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Skyports Drone Services demonstrates medical drone delivery capabilities to Thailand Ministry of Public Health

Wingcopter and Siemens Healthineers partner up for lab sample deliveries in Africa

Siemens Healthineers Middle East, Southern & Eastern Africa and Wingcopter signed a MoU to develop and roll out an integrated drone delivery solution to transport various laboratory diagnostics materials as well as other medical supplies in Africa. The combination of Siemens Healthineers&rs...

Air Algérie orders five A330-900s and two A350-1000s

Air Algérie has signed a firm order for  seven widebody aircraft to support its commercial development. This order will allow Air Algérie to take full advantage of the flexibility of the Airbus product  range, strengthen its regional services and offer an ambitious...

AutoFlight to showcase next-gen eVTOL at 2023 Paris Air Show

AutoFlight will be a part of 2023 Paris Air Show. It will be an exclusive opportunity for industry professionals and aviation enthusiasts to witness the world’s first public presentation of Prosperity I eVTOL aircraft, including full interior design of the cabin. This innovative aircraft, often referred to as an Airtaxi, offers safe, quiet, and affordable urban air mobility solutions. A...

Making finding an aircraft simple - Textron Aviation – Interview EBACE 2023

The day after newcomer Cessna Citation Ascend was announced, we celebrated the 100th Citation Longitude production units, as well as enjoyed every single aircraft on Textron EBACE 2023 static display. Before the doors opened to visitors, we had a fascinating and very interesting chat with Duncan Van De Velde, RVP Sales of Textron aviation. Here is the essential of our discussion: Q. On Med...

Volocopter Integrates Swiss-AS AMOS Software into Its Operations Ecosystem

Swiss-AS and Volocopter cosigned a landmark multi-year contract for AMOS, Swiss-AS MRO software. AMOS will be used to manage Volocopter eVTOL aircraft fleet worldwide. Seamless software integration will ensure continued fleet airworthiness, offer aircraft reliability monitoring and analysis, and act as an interface to Volocopter’s proprietary digital operating system, the...

A unique heritage - 60th anniversary of the brand - Dassault Falcon interview EBACE 2023

It is a very special year for Dassault Aviation – 60th anniversary of Falcon brand. A unique French heritage, a story, a legend, a reason to be proud. An absolute true statement -among all the business aircraft flying all over the world, only one can trace its heritage to legendary fighter jets like Mirage and Rafale. There is no doubt that every Falcon is equipped with technologies pro...

Lufthansa & Airbus mark delivery of 600th Lufthansa aircraft at Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder site

The delivery to Lufthansa of its first Airbus A300B2 on February 9, 1976 laid the foundation for a strong partnership within European civil aviation that has now extended almost 50 years. With more than ten different Airbus aircraft types supplied since then to almost every air operator in the Lufthansa Group, today saw the 600th such aircraft – an Airbus A321neo – handed over to Lufth...

Natilus selects ZeroAvia ZA600 hydrogen-electric engines for zero-emission propulsion

Natilus and ZeroAvia announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop hydrogen-electric engines for the Natilus Kona cargo aircraft. ZeroAvia ZA600 will be the sole hydrogen-electric propulsion source offered for the novel Kona short-haul feeder UAV, with the partnership focused on delivering zero-emission and lower cost operations. The Natilus Kona, with its revolutionary...

airBaltic receives its 42nd Airbus A220-300 aircraft

On May 27, 2023 airBaltic welcomed its 42nd Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-ABP, in Riga. This was the third Airbus A220-300 delivery for airBaltic in 2023. It is a part of the 50 Airbus A220-300 which airBaltic has ordered. In addition, airBaltic holds 30 options and purchase rights for the same aircra...

Six Lilium Pioneer Edition jets to boost sustainable high-speed network of ASL Group

Lilium has signed an agreement with Benelux-based business jet operator ASL Group for the delivery of six Lilium Pioneer Edition Jets. The agreement, which includes deposit payments to Lilium, converts an earlier MoU between the two companies. ASL Group intends to manage and operate the aircraft for its customers as part of a sustainable, high-speed network connecting major hubs across Belgiu...

Bombardier presented Certified Pre-Owned aircraft program at EBACE 2023

At last week EBACE 2023 Bombardier presented for the first time its Certified Pre-Owned aircraft program. Launched in mid-2021, Bombardier is the first OEM to introduce a refurbishment and upgrade offering for business jets – a premium class of pre-owned Learjet, Challenger and Global aircraft, that are selected, inspected and updated featuri...

