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SmartJets / VIP Completions enjoy a prosperous 2025

SmartJets and VIP Completions, providers of custom aircraft completions and refurbishment services, announced a successful conclusion to 2025. Last year, the SmartJets team sold and acquired 13 business aircraft on behalf of its clientele – including six Gulfstream G550 transactions. According...

Virtual Hangar officially expands Jetstimate -- first live aircraft valuation engine for private aviation

Virtual Hangar formally introduces Jetstimate, an AI-powered feature delivering instant aircraft value estimates through simple tail-number searches. Following a quiet soft launch in November, Jetstimate immediately drew significant attention not only from existing Virtual Hangar memb...


Avfuel honors aviators with annual scholarship awards

Avfuel Corporation proudly announces its 27th scholarship class, awarding $5,500 in funds to individuals pursuing careers and advancements in aviation.In total, one AVTRIP scholarship recipient and three Avfuel Pilot-in-Training Scholarship recipients were selected from the 2025 applicant pool: Amber Mielke, Andrea Ritter, Cooper Donaghy and Jacob Gentile. Amber Mielke from Rockford,...

The Blackhawk Group welcomes Silver Sky Aviation, expanding performance center network into Alaska with sixth location

The Blackhawk Group has acquired Silver Sky Aviation of Wasilla, Alaska. The acquisition establishes Wasilla as the sixth location in TBG's growing Performance Center Network, expanding its footprint into one of the fastest-growing turboprop regions in the world, where performance is critical. The Blackhawk Group is a portfolio company of New State Capital Partners. Terms of the tran...

Joby prepares for first wave of air taxi pilot training with CAE flight simulators

Joby Aviation accepted the first of two flight simulators developed in partnership with CAE. The simulators, scheduled to be qualified amongst the highest FAA classifications for flight simulation, provide the ultra-realistic environment required for commercial single-pilot eVTOL operations and are equipped with the same simulation technology used to train pilots for the world’s leading...

Mid-East Academy for Aviation Sciences enhances pilot training with a new ALSIM AL250 simulator

Mid-East Academy for Aviation Sciences has added an AL250 simulator to its training fleet. This addition reinforces the academy’s reputation as a leader in aviation training in the Middle East, offering students access to advanced flight simulation technology.  AL250 simulator addresses the initial phase of training needs (PPL, CPL, IR/ME) and is a SEP/MEP reconfigurable simul...

GA Telesis expands into Sub-Saharan Africa as it builds world’s largest independent aviation aftermarket parts network

GA Telesis announced the appointment of Elias Dimitiri as Vice President of Flight Solutions Group for Sub-Saharan Africa, effective January 5, 2026. This expansion marks GA Telesis’ sixth global operating region and represents a deliberate step in the company’s strategy to build the world’s largest and most integrated independent aviation aftermarket parts and services network....

The launch of FTAI Power: FTAI Adapts world’s largest aircraft engine platform to meet AI-driven power demand

FTAI Aviation announced the launch of FTAI Power, a new platform focused on converting CFM56 engines to power turbines built to provide the most flexible, cost efficient and scaled solution for delivering reliable energy to data centers globally. FTAI is uniquely positioned as one of the largest aftermarket maintenance providers and owners of the CFM56 engine to bring a new power turbine...

Riyadh Air launches ‘Employment First’ overseas aviation training scholarship program

Riyadh Air’s newly-announced ‘Employment-First’ Overseas Scholarship Program aims to launch several scholarship tracks, starting with two specialized paths for engineers in Australia, followed by a pilot training program in the United States. The initiative falls under ‘Promising Path’, one of the tracks within the ‘Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ Schol...

Rotortrade announces the development of a new maintenance, sales, and services hub in Riyadh

Rotortrade announces the development of a new maintenance, sales, and services hub in Riyadh, marking the company’s entry into the Saudi Arabian market and the expansion of its global network into the Kingdom.This development follows the full acquisition of Rotortrade by The Helicopter Company and forms part of a broader strategy to strengthen Rotortrade’s international footprint...

Climb launches adaptive TMS for flight training

Climb Aeronautics has launched its transformative training management system for use by flight schools, colleges, universities, and independent flight instructors and the learner pilots they serve. Founded by experienced instructors and developers Dr. Susan Tholen and Robert Montgomery, Climb seeks to change the way students move through and complete a given aviation training curriculum...

ExecuJet MRO Services completes first Falcon 8X Starlink retrofit

ExecuJet MRO Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, has completed the first Starlink retrofit on a Falcon 8X, making a significant connectivity upgrade for business jet operators.The milestone installation, performed at ExecuJet’s facility in Belgium, was carried out under a Supplemental Type Certificate developed by Dassault Falcon Jet and benefiting the entire...

Tecnam announces the P2008JC NG

Tecnam launches P2008JC NG, a major evolution of one of the world’s most popular flight training aircraft. Certified to rigorous EASA CS-23 airworthiness standards, the P2008JC NG redefines the modern trainer market by integrating the efficient Rotax 912 iSc fuel-injected engine with a robust, safety-centric airframe. Moving to the CS-23 category places the P2008JC NG in the highest saf...

SWISS continues to rely on Lufthansa Technik’s component support for Boeing 777 fleet

Swiss International Air Lines and Lufthansa Technik have renewed their long-standing collaboration on component support for the airline’s Boeing 777 fleet. An exclusive ten-year contract, covering all twelve Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, will commence in January. This new agreement seamlessly extends the Total Component Support that the world’s leading provider of technical aircraft...

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ExecuJet MRO Services Australasia expands Falcon 7X heavy maintenance capability in Sydney

ExecuJet MRO Services Australasia is expanding its Falcon maintenance capability in Sydney, with new investments in specialist tooling, training and technical resources to support upcoming Falcon 7X h...

VIP Completions-YODEZEEN Gulfstream G550 wins prestigious design award

VIP Completions together with partner YODEZEEN announced that their Gulfstream G550 refurbishment project won the ‘Aviation Interior Design/VIP Completion’ title at the International...

Liebherr and Loong Air sign service agreement for heat transfer equipment

Liebherr-Aerospace and Loong Air launched a long-term collaboration, with Liebherr-Aerospace providing major repair and re-coring services for the heat transfer equipment on Loong Air’s A320ceo/...