Brazil’s antitrust regulator CADE has approved American Airlines’ US$100 million investment in Azul without restrictions, removing a key regulatory hurdle for the US carrier’s minority stake in the Brazilian airline. The decision covers a transaction linked to Azul’s restructuring and…
Turkish Aerospace Industries has begun taxi trials with P1, the second prototype of Turkey’s KAAN fighter, at its Ankara facility. The ground roll on 31 July is the latest step in the fifth-generation aircraft’s flight-test programme and the first move…
Louisiana could overtake California as the leading U.S. state for sustainable aviation fuel if proposed tax incentives improve project economics and unlock new developments in the state. The forecast, published by AIN, frames the contest around policy support rather than…
Merlin and Israel Aerospace Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance AI-powered autonomy for commercial cargo aircraft, focusing on converted Part 25 freighters rather than clean-sheet designs. The Boston-based autonomy developer and the Israeli aerospace company are setting…
LATAM has unveiled the cabin layout for its first Embraer E195-E2, following the earlier presentation of the freshly painted aircraft at Embraer’s São José dos Campos facility in Brazil. The jet will join LATAM Airlines Brazil’s fleet as the group…
Blackbushe Airport is investing $20 million in a modernisation programme that will add new hangars and a terminal at the southern England airport. The project is aimed at strengthening the field’s role as an alternative London business aviation gateway, with…
The FAA’s proposed airworthiness directive for GE CF34 turbofan engines enters its final public-comment stage on 10 September, after the agency published the notice in the Federal Register on 27 July. The proposal targets corrosion-related inspections for affected CF34-powered aircraft…
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Chokai has carried out the country’s first live test launch of a Tomahawk cruise missile in the Pacific Ocean, with support from the U.S. Navy. The firing took place on 29 July off the…
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II crashed on Friday morning near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, in a Class A mishap, the military’s most serious aviation accident category. The pilot ejected safely, was recovered and…
AIN has published an AINsight analysis arguing that pricing preowned business jets is inherently imprecise, with values shaped by a mix of market conditions rather than any single formula. The commentary focuses on how buyers, sellers, brokers, lenders and appraisers…
Norse Atlantic Airways and IndiGo have agreed to end their ACMI partnership on 1 November 2026, bringing a six-aircraft Boeing 787 arrangement to a close after about 18 months. One jet had already been scheduled to return at the end…
Embraer has introduced the Phenom 300EV, an evolved version of the Phenom 300E that adds Garmin Emergency Autoland as its headline safety feature. The business jet is positioned as the largest aircraft to carry the system, which can automatically choose…
Christopher J. Rocheleau is returning to the National Business Aviation Association as chief operating officer after serving at the Federal Aviation Administration. The move brings him back to the same NBAA role he held before his January 2025 appointment as…
Air India, SkyDrive and Suzuki Motor Corporation have signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding to study the use of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for medical air logistics in India. The feasibility study will examine time-critical last-mile emergency transport,…
The Federal Aviation Administration has finalised a national transition plan to phase out leaded 100LL aviation gasoline for piston aircraft, setting a four-stage roadmap that moves the United States toward unleaded avgas while leaving major implementation details unresolved. The plan…
Boeing has completed the final planned certification flight for the 737 MAX 10, moving the largest 737 MAX variant into the last regulatory review steps with the Federal Aviation Administration. The campaign covered 976 flights, more than 2,060 flight hours…
Vietnamese tax authorities have moved to temporarily suspend the exit of Bamboo Airways beneficial owner Lê Thái Sâm after the carrier’s tax debt climbed to more than VND 440.7 billion. The action follows a public notice from Gia Lai tax…
Rolls-Royce has effectively eliminated aircraft on ground delays in its Civil Aerospace business after operational improvements across its maintenance, repair and overhaul network and supply chain. In half-year results covering the six months to the end of June, the engine…
CDB Aviation has completed delivery of four Airbus A320-271N aircraft to Marabu Airlines, finalising a lease programme first agreed in November 2025. The last handover took place on 30 July 2026 and brings Marabu’s A320neo fleet to 12 aircraft as…
Sling Aircraft has revealed plans for a twin-engine piston aircraft designed for the FAA’s updated light-sport framework, with configurations for four-seat LSA/MOSAIC use and six-seat Experimental Amateur-Built operations. The South African manufacturer positioned the Sling Twin around the broader engine…
LOT Polish Airlines will begin direct flights between Warsaw Chopin Airport and Hanoi on 31 March 2027, opening ticket sales for the new year-round route. The service will operate three times a week with Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, adding Vietnam’s…
Britten-Norman’s first Islander assembled entirely on its reshored UK production line is now 75% complete and should move into final assembly in the coming weeks. Built at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, the aircraft is destined for the Falkland…
Lufthansa Technik has begun testing the next-generation AeroSHARK drag-reduction film on a Lufthansa City Airlines Airbus A319 in regular service between Munich and Hamburg. The trial uses about 70 transparent film patches on the short-haul aircraft, which is based in…
Washington Dulles International Airport will undergo a multi-year transformation backed by a capital programme of more than $20 billion, in a plan unveiled by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and President Donald J. Trump at the White House. The…
Allegiant Travel Company will begin offering complimentary inflight beverages on all flights from 1 August, while preparing to introduce a new premium cabin, Allegiant First, on select aircraft in spring 2027. The Las Vegas-based carrier is expanding its onboard service…
