Der SpaceX-Börsengang fällt nicht wegen des Volumens auf, sondern wegen der Machtverteilung danach: Elon Musk soll die Kontrolle trotz Listing praktisch behalten. Die Struktur stützt sich auf Sonderstimmrechte und lässt ihn mit mehr als 80 Prozent der Stimmen das Unternehmen…
The Qatar-donated Boeing 747-8 meant to serve as a bridge Air Force One has emerged from paint in Donald Trump’s red, white, dark blue and gold scheme and has entered final government modification work. The jet was photographed at Waco,…
US airports are entering the World Cup period under tighter scrutiny as TSA activates enhanced screening and security measures for FIFA 2026 travel. The agency says it is preparing for millions of passengers and is deploying advanced body scanners, CT…
Panasonic Avionics has pushed its Arc interactive 3D moving map platform past 40 airline customers, with more than 1,300 aircraft installed or committed. The company disclosed the milestone on 10 June 2026 from Irvine, California. The figure matters because Arc…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has opened an investigation into Ryanair’s family seating charges, focusing on whether parents are being made to pay to sit with children, including children with disabilities. The watchdog says Ryanair’s terms require at least…
European Sleeper will extend its overnight network into Italy with a Milan-Brussels service that uses Renfe-backed Arenaways for the Italian traction segment. The route is set to start on 9 September 2026, with departures from Milano Porta Garibaldi and operations…
Etihad Airways and Condor have deepened their partnership with a new frequent flyer agreement and a daily Bangkok–Abu Dhabi service due to join Condor’s planned Abu Dhabi operation. The move extends a December 2025 commercial tie-up into network planning and…
RAVE Aerospace is not pivoting away from miniLED LCD in its inflight entertainment strategy. The company is using its 2026 branding reset to position the display line inside a broader RAVE ecosystem for IFEC, with operations anchored in Brea, California…
India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will miss the one-year deadline for its final report on the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad, with the investigation still waiting on engine analysis in the United States and other technical work. The…
ATR is sharpening its Vietnam focus as the carrier and manufacturer flags the market for regional growth, with one recent assessment identifying 87 unserved domestic routes with viable traffic potential. The pitch is straightforward: Vietnam still has room for more…
The Xtreme Group has secured growth capital from Heartwood Partners to fund its next phase of MRO expansion across the United States. The Miami-based aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul provider will use the investment to strengthen operations, add capacity, widen…
OHB und Rheinmetall haben in Bremen das Joint Venture OHB Rheinmetall Space Networks GmbH für das SATCOMBw Level 4 Programm der Bundeswehr aufgesetzt. Der Schritt schafft die industrielle Struktur für ein geschütztes, ausfallsicheres und dauerhaft verfügbares militärisches Kommunikationsnetz. Die Gesellschaft…
Spanish industry has lined up behind Airbus-led Team Gen 6, a Berlin-based effort to keep Europe’s sixth-generation combat-aircraft work moving after the FCAS track stalled between Germany and France. The group brings together Airbus Defence and Space’s Spanish arm with…
Fiji Airways has launched its first direct service between Nadi and the Gold Coast, opening a new three-times-weekly corridor between Fiji and Australia’s leisure market. The inaugural flight departed as FJ981, adding more than 53,000 annual seats and extending the…
Jeju Air has pared back its firm Boeing 737-8 MAX commitment from 40 aircraft to 32, trimming an order first tied to its 2018 fleet plan. The change also leaves the carrier with 10 options, reducing one of its older…
Condor will extend its Abu Dhabi operation to Bangkok from 25 October 2026, adding a daily A330neo sector that can be booked separately as a fifth-freedom flight. The route sits inside a Frankfurt–Abu Dhabi–Bangkok pattern and runs through the winter…
Airbus Defence and Space and Alta Ares have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate European counter-drone systems, with the work centred on Airbus Fortion battle-management software and air and missile defence tools. The agreement links Airbus’s Fortion IBMS and…
Thales Alenia Space has secured the prime contract to develop and build two Sentinel-1 Next Generation satellites for ESA’s Copernicus programme. The award covers the first tranche of a €700 million contract and places Thales Alenia Space at the centre…
Kuwait has reopened its airspace after a temporary closure tied to renewed Iranian attacks, allowing Kuwait airport to return to normal operations. The move reverses a precautionary suspension that had disrupted regional flight planning, forcing carriers to manage diversions, schedule…
Alstom has put four next-generation Innovia APM R vehicles into passenger service on the Plane Train at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The upgrade also includes infrastructure work, among it a new turnback along the guideways, to improve capacity and train…
GE Aerospace is adding Judson Althoff to its board of directors, with the appointment set to take effect on 24 June 2026. Althoff, chief executive of Microsoft’s Commercial Business, also sits on Ecolab’s board, giving GE Aerospace another director with…
Zurich Airport cleared 3 million passengers in May, handling 3,028,701 travellers, up 9.1% year on year. The month combined 2,222,403 local passengers and 801,998 transfer passengers, with the transfer share at 26.5%. Traffic also improved across the operating profile: movements…
Safran Helicopter Engines, MTU Aero Engines and Avio Aero have secured European Defence Fund backing for SHARP, a programme aimed at technologies for next-generation helicopter engines. The project brings together three of Europe’s core propulsion suppliers around future turboshaft capability,…
Bombardier Defense has secured a second Challenger 650 for Aero-Dienst GmbH, extending a fleet relationship built around medevac operations and long-range patient transfer. The aircraft will be configured for dedicated air ambulance missions and support ADAC’s global repatriation network. Aero-Dienst…
Airbus Defence and Space and Alta Ares have signed a memorandum of understanding in Berlin to develop and integrate European counter-drone and air-defence solutions. The partnership pairs Airbus system and software integration with Alta Ares’s AI-driven tactical air-defence and counter-UAS…
