. The package covers 15 Airbus H145s and 15 Leonardo aircraft split between five AW139s and ten AW169s, with…
DARPA is asking industry to propose ways to restore space capability within hours to weeks after an attack, collision or on-orbit failure. The June 12 request for information targets space vehicles, launch systems, integration methods and novel concepts of operations,…
United has tied a new patriotic livery to a deeper workforce message: the airline is rolling out a Stars and Stripes Boeing 787-10 and Boeing 737-800 this summer while marking a milestone in its military pilot pipeline. The design, painted…
SkyWest Airlines has won two more Essential Air Service contracts, extending its footprint in federally subsidized regional flying. The new awards keep small-community links intact under United Express branding, with the carrier assuming operational responsibility and subsidy risk under the…
Montreal Metropolitan Airport welcomed its first commercial passengers on 15 June as the new YHU Terminal opened in Longueuil and Porter Airlines launched service from the South Shore field. The first departure left just after 9:00 a.m. for Vancouver, marking…