Flightpath is expanding its Western Canada private charter and aircraft management network with a Calgary-based fleet at Calgary International Airport, adding a Phenom 300E and a Falcon 7X. The move gives the operator a larger presence in Alberta while supporting…
Australia, the United States and Japan have formalised a new trilateral air logistics framework to deepen cooperation across their air forces. Senior logistics representatives signed Terms of Reference at Defence Establishment Fairbairn in Canberra, creating the Trilateral Air Logistics Coordination…
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force has carried out the country’s first live launch of a Tomahawk cruise missile from a warship, firing from the destroyer JS Chokai in the Pacific Ocean off the United States on 29 July 2026. The test,…
Boeing has put forward a new four-year contract offer to SPEEA, the union representing about 17,000 engineers and technical workers in its commercial airplane division, and the union’s negotiating team has backed the proposal. The talks come ahead of the…
Turkish Aerospace’s KAAN P1 prototype completed its first low-speed taxi test at the company’s Ankara facility on 31 July, moving under its own power for the first time as the fifth-generation fighter programme advances toward flight testing. The ground run…
Airbus Defence and Space has won a contract from Hisdesat to serve as prime contractor for SpainSat NG-III, the next secure communications satellite for Spain. The programme will be delivered with Thales Alenia Space as co-contractor and is designed to…
Washington Dulles International Airport will undergo a more than $20 billion capital transformation under a long-term programme backed by the US Department of Transportation, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and United Airlines. The phased redevelopment is designed to turn the…
France’s Air and Space Force has deployed an Airbus A400M Atlas fitted with a removable firefighting kit for the first time in an active wildfire response, sending the military transport to help combat blazes in Gironde in southwest France. The…
Italy has deployed about 400 Air Force personnel to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain since March under Task Force Air-Arabia, with four Eurofighter jets assigned to protect allied airspace in the Gulf. The mission also includes air-defence radars and a…
Boeing has selected Liebherr-Aerospace to supply the brake remote electronic unit for the B777-8 Freighter, extending the companies’ work together on the 777X programme. The unit will act as a data concentrator in the braking system and support the aircraft’s…
Washington Dulles International Airport will undergo a multibillion-dollar modernisation programme worth about $22 billion to $22.5 billion, in a phased rebuild designed to turn the Virginia hub into a larger, more efficient international gateway for the US capital region. President…
Wisk Aero and NASA have tested a 1:3 supervisor-to-aircraft ratio for autonomous eVTOL operations in a simulation at NASA Ames Research Center. The exercise examined whether one ground supervisor could monitor three autonomous aircraft moving through shared airspace using existing…
Edelweiss has appointed Edi Wolfensberger as its next chief executive, with the handover from Bernd Bauer scheduled for 1 October 2026. Bauer will step down after 12 years leading the Swiss leisure airline, which is part of the Lufthansa Group,…
SR Technics has appointed XiaoLei (Kevin) Guo as chief information officer, effective 1 August 2026, while he continues as deputy chief executive officer. The move gives Guo responsibility for the company’s IT organisation as SR Technics places greater emphasis on…
Russia will allocate more than 250 billion rubles in 2026 to support its civil aviation industry, including additional funding for the first three serial Il-114-300 aircraft and continued MC-21 production. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin outlined the financing at a government…
Baykar’s Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned combat aerial vehicle has completed its first live-fire test using its internal weapons bay, with the serial-production aircraft tail number S2 launching TEBER-82 and TOLUN-P precision munitions at the Çorlu Flight Training and Test Center in…
Lufthansa Technik has begun flight trials of the next-generation AeroSHARK drag-reducing surface on a Lufthansa City Airlines Airbus A319, using the aircraft as the first commercial-service test platform for the updated material. The trial is running on regular Munich-Hamburg flights…
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first NH90 Standard 2 to France’s Armament General Directorate in Marignane, handing over the special-operations-configured helicopter under an 18-aircraft programme for the French Army. The new NH90 TTH variant is intended for the army aviation…
CDB Aviation has completed delivery of four Airbus A320neo aircraft to Marabu Airlines, ending the lessor’s mandate with the Estonian leisure carrier. The final handover brings Marabu’s A320neo fleet to 12 aircraft, supporting operations from its German bases in Hamburg,…
Singapore has begun early exploratory talks on possible involvement in the Global Combat Air Programme, the sixth-generation fighter project led by the UK, Japan and Italy. The discussions remain preliminary, and no decision, commitment or participation model has been agreed.…
Rolls-Royce has effectively eliminated aircraft on ground delays in its Civil Aerospace business, citing a stronger maintenance, repair and overhaul network and improved supply-chain resilience in its first-half 2026 results. The engine maker said the progress lifted availability for airline…
Sikorsky used a Farnborough International Airshow media briefing to outline an armed Black Hawk upgrade path and a fully unmanned U-Hawk based on the Black Hawk airframe. The company is pushing optional piloting capability that would let the aircraft fly…
LAM, the flag carrier of Mozambique, plans to expand its operational fleet to 13 aircraft by the end of 2026 as it presses ahead with a renewal and recovery programme. The increase would add four aircraft by December, supporting domestic…
Bombardier posted stronger second-quarter 2026 results on record services revenue, higher profitability and a larger backlog, as demand for the Global family and aftermarket work continued to drive the business-jet manufacturer’s performance. Revenue rose 6% to $2.15 billion, adjusted EBITDA…
General Dynamics lifted its full-year profit forecast after a stronger-than-expected second quarter, helped by higher Gulfstream business jet deliveries and stronger service revenue at Gulfstream and Jet Aviation. The aerospace unit delivered 41 aircraft in the quarter, up from 38…