AkzoNobel and Axalta Coating Systems have won shareholder approval for their proposed all-share merger of equals, clearing a key hurdle in the deal process. Votes at AkzoNobel’s extraordinary general meeting and Axalta’s special general meeting on 5 August backed the…
BeauTech Power Systems has appointed Francesco Baccarani as director of asset management for Asia-Pacific, placing him in charge of the company’s regional engine leasing and asset management activity from Singapore. The move brings a veteran with more than 20 years…
South African Airways and Emirates have expanded their partnership into a reciprocal codeshare, opening access to nine additional routes across South Africa and regional Africa. The agreement adds domestic services between Johannesburg and Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth, alongside…
Joby Aviation is planning to begin eVTOL Integration Pilot Program flights in Texas in September, with piloted vertical takeoff and landing operations across the Dallas–Fort Worth area. The campaign forms part of the federally backed programme designed to let manufacturers…
The Il-114-300 has begun high-temperature certification testing in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, after arriving there from Zhukovsky near Moscow for a dedicated hot-weather campaign. The Russian turboprop made the nonstop ferry flight to the Uzbek city to support testing aimed at confirming…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI reported stronger first-quarter FY2026 results, supported by solid aerospace demand in civil aero engines, space and defence work. Both Japanese industrial groups lifted full-year outlooks after the three months to the end of June, with…
Wizz Air swung to an operating loss of €183.3 million in the three months to 30 June as soaring fuel costs and weaker fares linked to the Iran war hit its latest quarterly performance. The Hungary-based low-cost carrier also warned…
Avolon has established a US$1.5 billion commercial paper programme through its wholly owned subsidiary Avolon Aerospace Leasing Limited, adding a short-term funding source to support aircraft leasing activity. The unsecured notes will be guaranteed by Avolon and certain subsidiaries and…
EVA Air will start nonstop passenger flights between Taipei Taoyuan and Delhi on 1 December, using Airbus A330-300 aircraft on a five-times-weekly schedule. Bookings are already open for the route, which the Taiwan-based carrier will operate under flight numbers BR367…
Alliance Aviation Services and Qantas have revised their long-term wet-lease agreement, reducing the number of Embraer E190 aircraft committed to the deal from 30 to 23 in FY2027. The updated terms also lift pricing under the contract, while keeping the…
IndiGo will hold off on placing fresh large aircraft orders until around 2030, keeping its current pipeline in place while it evaluates the next wave of jet technology. Managing director Rahul Bhatia tied the timing of the next major purchase…
Qantas’s long-haul and international pilots have backed potential industrial action over pay and conditions, but the latest development is a provisional agreement between the airline and the Australian and International Pilots Association that could avert strikes. The dispute centres on…
Jetstar Japan will rebrand after a binding ownership restructuring that removes Qantas from the low-cost carrier through a share buyback. The Australian group will sell its 33.32% stake as the Development Bank of Japan joins the shareholder base, while Japan…
Urumqi Airlines and Kazakhstan’s transport authorities have discussed creating a joint regional carrier in Kazakhstan that would operate COMAC C909 aircraft, as Beijing and Astana deepen aviation ties. The talks also covered new scheduled services on the Urumqi-Karaganda, Yining-Astana and…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stepped up arrests at airports, using flight-manifest data and airport security records to identify travellers with expired visas, prompting pushback from airlines over how and where the detentions are carried out. Reuters reported the…
Viasat’s aviation connectivity business ended the quarter with about 4,530 aircraft in service, a record installed fleet that reflected 10% year-on-year growth. The Carlsbad, California-based company also reported $324 million in inflight connectivity revenue, with aviation revenue up 11% as…
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Alaska forfeiture dispute involving a Cessna 206 flown by bush pilot Kenneth Jouppi, setting up a review of whether the state’s seizure of the aircraft after an alcohol transport case violates…
UrbanV is preparing a five-site vertiport network in the São Paulo area to support future eVTOL air-taxi operations, laying what it describes as the basis for Brazil’s first such infrastructure system. The initial locations include Campo de Marte Airport, Alphaville…
Bombardier is displaying its Challenger 3500 at LABACE 2026 in São Paulo from 4-6 August at Campo de Marte Airport, as the business jet continues a 10-city Latin American tour. The stop is intended to showcase the super-midsize aircraft to…
Bombardier has opened its 4th annual Flight Attendant Safety Summit in Montreal, with the free cabin-safety seminar running on 5–6 August 2026 and expanded to two days. The event brings together flight attendants and other aviation professionals for training focused…
Boeing has received a $75 million undefinitized contract action from the U.S. Air Force to begin initial production of the BSU-111/B payload delivery unit for the JDAM Long Range precision-strike weapon. The programme, also referred to as JDAM LR and…
A Piper PA-28 Cherokee on a training flight made an emergency landing on Interstate 10 in Pensacola, Florida, after a mechanical problem on Monday, threading a narrow gap beneath an overhead highway sign before touching down safely. The flight instructor…
Aery Aviation is contesting a proposed $15.7 million civil penalty from the Federal Aviation Administration over flights carried out for the U.S. Navy. The dispute centres on whether the operations qualified as official public aircraft operations, placing the case in…
LATAM Airlines Group reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of about US$4.1 billion to US$4.2 billion and net profit of US$125 million, as strong passenger demand, cargo performance and capacity growth offset a sharp rise in fuel costs. The result covered the…
Boeing is donating $250,000 from its charitable trust to support wildfire recovery in Greater Spokane and eastern Washington. The funds will go through the Innovia Foundation, which is helping nonprofits, businesses and community organisations provide relief as wildfires continue to…
