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Essential news for 19 Apr 2026

Glenorchy Air to operate New Zealand first Tecnam P2012 Traveller

Glenorchy Air will be the launch customer for the Tecnam P2012 Traveller in New Zealand. Following the official validation of the P2012 by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand last month, the acquisition of this state-of-the-art, Continental-powered aircraft marks a major milestone in the Queenstown-based company’s fleet expansion. The introduction of the P2012 Travelle...

Air India welcomes its first retrofitted B787 featuring new cabin interiors and livery

Air India unveiled its first retrofitted, twin-aisle B787-8 (registered VT-ANT), marking the successful completion of a nose-to-tail cabin refresh of the first of 26 B787 aircraft. The aircraft, which received comprehensive interior upgrades at Boeing’s Modification Center in Victorville, California, was subsequently painted in Air India’s striking new livery at AeroPro, an FAA Part-14...

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SITA research finds aviation’s record technology investment hinges on one thing: data coordination

SITA 2025 Air Transport IT Insights report finds that, while the air transport industry invested a record $50.8 billion in technology in 2025, a common obstacle keeps emerging: where data does not flow freely between systems and partners, that investment cannot fully deliver what it was designed to unlock. The cost of this data coordination gap is higher than ever now that the conflict in the Midd...

Lufthansa Technik Canada celebrated operational readiness with its first completed engine event

Lufthansa Technik Canada reached a significant milestone by successfully completing its first live engine event at its interim facility in Calgary. This achievement marks the facility’s full operational readiness and reinforces Lufthansa Technik’s role as a strong and central partner for LEAP-1B engine services in North America.   The interim facility is now fully operational w...

AutoFlight completes first 2-ton-class eVTOL Tea delivery in China

AUTOFLIGHT has successfully completed China first 2-ton-class eVTOL dedicated spring tea transport trial in Guizhou, a mountainous province in western China. The trial deployed AutoFlight' CarryAll (V2000CG) – a fully autonomous, unmanned eVTOL aircraft – to transport fresh spring tea between Anshun and Guiyang, two Guizhou cities approximately 120km apart. The unmanned f...