The business jet market remained broadly stable in the second quarter even as backlogs climbed nearly 20%, according to a market update from Aviation International News. The stronger order books point to sustained demand across the business aviation sector, with…
Google has won a $10 million bankruptcy auction for internal business data from collapsed Spirit Airlines and plans to use the material to improve its products and train AI models. The package covers employee emails, Microsoft Teams messages, spreadsheets, calendars…
Japan Air Commuter, the JAL Group’s regional subsidiary, will add two more ATR 72-600 turboprops to its fleet, with entry into service planned for February 2027. The expansion lifts its ATR 72-600 fleet to four aircraft and supports operations on…
Rich Sale International is launching China-US e-commerce freighter flights between Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport and Chicago Rockford International Airport with Atlas Air. The operation begins with eight charter flights in August before moving to twice-weekly scheduled service in September, extending…
LOT Cargo has secured IATA CEIV Pharma recertification, confirming continued compliance with the programme’s standards for pharmaceutical and healthcare shipments. The recertification covers the air cargo arm of LOT Polish Airlines and underlines its ability to handle temperature-sensitive medical freight…
Textron Aviation has delivered the 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 business jet, highlighting the long-running light jet family’s commercial durability as the company advances the CJ4 Gen3 programme in Wichita, Kansas. The milestone comes as the next-generation variant targets FAA certification…
Korean Air will increase its Seoul Incheon-Lisbon service to four weekly flights from 21 September, adding capacity on the long-haul Europe route it already operates with Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Reservations are open for the extra frequency, extending the carrier’s current…
Partners in the Green Flyways initiative are trialling electric air services in Norway and Sweden as they assess MD Aircraft’s eViator commuter aircraft for regional operations. The work is focused on whether the aircraft can handle commuter-style routes in Nordic…
Air Canada has finalised the terms of a C$800 million substantial issuer bid that will allow it to repurchase Class A variable voting shares and Class B voting shares through a modified Dutch auction. The offer is due to open…
Sukhoi chief designer Mikhail Strelets has outlined a new role for the two-seat Su-57D, describing it as a test platform for combat AI and for controlling unmanned aircraft, including swarms and the S-70 Okhotnik. Reported from Moscow, the disclosure frames…
Google, the UK Department for Transport, NATS, the Met Office, Contrails.org, Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge have launched Operation Blue Skies, a £5 million trial designed to test AI-driven contrail avoidance across Shanwick oceanic airspace in the…
A Lufthansa Airbus A380 arriving from San Francisco landed too early at Munich Airport on Monday evening and struck runway threshold lights, damaging the lighting and reportedly some tyres. The aircraft, operating as flight LH459, carried 351 people, all of…
A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 became stranded after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa on 18 August, tilting on the runway with its left wing in contact with the pavement. The pilot escaped safely and no injuries were reported,…
COMAC’s C919 is drawing fresh interest from Chinese carriers, with Shenzhen Airlines and Loong Air signalling plans to add the narrowbody as demand for the home-grown jet outpaces the manufacturer’s production capacity. Executives from both airlines voiced interest at an…
RTX’s Pratt & Whitney is moving deeper into the recovery phase of its geared-turbofan crisis, as groundings linked to PW1100G engines fell 25% in the first half of 2026. The improvement is easing operational pressure for airlines operating Airbus A320neo-family…
Jetstream Aviation Capital has delivered a Saab 340B(F) cargo aircraft to Ryan Air of Anchorage, Alaska, giving the operator its first aircraft of this type from the lessor. The freighter, serial number 340B-329, was handed over on 4 August and…
SAC has lifted all remaining flight restrictions at Catania-Fontanarossa Airport after the volcanic alert level for Mount Etna was downgraded from red to orange. Arrivals and departures resumed immediately, and airspace sectors that had been closed during the ash disruption…
Airbus is targeting a maiden flight in September for its delayed A350F freighter, with the first test sortie tentatively pencilled in for the third week of the month, industry sources said. The planned timing could still slip into early October,…
airBaltic bondholders have approved amendments to the airline’s €380 million 14.50% senior secured bonds due in 2029, allowing the August and November interest payments to be capitalised and temporarily suspending the minimum liquidity covenant until 14 November. The vote, held…
A Lufthansa Airbus A380 operating flight LH459 from San Francisco to Munich touched down before the runway threshold at Munich Airport on 17 August, damaging runway lighting but landing safely with all 351 passengers unharmed. The aircraft, registered D-AIML, remained…
STS Aviation Services has secured UAE General Civil Aviation Authority approval for a CAR-145 C6 equipment rating at its Dubai CommerCity facility in Dubai. The approval, issued under GCAA CAR-145 approval UAE.145.0101, allows the company to carry out approved component…
KLM has introduced new youth and student fare options across its network, adding free ticket changes and an extra checked bag for eligible travellers. The offer is aimed at passengers aged 12 to 24 and full-time students aged 18 to…
Paraguay is evaluating Taiwan’s retired F-5E/F Tiger II fighters and AIDC AT-3 Tzu Chung trainers for a possible transfer as it seeks to restore a supersonic combat capability after decades without one. The proposal would complement Paraguay’s ongoing introduction of…
Spanish civil aviation investigators are examining a serious traffic conflict involving a SAS Connect Airbus A320neo approaching Málaga on 6 July 2026. Flight 1817 from Stockholm was cleared to land, then went around after the cockpit received a TCAS alert…
Vietnam’s civil aviation authorities are examining a takeoff anomaly involving a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 that briefly lost speed during the departure roll from Munich to Hanoi before the crew continued and the aircraft later returned for inspection. The incident…
