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Barbers Point Flight School goes “All with Tecnam” becoming US launch customer for Tecnam P2006T NG

Tecnam announced a significant fleet expansion for Barbers Point Flight School, a premier flight training organization located on Oahu, Hawaii. Already operating two Tecnam P2010aircraft, BPFS is expanding its fleet with two P-Mentors (scheduled for delivery in Q1 2026) and the&n...

AirMobility signs MoU with Skyportz, to introduce the Aeroberm vertipad solution to Japan

AirMobility and Skyportz have signed a MoU to advance the introduction of Skyportz patented modular vertipad, the Aeroberm, into the Japanese market. As the commercial launch of eVTOL  aircraft and large industrial drone approaches, the development of vertiport infrastructure is...


Neste extends relationship with World Fuel Services ensuring the availability of SAF at over 100 airports in Europe

Neste and World Fuel Services extended their existing relationship with a five-year agreement that will expand the availability of Neste-supplied sustainable aviation fuel at more than 100 airports across World Fuel’s UK and European network. The extended agreement helps support World Fuel's ability to secure SAF supply and comply with regulatory requirements, including the ReFuelEU...

Dassault announces 2026 Falcon Regional M&O Seminar schedule

Dassault Aviation 2026 Falcon Regional Maintenance & Operations seminar series will kick off March 24-25 in Paris, France. The series will move to Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas, Texas; and Toluca, Mexico; before concluding in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 14-15. All the M&Os, except Toluca, will feature two days of sessions designed to provide more in-depth information to operators an...

United Airlines selects GE Aerospace GEnx engines to power new 787 Dreamliners

GE Aerospace announced that United Airlines has selected 300 GEnx engines to power their new Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The agreement also includes additional spare engines and brings United Airlines' 787 fleet to more than 200 GEnx powered aircraft. Mohamed Ali, President & CEO, GE Aerospace Commercial Engines & Services, commented: "GE Aerospace has an enduring relatio...

Safran establishes a new landing gear facility in Morocco

Safran announced, under the chairmanship of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco and in the presence of Ross McInnes, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Safran, the establishment of a new manufacturing facility for landing-gear equipment within the Casablanca airport zone. This new facility is part of Safran’s strategy to support the ramp-up of Airbus A320 production by deploying a mod...

Technip Energies awarded a substantial contract for SkyNRG’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel project in the Netherlands

Technip Energies has been awarded a substantial1 contract by SkyNRG for the DSL-01 project, a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel production facility to be developed in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The award covers Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning for Europe’s first standalone greenfield SAF production facility. It follows the successful completion of the Front-End Engin...

Garmin adds additional service integrations to automate aircraft flight logging with PlaneSync

Garmin announced three new integrations for the flyGarmin aircraft flight logs. Brazos Safety Systems, Navi and Jet-Care have joined the growing list of aircraft analysis services, enabling pilots to automatically share aircraft flight logs from their Garmin avionics and receive customized reports on engine health, maintenance updates, flight analysis and more. These service integrations, coupled...

Air Canada discloses order for eight Airbus A350-1000s

Air Canada disclosed a firm order for eight Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, marking a pivotal upgrade to the airline’s long-haul fleet strategy with an additional commitment to Airbus widebody aircraft. The order was listed as undisclosed in November 2025. The A350-1000’s economics and lower operating costs will deliver a significant competitive advantage to Air Canada. With an industry-lea...

Electra secures additional patents protecting its advanced hybrid-electric architecture for ultra short takeoff and landing aircraft

Electra has been granted a series of U.S. patents that protect core components of its groundbreaking hybrid-electric propulsion and flight control architecture, a system designed to enable Ultra Short takeoff and landing operations while maintaining conventional aircraft performance and safety margins. These patents cover critical elements necessary to deploy electric blown lift practically, advan...

Vista places major Challenger 3500 order with Bombardier, securing capacity for the next decade

Vista announced a major fleet agreement with Bombardier, comprising 40 firm orders for Challenger 3500 aircraft and 120 additional purchase options. The agreement secures long-term capacity for Vista's ever growing Member base as global demand for premium private aviation continues to expand. Deliveries will begin immediately in 2026 and be phased over up to the next 10 years, aligni...