Hill Helicopters has completed the first successful run of its GT50 light turbine engine at its Production Centre 1 in Stafford, England, advancing the propulsion programme for the HX50 and HC50 helicopter family. The prototype ignited on the first attempt…
Allegiant Travel is set to reduce off-peak capacity in the second half of 2026 as it integrates Sun Country, with management linking the move to elevated pilot attrition at the Minneapolis–St. Paul base and higher fuel costs. The network adjustment,…
Joby Aviation and Atoms have formed a strategic partnership to acquire and develop U.S. vertiport sites for electric air taxi operations. The work will begin in Florida, New York, Texas and California, the markets where Joby is preparing early service…
Norse Atlantic has launched a formal strategic review that could lead to a sale, merger or partnership after drawing strong interest from potential counterparties. The Norwegian long-haul carrier is also preparing for the end of its damp-lease cooperation with IndiGo,…
LATAM Airlines Brasil will begin operating the Embraer E195-E2 on domestic services in Brazil from late November, adding four new destinations and eight routes in the first phase of its rollout. The initial network will centre on São Paulo/Guarulhos and…
Delta Air Lines will launch nonstop service between Atlanta and Riyadh on 23 October 2026, opening its first direct link to Saudi Arabia and the first nonstop U.S.-Riyadh service operated by a U.S. airline. The route will use the Airbus…
Lockheed Martin and the US Navy have demonstrated an AI-enabled sonar system for antisubmarine warfare during RIMPAC 2026 off Hawaii, using two MH-60R helicopters to test rapid submarine detection and tracking. The system, SensorMAX, was designed to monitor spectral energy,…
National Airlines has completed a nonstop Boeing 777 Freighter flight from Prestwick, Scotland, to Melbourne, Australia, covering 9,849 nautical miles in 19 hours and 23 minutes. The flight, operated on behalf of Golden Aviation, is believed to be the world’s…
Air Astana Group lifted second-quarter revenue and other income by 18.3% to $433.0 million in 2026, helped by stronger pricing and a shift toward higher-yield international markets even as capacity was broadly unchanged. Passenger numbers slipped 1.7% to 2.45 million,…
Air India has appointed Tewolde Gebremariam, the former chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines Group, as its new chief executive officer and managing director, replacing Campbell Wilson. The Tata Group-owned carrier chose Gebremariam after a global search as it presses ahead…
A North Korean missile unit has begun moving to western Russia and could be equipped with as many as 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers for use against Ukraine. Ukrainian military intelligence says the deployment is heading to the Voronezh…
Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Authority has threatened stricter sanctions against Royal Air Maroc and warned that it could recommend suspending the carrier’s operations in the country over repeated passenger-rights and regulatory-compliance complaints. The regulator’s concerns centre on baggage-handling failures, poor complaint…
Eve Air Mobility has completed the first partial transition flight of its full-scale engineering prototype at Embraer’s flight-test facility in Gavião Peixoto, Brazil. The test is the first time the aircraft’s rear pusher propeller has been activated in the air,…
Association of Asia Pacific Airlines traffic data for June showed a softer passenger market across the region, with carriers carrying 30.5 million international passengers, down 1.1% from a year earlier. Revenue passenger kilometres still rose 1.1%, while available seat capacity…
Volatus Aerospace has formed a strategic partnership with Spain’s Singular Aircraft to introduce the FlyOx 1 autonomous heavy-lift aircraft platform to Canada for wildfire response. The programme is aimed at giving fire agencies a new aerial tool that can detect…
Ethiopian Airlines has pushed back contractor selection for its planned $12.5 billion Bishoftu International Airport from August 2026 to early January 2027. Chief executive Mesfin Tasew disclosed the revised schedule in Addis Ababa, as the carrier continues work on one…
Eve Air Mobility’s full-scale Eve 100 engineering prototype has completed its first partial transition flight at Embraer’s test facility in Gavião Peixoto, Brazil. The eVTOL demonstrator entered the transition-flight-test phase after activating its rear pusher propeller in flight for the…
Honda Aircraft Company has delivered the first HondaJet Elite II in Brazil, completing the aircraft’s entry into the market after type validation by the country’s civil aviation regulator. The business jet was handed over in São Paulo during LABACE 2026…
Lockheed Martin has struck a non-binding memorandum of understanding with NioCorp Developments to explore purchases of up to 15 metric tons of scandium oxide a year over a 10-year period, as the U.S. defence contractor looks to secure a domestic…
APOC Aviation has appointed Darren Naughton as vice president of engines, placing him in charge of the lessor’s engine business as it expands in a tight aftermarket. The move comes as demand for green-time engine leasing remains elevated, while airlines…
Archer Aviation’s all-electric Midnight aircraft completed a piloted roundtrip flight between Salinas Municipal Airport and Monterey Regional Airport in California on 30 July, in a demonstration carried out in coordination with the FAA. The flight covered a short city-to-city route…
The US Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration have set aside $870 million for airport infrastructure work through 339 Airport Infrastructure Grants across 44 states and two territories. The funding covers runway, terminal and access-road improvements, along with…
The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing a possible loss of separation involving Marine One as President Donald Trump departed the White House on Tuesday, after a commercial Envoy Air jet was allowed to continue operating near Ronald Reagan Washington National…
Leipzig/Halle Airport partially suspended operations overnight after police reported an unidentified flying object near the airport and later found a suspicious object close to the south runway. A cargo aircraft also struck an unidentified object and diverted to Hanover with…
El Al Israel Airlines almost doubled second-quarter net profit to $132 million from $66 million a year earlier, as reduced regional fighting supported demand and helped the carrier capture more traffic on Israel routes. Revenue rose to $986 million from…