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Horizon Aircraft secures LOI with V-Star Powered Lift Aviation for the purchase of up to 100 hybrid eVTOLs for $600 million

Horizon Aircraft has signed a Letter of Intent with V-Star Powered Lift Aviation, an Australian-based aircraft operator specializing in advanced power-lift aircraft, to purchase 5 Cavorite X7 hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft with options to purchase up to an additional 95 aircraft. V-Star int...

Epic Flight Academy agrees to purchase up to 50 Pipistrel Voyager aircraft, supplementing its fleet of trainers

Epic Flight Academy is the launch customer for the Pipistrel Voyager. The company has signed a purchase agreement for up to 50 Voyager aircraft, with an order for 10 initial deliveries beginning in 2027, and options for up to 20 additional aircraft in 2028 and 20 in 2029, supporting the continued ex...

SMBC Aviation Capital orders 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft

SMBC Aviation Capital placed a firm order for an additional 65 A321neo and 35 A320neo aircraft. The agreement was finalised at the Farnborough International Airshow. SMBC Aviation Capital is already one of the largest customers for the A320 Family and together with its parent company Sumitomo Corporation, accounts for over 900 total commitments directly from Airbus for all Airbus aircraft types....

Piper Industrial Manufacturing Company forges strategic partnership with AURA AERO

Piper Industrial Manufacturing Company announced a strategic MOU with AURA AERO. This landmark collaboration brings together PIMCO’s extensive aerospace manufacturing capabilities and AURA AERO’s expertise in next generation aircraft development to support the industrialization and scalable production of ERA, AURA AERO’s Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft. Jér&eacut...

magniAIR electric powertrains from magniX now available for pre-order

magniX announced the opening of pre-orders for its magniAIR electric engine for experimental and kit planes. Customers are now able to secure a place in the magniAIR production queue with a deposit. Final sales packages will include options for an integrated magniAIR powertrain including magniX Samson batteries and a full firewall forward kit for select popular kit planes comprising powertrai...

Daher Aircraft expands its authorized service center network and distributor organization for the Kodiak airplane family

Daher Aircraft announced the expansion of the customer support and sales infrastructure for its Kodiak airplane family, adding three authorized Network service center locations in the United States and Asia, as well as two distributors in these regions. For Kodiak customer support, two of the new Network service station locations are at Blackhawk Group facilities in Camarillo, California (KCMA) an...

Bell marks the delivery of the 700th Bell 505 during Farnborough International Airshow

During Farnborough International Airshow Bell Textron announced that it has delivered its 700th Bell 505 to a private VIP operator, highlighting the platforms’ popularity in the corporate aircraft segment. Since its introduction in 2017, the Bell 505 has accumulated more than 390,000 flight hours and operates in more than 55 countries across six continents. Based on the proven...

Adelaide Aviation chooses Tecnam P-Mentor

South Australia based Adelaide Aviation selected Tecnam P-Mentor as its primary trainer, and will take immediate delivery of two (2) aircraft, facilitated by Tecnam’s Australian representative, Hallmarc Aviation. Sherman Anthoney, CEO, Adelaide Aviation Pty Ltd, commented: “Our goal is to produce safe, capable, and adaptable pilots, efficiently. After evaluating multiple t...

Loganair adds BETA Technologies ALIA CTOL aircraft to its fleet following successful demonstrations

Farnborough International Airshow was the place for an announcement by Loganair and BETA Technologies: the signing of a term sheet under which Loganair will purchase five all-electric ALIA conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) (CX300) aircraft, with options for five more. UK, and Scotland in particular, is a natural first market for commercial electric flight. Across the country, islan...

UK National Police Air Service orders two additional Airbus H135s

UK National Police Air Service (NPAS) has placed an order for an additional two H135 helicopters, bringing the total fleet renewal programme to nine H135s. The firm order, which follows the arrival of the first two fleet renewal aircraft at Airbus Helicopters in the UK in April for extensive policing customisation, comes under the original 2025 Framework Contract signed with the BlueLight Com...

Rolls-Royce partners with Boeing and Lufthansa to test technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce noise

Rolls-Royce partners with Boeing and Lufthansa to conduct flight tests of innovations meant to improve fuel efficiency and reduce noise. The testing, which begins later this month at the Boeing site in Glasgow, Montana, is being conducted on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet that’s serving as Boeing’s 2026 ecoDemonstrator Explorer airplane. This Boeing 787-9 is scheduled to be delivered...

