SMBC Aviation Capital has ordered a further 60 A320neo Family aircraft taking its total for the type to nearly 340 aircraft purchased directly from Airbus. Together with its existing orders for the A320neo Family, this new one ensures SMBC Aviation Capital will have a continuous delivery stream to beyond the end of the decade, deepening Airbus and SMBC Aviation Capital’s long standing s...
StableLight is a robust, feature-packed autopilot in a compact, lightweight package that is perfectly suited for light rotorcraft. The system transforms the flight control experience of the helicopter with transparent stability augmentation that works precisely and without feedback to the control sticks. The addition of the stabilized climb flight attitude recovery, auto hover, and a wide rang...
Electra.aero successfully completed first flights of EL-2 Goldfinch hybrid-electric eSTOL aircraft. The two-seat Goldfinch eSTOL technology demonstrator is world’s first blown lift aircraft using distributed electric propulsion and a hybrid-electric propulsion system. The aircraft uses eight electric motors to significantly increase wing lift and enable ultra-sh...
Project Speedbird,a joint partnership between Nova Pangaea Technologies, LanzaJet and British Airways,secured new funding totalling £9 million from the Government’ Advanced Fuels Fund competition. NPT was awarded £7.5 million as part of the partnership, and LanzaJet will receive £1.5 million. It is hoped that the funding will help establish the UK as a w...
World’ first trans-Atlantic flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel completed by Gulfstream Aerospace! Gulfstream G600 flew from company’ headquarters in Savannah and landed 6 hours, 56 minutes later at Farnborough Airport in England. This flight clearly shows the potential for future use of renewable fuels for business aviation and aviation in ge...
Lufthansa Technik Philippines welcomed Cebu Pacific first A330neo aircraft, RP-C3900, for its inaugural base maintenance on 17 November 2023. This marks the beginning of a series of maintenance events to support CEB’s growing A330neo fleet.The collaboration between the two companies began in 2011 with line maintenance for CEB’s narrow-body fleet and has since expanded to incl...
Air Chateau and Archer Aviation signed an MoU covering a planned purchase by Air Chateau of up to 100 of Archer’ Midnight eVTOL aircraft with an approximate value of $500M and providing for an initial non-refundable, pre-delivery payment of $1M by December 31, 2023. Air Chateau plans to own and operate the Midnight aircraft in the region. Air Chateau was the first private heli...
Emirates concluded a week of significant investment announcements in its future fleet and capabilities, and inking new partnerships that signal confidence in what’s ahead. Emirates announced orders to grow its fleet and power the airline’s future growth plans in line with the Dubai Economic Agenda. Confirming an order for an additional 90 Boeing 777-9s, 777-8s, and 5 787...
Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2 have attained type certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. Scoot, low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is due to operate the E190-E2 from 2024. Recently, Embraer and CAE announced the establishment in Singapore of a state-of-the-art E2 full flight simulator and pilot training program, which will commence operations by the end o...
International Flight Center at Miami Executive Airport (KTMB) is poised to offer aviators a new home base where luxury comes standard. With construction of the FBO 84,000-square-foot hangar complex well underway, current and prospective customers now have the opportunity to prelease their space at Miami’s premier gateway. Slated for completion in the first qua...
Boom Supersonic has selected Latecoere to join its growing network of global suppliers. As part of the agreement, Latecoere’s engineering team in Toulouse, France will work with Boom engineers to define the complete electrical wiring interconnection system architecture, a key system for both Overture and Symphony.The EWIS will comprise over 103 kilometers (64 miles) of wiring, requ...
Flexjet and Purdue University’ Center for Research and Education in Advanced Technology Ecosystems signed an exclusive agreement to develop AeroSphere for Business Aviation – a living ecosystem where learning, working, and innovation converge. It is a state-of-the-art hub, combining an innovative aviation education facility with one of the largest private aviation operators in the...
