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Kaszek makes first aviation AI investment, backing TravelX's trillion-dollar dynamic inventory vision

TravelX announced that Kaszek, Latin America's leading venture capital firm, made a substantial investment in its platform, bringing the company's total funding to $45 million. The investment marks Kaszek's first foray into the aviation technology space, reflecting its conviction th...

Solairus to acquire Clay Lacy’s aircraft management & charter divisions, expanding its scale in private aviation asset management & services

Solairus Aviation announced an agreement to acquire the Aircraft Management and Charter divisions of Clay Lacy Aviation. Solairus currently manages approximately 360 aircraft from more than 100 base locations across North America, while Clay Lacy manages approximately 140 aircraft. Upon complet...

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IADA White Paper of insights from leading aircraft finance experts

For decades, financing a business aircraft was often viewed as a relatively straightforward exercise. A buyer identified an aircraft, selected a lender, negotiated terms and completed the transaction. While the aircraft itself remained the center of attention, financing frequently occupied a secondary role in the acquisition process. Today's market tells a very different story. The modern b...

ALTEA advises structured approach as business jet sales become increasingly complex

ALTEA released a comprehensive Business Jet Pre-Sale Housekeeping Guide, designed to help owners address essential legal, technical, financial, and design details before bringing an aircraft to the market. With OEM delivery delays and ongoing supply chain pressures driving demand for pre-owned jets, and recent tax incentives encouraging investment, it appears to be a good time to sell your busines...

Air France-KLM submits a binding offer for an up to 49.9% stake in TAP Air Portugal

Air France-KLM today has submitted a binding offer to Parpública for the acquisition of a 44.9% to 49.9% stake in TAP Air Portugal, marking a decisive step in the airline’s privatization process. This offer takes the form of a comprehensive strategic plan to strengthen TAP, with detailed projections of job and value creation throughout Port...

Rotortrade reaches 30 Super Puma transactions worldwide

Rotortrade reached another major milestone with the successful completion of its 30th Super Puma transaction over the past decade, further strengthening its leadership in the global pre-owned heavy helicopter market. With 30 completed Super Puma transactions, the vast majority involving the H225 platform, Rotortrade has built one of the industry’s most comprehensive track records supporting...

Innovation Norway awards NOEMI 3 million Euros for electric amphibious aircraft flight test programme

NOEMI Aerospace secured 3 million Euros from Innovation Norway to support the flight test programme for its electric amphibious aircraft, advancing what could become the world's first certified electric amphibious aircraft for commercial passenger transport. The public funding will be matched by 4 million Euros from private investors, bringing the total funding for the flight test programme to...

Emirates breaks ground on US$ 5.1 billion ultra-modern engineering facility at Dubai South

Emirates has broken ground on its new US$ 5.1 billion engineering complex at Dubai South slated to become the world’s most modern and advanced MRO facility, cementing Emirates' and Dubai's leadership in global aviation capability and infrastructure. Emirates’ new engineering facility is being delivered by China Railway Construction Corporation, a leading construction and i...

MTU Maintenance Lease Services invests in TRecs to digitalise engine transition management

MTU Maintenance Lease Services, the engine leasing and asset management arm of MTU Maintenance, announced a strategic minority investment in TRecs . TRecs is a platform digitalising Open Item List management across the engine lifecycle, from initial technical review through transitions, shop visits, and beyond. Terms of the transaction are kept confidential. Through its deployment of TRe...

WingsLeasing signs dry lease agreement with University of Nebraska-Kearney flight school

WingsLeasing announced the signing of a dry lease agreement of seven Tecnam P-MENTOR aircraft for the University of Nebraska-Kearney flight training program, marking a significant step forward in reshaping how flight schools access capital, scale operations and meet accelerating demand for pilot training. The agreement reflects a growing shift in aviation training: moving away from traditiona...

AURA AERO scales up: Series B completed, first firm orders, and two industrial sites to be built in France and the U.S.

AURA AERO is entering a new phase. Thanks to a new €50 million funding round, grants secured in France and Europe, and financial support from the State of Florida for its U.S. plant, AURA AERO has now brought its total funding to €340 million. With the building permit secured for its future factory in Toulouse and firm orders already placed for its ERA hybrid-electric regional aircraft,...

GetJet secures $31M financing from volofin to expand fleet and asset management operations

GetJet has secured $31 million in external financing from London-based volofin Capital Management Ltd. The capital injection accelerates the GetJet Group Growth Strategy 2026, focused on fleet expansion and the scaling of aviation asset management capabilities. The funding facilitates the acquisition of up to five additional narrow-body aircraft, scheduled to integrate into the fleet by Q2 20...

ACIA Aero Leasing delivers an ATR 72-600 to Chingis Airlines Unity, Mongolia

ACIA Aero Leasing announced the delivery of an ATR 72-600 passenger aircraft on lease to Chingis Airlines Unity in Mongolia. Chingis Airlines Unity are owned by the NOMIN Group, one of Mongolia’s largest and most diversified private companies. Founded in 1992 the NOMIN Group has grown into a major conglomerate with business subsidiaries across retail, trade & distribution, banking &...

AerCap orders 100 additional Airbus A320neo family aircraft

AerCap has signed a firm order with  Airbus for 23 A320neo and 77 A321neo aircraft. This transaction underscores AirCap’s strategy of investing in the world's most in-demand, fuel-efficient technology to meet the long-term requirements of its global airline customer base. Aengus Kelly, CEO of AerCap commented: “This order for 100 A320neo Family aircraft reflects our strong...

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Rotortrade reaches 30 Super Puma transactions worldwide

Rotortrade reached another major milestone with the successful completion of its 30th Super Puma transaction over the past decade, further strengthening its leadership in the global pre-owned heavy he...

MTU Maintenance Lease Services invests in TRecs to digitalise engine transition management

MTU Maintenance Lease Services, the engine leasing and asset management arm of MTU Maintenance, announced a strategic minority investment in TRecs . TRecs is a platform digitalising Open Ite...

WingsLeasing signs dry lease agreement with University of Nebraska-Kearney flight school

WingsLeasing announced the signing of a dry lease agreement of seven Tecnam P-MENTOR aircraft for the University of Nebraska-Kearney flight training program, marking a significant step forward in resh...

TrueNoord places firm order for 20 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft and secures purchase rights for up to 30 additional jets

TrueNoord has signed a firm order agreement with Embraer to acquire twenty factory-new E195-E2 aircraft. The agreement also includes purchase rights for up to twenty additional new E195-E2 aircra...

Advanced Air Mobility Group agreed to invest in Zuri to accelerate hybrid-electric aircraft development

Ambitious Air Mobility Group and Zuri  signed binding investment terms to advance the development, certification, and deployment of Zuri’s hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft platf...

Eve Air Mobility and InvestSP hold summit to accelerate regulation and infrastructure for eVTOL flights in Brazil

Eve Air Mobility in partnership with InvestSP, held a strategic meeting in São Paulo that brought together authorities, representatives from regulatory, environmental and safety agencies,...

Vertical Aerospace insiders increase their shareholding in EVTL by 50% in November

16 members of Vertical Aerospace Board of Directors and senior leadership team completed open-market purchases of the Company’s ordinary shares over a two-week open trading window period in Nove...