ITA Airways took delivery of its first A330neo

ITA Airways took delivery of its first A330-900, on lease from Air Lease Corporation. The A330neo will join the ITA Airways fleet in June to serve its long-haul routes and new intercontinental destinations. The A330neo is the latest-generation aircraft type from Airbus to join the ITA Airways’ fleet. The airline already operates all Airbus aircraft Families with a fleet of 68...

Eve completes development of its urban air traffic management prototype

Eve completed its Urban ATM prototype. The prototype focuses on concepts and services essential to supporting the introduction and scalability of Urban Air Mobility operations. Eve is now initiating the commercial product development of Urban ATM solutions to ensure UAM’s airspace integration is successful. The Urban ATM prototype was initially tested during Eve&rsqu...

RIEGL expands test aircraft fleet with a new DA62 SurveyStar

RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems acquires a new test and calibration aircraft, a DA62 SurveyStar. After successfully operating one of the very first DA42 GeoStar aircraft for nearly 15 years, RIEGL is becoming the first Austrian operator of its groundbreaking successor, the DA62 SurveyStar. Due to the close cooperation between RIEGL and Diamond Aircraft, the complete l...

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SkyDrive signs Australia’s first eVTOL agreement with Gold Coast Helitours

SkyDrive signed a Letter of Intent with Gold Coast Helitours, a premier helicopter operator based in the Gold Coast, Australia. This milestone agreement represents SkyDrive's first LOI w...

Textron Aviation celebrates 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 delivery as Gen3 era advances

Textron Aviation delivered the 500th delivery of a Cessna Citation CJ4 series business jet, underscoring more than a decade of customer confidence in the company’s largest light jet an...

New high-tech composite center for 300 employees in central Switzerland begins operations

With its striking new “Schwarzhorn” building, Pilatus has officially opened an ultra-modern center of advanced composite competence in canton Nidwalden: effective immediately, the developm...

Heart Aerospace completes first flight off World's largest electric aircraft

Heart Aerospace announced the successful first flight of the company's X1 demonstrator aircraft. Spanning 106 feet, measuring 76 feet nose to tail, and weighing more than 25,000 pounds at takeoff,...

NOEMI Aerospace and Pawan Hans sign strategic MoU to explore electric seaplane operations in India

NOEMI Aerospace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pawan Hans, India's leading helicopter operator, to explore the introduction of electric amphibious aircraft for regional air tra...

Archer to shape physical AI future of aerospace & defense with acquisition of Boeing’s Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid subsidiaries

Boeing and Archer Aviation have signed definitive agreements in which Archer will acquire Boeing’s Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu subsidiaries. The deal will combine complementary capabilities de...

EH216-S completes Central Asia’s first pilotless human-carrying eVTOL flight in the heart of Kazakhstan’s capital

EHang flagship EH216-S successfully completed Central Asia’s first pilotless human-carrying flight of an eVTOL aircraft in Astana, Kazakhstan. During the Games of the Future 2026, the...

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EHang launches Global Fast Track Program to accelerate international commercialization of pilotless eVTOL; Sri Lanka first to adopt

EHang launches its Global Fast Track Program — a structured and accelerated pathway for the assessment and introduction of pilotless eVTOL operations in international markets. Sri Lanka is...

ATR identifies demand for 209 new domestic air routes in Indonesia

ATR identified 209 new domestic air routes in Indonesia that would be economically viable if served by regional turboprop aircraft. Total demand for these routes is 16 million passengers per...

Do228 NXT makes its African debut at El Alamein Airshow in Egypt and AAD 2026 in South Africa

In September 2026, General Atomics AeroTec Systems will put a major focus on Africa. With two trade show appearances, the German aircraft manufacturer is highlighting the strategic importance of...

Horizon Airways doubles down on fleet modernization with order for second Tecnam P2012 STOL

Queensland-based Horizon Airways has signed an order for a second Tecnam P2012 STOL aircraft. Slated to join the Australian fleet by the end of 2026, this subsequent order rapidly...

SkyDrive signs Australia’s first eVTOL agreement with Gold Coast Helitours

SkyDrive signed a Letter of Intent with Gold Coast Helitours, a premier helicopter operator based in the Gold Coast, Australia. This milestone agreement represents SkyDrive's first LOI w...

Textron Aviation celebrates 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 delivery as Gen3 era advances

Textron Aviation delivered the 500th delivery of a Cessna Citation CJ4 series business jet, underscoring more than a decade of customer confidence in the company’s largest light jet an...

Eve Air Mobility and RV Connex sign MOU to advance urban air mobility regulatory framework in Thailand

Eve Air Mobility and RV Connex Co., Ltd., a leading Thai engineering and aerospace company, are signing a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on regulatory development that will hel...