Uganda Airlines has signed an order with Boeing for 10 aircraft, splitting the package between eight passenger jets and two freighters. President Yoweri Museveni witnessed the signing at State House Entebbe on 10 June, as the carrier moved to reset…
Mada Airways is preparing to enter Lebanon’s market with scheduled commercial operations from René Moawad Airport in Qleiaat, Akkar, targeting an exclusive base in the north rather than Beirut. The new carrier is linked to IBEX Air Charter and is…
Azorra has completed the placement of its 12-aircraft Airbus A220-300 portfolio acquired from EGYPTAIR, closing out a transaction that began in February 2024. The final frame has now been redeployed, ending the remarketing cycle for the full batch. The aircraft…
Le Bourget a accueilli le 4 June 2026 la 5e édition des Rencontres Féminisons les métiers de l’aéronautique et du spatial, avec un format calibré pour convertir l’intérêt en recrutements. L’événement a réuni environ 500 étudiants, 100 professionnels, 27 ateliers…
Thales Alenia Space will coordinate the EROSS SC project for the European Commission’s ISOS programme, putting the company at the centre of Europe’s next in-orbit servicing demonstration. The contract covers development of one of two spacecraft for a mission designed…
Thierry Dauxois has been named chairman and CEO of CNRS, replacing Antoine Petit and taking over France’s main public research agency on 10 June 2026. The appointment came by presidential decree after a ministerial recommendation, formalising the leadership handover at…
Germany and France have dropped the planned manned fighter jet element of FCAS, ending the programme’s original development track. The political break leaves the broader architecture alive, but the core aircraft split from Airbus and Dassault has now blocked progression.…
Afriqiyah Airways has rejected claims that it suspended operations, saying the disruption was confined to emergency maintenance on one aircraft. The airline said the affected jet has returned to service, directly countering earlier coverage that framed the situation as a…
Capital A’s Move Digital Sdn Bhd is facing a Singapore High Court asset-seizure order tied to an arbitration-driven shareholder dispute over BigPay and Teleport. The order targets Move Digital’s stakes in BigPay Pte Ltd and Teleport Everywhere Pte Ltd, while…
Bell Textron has cut 285 jobs across Fort Worth, Amarillo and Wichita as the MV-75 Cheyenne II moves from development into production. The reductions hit about 3% of Bell’s workforce and span nonunion roles in Fort Worth, about 30 positions…
A Belgian passenger has been sentenced to 10 months in prison after assaulting crew on a SWISS flight from Newark to Zurich and trying to force his way into the cockpit. The case adds another data point to the sector’s…
Airbus has unveiled the U760 Ravenstorm at ILA Berlin 2026, putting a new uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft concept into the centre of its European defence portfolio. The display model is pitched as a sovereign combat drone for air-to-air, air-to-ground and…
Azorra has closed the book on its ex-EgyptAir A220-300 portfolio, completing the acquisition and placement of all 12 aircraft. The last airframe has now been allocated, ending a transaction that began with the lessor’s February 2024 purchase of the package.…
Friedrich Merz has put aviation back at the center of industrial policy as the federal cabinet approved a new Luftfahrtstrategie for Germany. The plan sets a 15-year framework for civil aviation, aerospace manufacturing and military aviation, with competitiveness, sovereignty, resilience…
Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht hat die Rückforderung von Betriebshilfen in Höhe von rund 10,3 Millionen Euro für den Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn für 2017 und 2018 für rechtswidrig erklärt. Die Entscheidung aus Leipzig nimmt der rheinland-pfälzischen Rückforderungsanordnung die Grundlage und entlastet Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH…
Airbus has secured the contract to supply the main C-band synthetic aperture radar instruments for Europe’s Sentinel-1 Next Generation satellites, with the award tied to ILA Berlin. Thales Alenia Space remains prime contractor for the two-satellite Copernicus programme, while Airbus…
Airbus and Lufthansa Group have marked 50 years of partnership with a new package of strategic agreements unveiled at ILA Berlin. The deal package centres on a component services agreement covering the group’s entire Airbus A220 fleet, while Lufthansa’s 700th…
French counter-drone startup Alta Ares has raised €50 million in its second funding round to expand production of its AI-guided interceptor systems. The company is targeting a market that is moving fast toward cheaper, software-led air defence against low-cost drones,…
Frontier Airlines will return to Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport in late summer 2026 with service to Las Vegas, restoring a station the carrier last served in 2023. The airline is also adding Boise–Las Vegas, extending its low-cost push into…
Etihad Airways will raise Abu Dhabi-Kabul flying to twice daily from 15 July, moving quickly from the route’s March launch and an initial four-weekly pattern to a higher-capacity schedule. The airline is responding to demand that has run ahead of…
Emirates is ready to launch daily widebody services to Berlin and Stuttgart, but the routes remain subject to approval from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport. The carrier says the operation would add more than EUR 100 million a year in…
Molten Ventures plc has committed €30 million to Isar Aerospace as part of the launch company’s €270 million Series D round. The London-listed investor described itself as a strategic backer and said the capital will support Isar’s scaling phase and…
Airbus Defence and Space is tied to a new UAE space-intelligence buildout centred on Space42’s Foresight-3, Foresight-4 and Foresight-5 Earth-observation satellites. The programme points to a sovereign imaging stack anchored in Abu Dhabi, with production slated to start in late…
Berlin is set to adopt a new aviation strategy aimed at strengthening Germany’s air transport sector over the next 15 years. The cabinet draft keeps the focus on competitiveness, capacity and regulatory friction. Industry groups want more relief on air…
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and High Performance Space Structure Systems to develop a satellite-based Earth observation and ISR service. Airbus will act as prime contractor and systems integrator,…