Horizon Aircraft partners with North Aircraft Industries to manufacture wings for Cavorite X7

Horizon Aircraft announces a partnership with North Aircraft Industries to manufacture and test the custom-engineered wings for company’ full-scale VTOL aircraft, the Cavorite X7. North Aircraft Industries is globally recognized for its expertise in complex aerospace composite engineering, manufacturing, and testing. Its highly skilled engineering and production teams and industry-...

Ryanair and CFM strengthen landmark partnership with long-term services agreement

Ryanair and CFM International announced the signing of a MoU for a long-term material services agreement to support Ryanair’s entire fleet of about 2,000 CFM56 and LEAP engines powering its Boeing 737 aircraft. The MoU, announced by Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair, and Olivier Andriès, CEO of Safran, one of CFM’s two parent companies, will cover the provision of...

Deutsche Aircraft and Kepner-Tregoe announce strategic capability development partnership

Deutsche Aircraft announced a strategic partnership with Kepner-Tregoe, the global leader in critical thinking capability development. This collaboration represents a significant step in Deutsche Aircraft’s long term leadership and capability development strategy as the company progresses toward industrialization, certification readiness, and global market entry. Under the partnership, Kepne...

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World's longest-range aircraft, the Airbus A350-1000ULR takes to the skies

The A350-1000ULR (MSN 707), the first of 12 aircraft ordered by Qantas has completed its first flight in Toulouse, France. The aircraft, fitted with special flight test instrumentation, flew for three...

Electra completes first urban flight of hybrid-electric ultra short aircraft in downtown Charleston

Electra completed first urban demonstration of its Ultra Short airplane at the Columbus Street Terminal, offering a real-world look at how regional air travel can move beyond...

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Platoon Aviation to build Europe's largest Cessna Citation Longitude fleet

Platoon Aviation signed a purchase agreement with Textron Aviation for multiple Cessna Citation Longitude business jets. With this order, Pl...

NOEMI Aerospace - strategy beyond passenger travel - interview with Eric Lithun and Simon Bendrey - new aircraft platform approach

NOEMI Aerospace unveiled a broader platform strategy that expands company’s vision beyond its initial fully electric amphibious passenger aircraft programme. The company remains firmly committed...

Signature Aviation, BETA Technologies, Republic Airways, and Brickyard Connection complete regional electric flight demonstrations across Florida

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AIR selects Dynon Avionics as exclusive avionics provider across smart aircraft portfolio

AIR announced a strategic partnership with Dynon Avionics as its exclusive avionics provider across its aircraft portfolio. The portfolio includes the AIR ONE personal eVTOL and the company&...

Daher Aircraft showcases its “go anywhere” Kodiak 900 along with the TBM 960 at France Air Expo

The European tour of Daher Aircraft’s “go-anywhere” Kodiak 900 multi-role airplane continues this week at the France Air Expo 2026 event in Lyon, France, where it will join a fast, e...

Cirrus launches “Let’s Go Fly!” immersive Apple Vision Pro flight experience

Cirrus launched Let’s Go Fly!, a first-of-its-kind app created for Apple Vision Pro that delivers an immersive introduction to Personal Aviation—the freedom, convenience and acce...

Climate-friendly aviation: greater ambition pays off

Which strategy leads to cost-effective, climate-friendly aviation in 2070? Four scenarios from the Bauhaus Luftfahrt think tank illustrate the impacts of different transformation paths. Key points: In...

Bell announced order of first Bell 407GXi in India with TransBharat Aviation

Bell Textron announced the order of the first Bell 407GXi helicopter in India to TransBharat Aviation Private Limited, one of India’s most established non-scheduled rotary-wing operators. F...

Bombardier Defense to provide three Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft for maritime surveillance in Australia

Bombardier Defense will provide three Global 6500 aircraft to fly maritime surveillance missions for the Australian Border Force. Metrea - the originator and leading provider...

Texas Department of Public Safety accepts delivery of Bell 407GXi

Bell Textron delivered new Texas Department of Public Safety’s  Bell 407GXi. This delivery comes on the heels of an announcement made during Verticon earlier this year h...