Bombardier Global 8000 sets new speed record between Los Angeles and Farnborough, UK

Bombardier Global 8000 business jet set a new speed record on a mission departing from Los Angeles and landing in Farnborough, UK. The aircraft completed the city pair in 8 hours and 46 minutes. In setting the record, the Global 8000 flight crew was able to overcome unfavorable tailwinds, reaching a top speed of Mach 0.93. This new speed record is also 2.2% faster than a previous re...

Boeing: global commercial fleet will top 50,000 airplanes in 20 years as passenger traffic doubles

Boeing projects near-term disruptions will not meaningfully affect long-term aviation industry growth with demand for air travel set to double over the next 20 years. The global commercial airplane fleet is expected to grow nearly 80% to more than 50,000 airplanes by 2045 as airlines and cargo operators add capacity. Ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow, Boeing released its 2026 Com...

Eve Air Mobility and Moov sign LOI for up to 30 eVTOLs to explore tourism and regional mobility in Cabo Verde

Eve Air Mobility and Moov signed a LOI for up to 30 eVTOL aircraft, supporting the companies’ joint exploration of advanced air mobility opportunities in Cabo Verde and Europe. The initiative will evaluate how eVTOLs can expand tourism and regional mobility offerings across the African archipelago. Eve and Moov will explore use cases including sightseeing and shuttle services betwe...

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Archer announces air taxi networks across Houston, Dallas and Austin

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FAA certifies Boeing 737-10, bringing the largest 737 MAX variant to market

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Airbus expects global freighter fleet to nearly double by 2045

Airbus 2026 Cargo Global Market Forecast, unveiled at the Cargo Facts Symposium, predicts that the global fleet of dedicated freighter aircraft will expand by 46%, rising from 2,360 aircraft in 2026 t...

Dassault brings EASy IV upgrade to Falcon 2000 series, extending its latest standard to the best-selling family

Dassault will introduce the fourth-generation EASy IV flight deck on newly built Falcon 2000LXS aircraft, while also making the upgrade available as a retrofit across the entire Falcon 2000 EASy fleet...

Celebrating 10 years of the Vision Jet, the aircraft that changed personal aviation

Cirrus Aircraft is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Collier Trophy-winning Vision Jet at NBAA-BACE 2026, marking a decade of innovation that has continuously advanced the world&r...

Archer showcases electric air taxi operations in historic San Francisco Bay flights

Archer Aviation all-electric Midnight air taxi successfully completed several days of piloted flights across the San Francisco Bay Area as part of the company’s “No Roads” flight tou...

Norway unveils five sites for landmark hybrid-electric aircraft demonstrations in 2027

Bristow Group Inc., in partnership with Electra, Avinor and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA Norway), will undertake a series of demonstration flights across five locations in Norway using...

Daher highlights expanding business aviation role of TBM and Kodiak at NBAA-BACE 2026

Daher Aircraft will present its TBM and Kodiak aircraft families at next week’s NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), showcasing how their combination of performance, e...

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PAL-V and Nobleo partner to industrialise FlyDrive production facility and scale manufacturing readiness

PAL-V has appointed Nobleo Manufacturing as its strategic industrialisation partner for the world’s first FlyDrive production facility. Following the achievement of both automotive and aviation...

Embraer reports record US$35.7 billion backlog in Q3 2026, marking a new all-time high

Embraer reported a record backlog of US$35.7 billion in the third quarter of 2026, surpassing its previous all-time high by 3% quarter-over-quarter and increasing 14% compared with the...

Electra demonstrates runway-free operations with ultra-short takeoff and landing at Manhattan Heliport

Electra has successfully completed the takeoff and landing of its hybrid-electric Ultra Short aircraft at Downtown Skyport in Lower Manhattan, in what is believed to be the first time a fixed-wing air...

The PC-12 PRO simulator: bringing real-world flight training to life

A professional training device such as the new PC-12 PRO simulator is built on flight data supplied and validated by Pilatus. Drawing on actual flight-test and performance data, it accurately reproduc...

Oriens Aviation appoints Narine Melkumjan as Tecnam Sales Manager for the Netherlands

Oriens Aviation has appointed Narine Melkumjan as Sales Manager for the Netherlands, strengthening its presence in the Dutch market following its designation as Tecnam’s exclusive dealer in the...

Cirrus breaks ground on new engine run-up facility

Cirrus Aircraft has broken ground on a new 15,000-square-foot Engine Run-Up Center that will centralize engine testing, fuel calibration and certification activities for the SR Series, Vision Jet and...

Archer announces air taxi networks across Houston, Dallas and Austin

Archer Aviation has unveiled plans to develop three air taxi networks across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, aiming to improve connectivity between major airports, business centers and key regi...