At AIX 2025 RECARO Aircraft Seating showcases its eVTOL seating solution for the first time. Pioneering in eVTOL aircraft sector, RECARO presents its ingenious eVTOL seating solution together with the Embraer spin-off Eve Air Mobility. Utilizing lightweight materials, such as high-grade aluminum, titanium, and composite materials, the seat maintains minimal weight, enabling energy-e...
Gen24 FLYBIZ signed a contract for a Simnest A320 FNPT II MCC simulator, which will be installed at its soon-to-open Avion Flight Training Centre in Mumbai, India. This simulator is the first Simnest device to be operated in Asia, underscoring the company’s growing international presence. Balázs Herendi, CEO of Simnest Aviation, commented: “We have observed many ATO...
Austrian Airlines completed the installation of AeroSHARK surface technology on four of its Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The long-haul aircraft with the tail signs OE-LPA, OE-LPB, OE-LPC and OE-LPD are the first Boeing B777-200ER aircraft worldwide to be modified with the sharkskin technology developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The film significantly reduces frictional resistance and thus lower...
The General Authority of Civil Aviation officially granted an Air Operator's Certificate to Riyadh Air, authorizing the airline to start commercial flight operations. The issuance of the AOC confirms the Riyadh Air’s full compliance with Saudi Arabia's aviation regulations, international standards, and flight safety requirements under the Chicago Convention on Internat...
EVA Air placed a firm order for six long-range A350-1000s and three single-aisle A321neo aircraft, finalising a commitment announced by the airline in March 2025. The new orders will bring EVA Air’s backlog of aircraft to be delivered to 24 A350-1000s and 18 A321neo aircraft. Clay Sun, President of EVA Air commented: “The new additions to our fleet reaffirm our commitment to s...
Rotortrade has been officially certified to perform maintenance operations on AW139 helicopters. The certification, granted by the EASA / OSAC, is effective as of March 2025 and enables Rotortrade’s European Maintenance Center in Tallard to immediately begin work on the widely used twin-engine aircraft. This development is part of Rotortrade’s broader investment into technical capabili...
The 18th edition of Routes Europe welcomes vice presidents and heads of network planning from over 120 of the region’s leading airlines to the capital of Andalusia. Across three days, carriers will participate in more than 4,000 meetings with key stakeholders across the route development community to drive air network growth. Those in attendance include senior representatives from Briti...
Jet Aviation has redelivered its quietest narrow-body completion to date, with sound levels below 40 dB SIL. The elegant contemporary interior was designed by the Jet Aviation Design Studio, and engineered, produced, installed, and certified in-house at the completion center in Basel, Switzerland. Jet Aviation developed an in-house acoustic lab to build on the team’s previous achievemen...
XTI Aerospace announced the Q1 completion of its Global Finite Element Model for its latest TriFan 600 configuration, achieving a key 2025 first quarter product and engineering milestone announced in a prior press release. This achievement advances the design team's ability to perform further structural integrity and load distribution analysis. The GFEM represents the next...
Thales and Atlantic Airways celebrated the inauguration of a new flight training centre in the Faroe Islands. This new centre features Thales’s world renowned, cutting edge, AW139 EASA-approved Reality H Full Flight Simulator Level D, for the highest level of training and certification. The simulator also includes a correlated hoist trainer that uses new Mixed Reality technology, suppor...
LifeStyle Aviation announced its official appointment as an authorized Tecnam aircraft dealer for a major U.S. territory. This strategic partnership opens new opportunities for flight schools looking to expand and modernize their training fleets with Tecnam’s state-of-the-art aircraft, including the P-Mentor, P2006T, and P2010 models. For 17 years, LifeStyle Aviation h...
Azores Airlines has signed an interline ticketing agreement with the Spanish airline Euroairlines, which will allow it to expand its global reach and offering. Through this partnership, Azores Airlines will gain access to the travel agency ecosystem, OTAs, aggregators, and consolidators in over 60 countries via the IATA code Q4-291 held by Euroairlines. Azores Airlines is a Portuguese airl...
Daher is celebrating the second anniversary of Shap'in, its technology center dedicated to the composite aerostructures of the future, which is located at the company’s Saint-Aignan-de-Grandlieu site near Nantes, France. Designed to centralize R&D and accelerate the maturity of composites, Shap'in takes a new step by moving towards their industrial scaling. This transition is a k...
Hartzell Propeller, a Signia Aerospace Company and a global leader in advanced propeller design and manufacturing, will showcase its latest Supplemental Type Certificates and carbon fiber propeller advancements at AERO Friedrichshafen 2025. Company’s presence will feature technical educational sessions, a press conference, and an exhibit in conjunction with its European Recommended Serv...
University of Hertfordshire has three new ALSIM AL250 flight simulators, two of which are equipped with the Engineering Pack. Those simulators will enhance UOH’s Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies program and provide students with state-of-the-art training tools. The AL250 simulator addresses initial phase of training needs (PPL, CPL, IR/ME) and is a SEP/MEP re–conf...
Textron Aviation announced the tenth anniversary of the company’s innovative Top Hawk program designed to provide students with access to the world’s most popular trainer aircraft, the Cessna Skyhawk. As part of this milestone, which coincides with the 70th anniversary of the iconic aircraft, 2025 participants include United Flight Systems, Lunken Flight Training Center, Flex Air and V...
H55 unveils its latest innovation—the B23 Energic, a fully electric training and general aviation airplane—at the 51st Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo. This is the first stop of the H55 'Across America' tour from April to August 2025, where H55 will deliver real-world ele...
Tecnam introduces latest additions to its renowned P2012 aircraft series: the P2012 Special Mission featuring a Continental engine option and a Short TakeOff and Landing variant. These new models reinforce Tecnam’s commitment to providing a varied yet versatile offer to the Special Mission customers worldwide. Giovanni Pascale Langer, Managing Director of Tecnam c...
The air taxi vertipad design developed by Skyportz has taken out the Blue Sky Innovation Award at the Avalon International Airshow in Australia. Innovation Awards Convenor, Dr Gregor Ferguson, said Skyportz' entry was very strong: it spotted a problem with down-wash velocities, anticipated that it could become significant (as it would affect the social license of all air taxi operato...
Sweden officially committed to acquiring from Embraer four C-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft, securing the necessary production slots. The official announcement of this commitment took place during LAAD Defence & Security 2025 in the presence of Peter Sandwall, State Secretary to Minister for Defence from Sweden and Bosco da Costa Junior, president and CEO of Embraer Defense & Securi...
Magma Aviation announce a partnership with Unilode Aviation Solutions. From March 2025, Unilode will ensure Magma Aviation’s day-to-day ULD needs are supported throughout its global network. This partnership also includes Unilode’s comprehensive digital service, track and trace coverage, maintenance and repair services, complete operational management planning, and oversight for e...
