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First Bell 407GXi in Taiwan goes to Ginger Aviation

Refreshed ACH130 Aston Martin Edition with revised range of interior and exterior colours

Airbus Corporate Helicopters has unveiled an eye-catching new range of external liveries and cabin interiors for its ACH130 Aston Martin Edition. Launched at Heli Expo 2023, the updated selection of colour schemes and finishings reflects the latest thinking of Aston Martin’s design team a...

Airbus’ most popular aircraft takes to the skies with 100% sustainable aviation fuel

Airbus is continuing its testing of this bio-jet fuel with a new VOLCAN flight test campaign using the best-selling A320 Family aircraft.  An A321neo took off today from Airbus’ headquarters in Toulouse, France with both of its engines powered by 100% unblended SAF. Since the end of Febru...

Large aircraft & rotorcraft potential for hydrogen-electric propulsion - ZeroAvia HTPEM fuel cells testing

ZeroAvia has achieved record-breaking performance in testing of its High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HTPEM) systems. Early testing of the pressurized 20kW HTPEM stack power module in ZeroAvia UK R&D location has demonstrated a record 2.5 kW/kg specific power at the cell level, paving the way for 3+ kW/kg system level densities in the next 24 months. Developing fuel cell...

Lufthansa Aviation Training becomes launch customer for the all-electric eDA40

An LOI was signed between Diamond Aircraft Austria and Lufthansa Aviation Training to jointly explore and develop opportunities for a more sustainable flight training. The cooperation includes testing of the all-electric eDA40 in a real training environment, an eDA40 purchase intention to supplement the current DA40 NG fleet as well as analyses for the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels . ...

The Spanish Air Force buys another 16 PC-21s & associated simulators

The Spanish Air Force has now decided to buy another 16 PC-21s. The contract signed with the Dirección General de Armamento y Material (DGAM) makes Spain the largest PC-21 operator in Europe. Spain is convinced by the PC-21: since summer 2022, its future military pilots have trained with the world’s most advanced training system by Pilatus. After a very professional negotiation p...

Bell 429 continues its corporate VIP success in Europe with latest purchase by World Aviation

Bell signed purchase agreement for a Bell 429 to be operated by World Aviation, the Independent Representative for Bell in Spain. The aircraft will be delivered to a private owner and operated for charter and corporate VIP transport in the Costa del Sol and other regions in the country. The Bell 429 has proved popular for the corporate VIP mission in many of the most prestigious loc...

Airbus delivers first ACH160 Exclusive helicopter

Airbus Corporate Helicopters has delivered the first example of the ACH160 Exclusive helicopter. The helicopter is not only the first ACH160 in Exclusive configuration to be delivered globally but also the first ACH160 of any version to be delivered in Europe. It was accepted by a private customer based in France and entered service immediately. Speaking at Heli-Expo in Atlanta, Head of Ai...

Abu Dhabi Aviation expands its AW139 offshore fleet with an order for an additional six helicopters

Abu Dhabi Aviation has signed a contract to procure six AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters. The aircraft are expected to be delivered in the 2024-2026 timeframe and will be used to perform offshore transport missions further expanding ADA’s AW139 fleet primarily supporting the energy industry. These latest aircraft will also allow ADA to achieve compliance with the latest OGP guideli...

IAE celebrates 40 years of innovation with the versatile and proven V2500 engine

Pratt & Whitney celebrated the 40th anniversary of the establishment of IAE International Aero Engines AG, a multinational consortium comprised of shareholders that also include Pratt & Whitney Aero Engines International GmbH, Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and MTU Aero Engines. The launch of the successful joint venture in March of 1983 leveraged diverse engineering expertise and...

Airbus & Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation to develop CityAirbus NextGen future medical missions in Norway

Airbus Helicopters partnered with the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation to develop CityAirbus NextGen future missions for medical services in Norway. To this end, the parties will jointly measure the added value of eVTOL aircraft for a selection of medical services use cases across the country to integrate the operational requirements right into the configuration of Airbus’ eVTOL....

Airbus Helicopters sees growing demand for H160s in North America

The demand for H160 helicopter is growing according to Airbus Helicopters. Featuring the latest technology and a breakthrough design, the ACH160 recently made an impression on customers in the private and business aviation market, with four ACH160s ordered for this purpose in 2022. With more than a dozen H160s already ordered by North American customers to date to fulfill a range of miss...

Sikorsky celebrates 100 years of innovation

One hundred years ago, immigrant and aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky founded Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company on a chicken farm near Roosevelt Field, on Long Island New York. With a small team of engineers, many of whom who were also immigrants who fled the Russian Revolution, Igor established his new company and started work on development of a new fixed-wing aircraft, the S-29A. Although the...

Polish National Police signs purchase agreement for four Bell 407GXis

Bell signed purchase agreement for four Bell 407GXi aircraft by the Polish National Police. Helicopters will be purchased as part of the project "Safer on the roads – aerial supervision over the road traffic," implemented with the use of funds from the Operational Program Infrastructure and Environment.The four Bell 407GXi aircraft will join three aircraft of the same type whi...

RECARO Aircraft Seating celebrates streamlined design for final assembly line with inauguration event

Recaro Aircraft Seating unveiled a new streamlined design for its final assembly line. An inauguration event was held on March 2 and was attended by nearly 100 suppliers, VIPs and RECARO colleagues. Nearly 11k square meters of the space was renovated,  it features more than 350m conveyor technology for the seats, 60% power savings through LED lighting, and an expanded cant...

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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

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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...