Alliance Aviation Services has appointed Steven Greenway as chief executive, with the Australian charter and FIFO operator replacing long-serving managing director and CEO Stewart Tully. Greenway will take over in October, while Tully remains for a short transition period as…
Lufthansa City Airlines’ first Airbus A220-300 is scheduled for delivery in November 2026, with the aircraft now moving through final assembly at Airbus Canada’s Mirabel site near Montreal. The jet, MSN 55501 and later to be registered D-ACAA, will make…
Israir has received approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation to begin selling tickets for its planned Tel Aviv-New York service, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for the Israeli low-cost carrier. Ticket sales are due to open next week, while…
German pilots are warning against shooting down drones too hastily after a recent incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport exposed the risks faced by airports when unmanned aircraft enter controlled airspace. The debate has widened over how Germany should respond to drone…
Norse Atlantic is in talks with Pakistan International Airlines and Biman Bangladesh Airlines to lease out up to six Boeing 787 Dreamliners, with the potential deals ranging from dry lease to wet lease structures. The discussions centre on the Norwegian…
Textron Aviation has delivered the 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 series business jet, with the milestone aircraft—a Citation CJ4 Gen2—going to a customer based in the Philippines. The delivery, disclosed on 17 August, comes as the Wichita manufacturer prepares the next…
Malaysia Aviation Group has completed mandatory drug screening for all operational Malaysia Airlines pilots, with every result returning negative. The exercise follows the arrest of a Malaysia Airlines second officer in Indonesia on drug-smuggling allegations and forms part of a…
Air Astana has extended the suspension of its flights from Almaty and Astana to Dubai through 30 September 2026, keeping the routes grounded amid continuing instability in the Persian Gulf region. The latest move also pushes back the recovery of…
Wizz Air will add three direct routes from Sarajevo International Airport to Berlin, Bratislava and Prague for the winter schedule, with the first two services due to begin on 3 December and Prague following on 18 December. The expansion gives…
Aircraft dumped fuel 15 times in German airspace in the first half of 2026, with the latest figures placing the incidents within a broader public record that now runs from 2018 to early July 2026. The data, reported from the…
SWISS will replace two Airbus A220-300s with two Airbus A320neos at its Geneva base for the summer 2027 schedule, increasing seat capacity on the Geneva–London Heathrow route. The aircraft swap adds 35 seats per flight, lifting capacity from 145 to…
Textron Aviation has delivered the 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 series business jet, with the milestone aircraft a CJ4 Gen2 handed over to a customer in the Philippines. The Wichita, Kansas-based company tied the delivery to more than a decade of…
SWISS will replace two Geneva-based Airbus A220-300s with two larger A320neos on the Geneva–London Heathrow route for the summer 2027 schedule. The switch will add 35 seats per flight, lifting capacity from 145 to 180 seats on one of the…
Google, NATS and UK research partners will launch Operation Blue Skies in Shanwick oceanic airspace over the North Atlantic, beginning the world’s first state-backed trial to avoid contrails across an entire airspace corridor. The 30-month programme, supported by the UK…
Wizz Air will open a new base at Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport in central Romania in December 2026, making it the carrier’s 10th base in the country. One Airbus A321neo will be stationed there to support four new routes to Chișinău,…
Australia’s CH-47D Chinook has carried out France’s first nighttime waterbombing sorties over the Landes, expanding aerial firefighting operations at Mont-de-Marsan with a heavy-lift helicopter able to drop about 11,300 litres of water after dark. The aircraft is deployed with Coulson…
Vietnam Airlines has grounded a Boeing 787-9 after flight VN34 from Munich to Hanoi suffered a tail strike during takeoff at Munich Airport on Saturday. The aircraft, registration VN-A867, later returned to Munich after the crew received technical warnings, including…
Germany’s debate over drone defence at airports sharpened after Hamburg interior senator Andy Grote, who chairs the Interior Ministers’ Conference, dismissed claims that responsibility for countering drones is unclear. In a ZDF morning interview, he argued that the division of…
France carried out its first nighttime aerial firefighting drops overnight on 17-18 August using an Australian CH-47D Chinook based at Mont-de-Marsan in southwest France. The heavy-lift helicopter, operated by Coulson Aviation for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, carries…
Alliance Aviation Services has appointed former flyadeal chief Steven Greenway as its next chief executive, with the leadership change coming as the Australian FIFO and charter operator adjusts to a revised Qantas wet-lease arrangement. Stewart Tully will step down after…
Qantas flew an Airbus A380 from Sydney to Dallas-Fort Worth and back with a 33 cm maintenance work light left inside the left wing after work in Sydney on 7 January. The object remained undetected through two long-haul sectors before…
Air New Zealand has judged Beta Technologies’ Alia CX300 electric aircraft too small to be cost-effective for its operations and has asked the US manufacturer to look at a larger battery-electric design. Chief executive Nikhil Ravishankar also indicated that even…
Airbus has identified a rare, brief loss of hydraulic pressure across all three independent systems on an Air India Airbus A320neo operating flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi on 4 August, in a preliminary assessment of the incident. The aircraft…
Germany’s Aero-Dienst is examining a Malta Air Operator Certificate as part of a wider expansion of its maintenance, repair and overhaul business. The move would give the business aviation operator and maintenance provider greater operating flexibility while it assesses how…
Riyadh Air and ANA All Nippon Airways have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen cooperation and expand connectivity between Saudi Arabia and Japan. The agreement focuses on potential codeshare services and broader commercial ties, with both carriers aiming to…