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Feb 14, 2025
Highlights of ICAO’s three-day event in Abu Dhabi included decarbonization efforts and eVTOL demonstrations.
Dec 16, 2024
AAR Corp. has rolled out sustainability initiatives related to waste reduction, energy efficiency, paperless operations and improved reporting.
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Mar 20, 2025
Embraer plans to make Poland a center of excellence in Europe, potentially creating $3bn in value for the country over 10 years and creating 5,000 jobs.
Mar 14, 2025
Australia’s Alliance Aviation Services’ move towards Embraer E-Jets has reached the point where the Brazilian aircraft now constitutes half of its inventory.
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Mar 25, 2025
Airbus is focusing on a “realpolitik” approach to accelerating innovation into products in the nearer term.
Mar 24, 2025
Signature Aviation announced six new locations in Europe where operators can fuel with blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
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Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 24, 2025
This week’s Carbon Analysis journeys to the Asia-Pacific region to explore the emissions of four carriers: Air China, Lion Air, Qantas and Singapore Airlines.
Mar 24, 2025
Renewable fuel producer Neste noticed more demand for SAF after EU mandates were introduced but believes the legislation's stepped approach is suboptimal.
Mar 24, 2025
XEOS has inaugurated its facility in Poland for CFM International Leap engine maintenance.
Mar 24, 2025
Comac has told suppliers to its C919 narrowbody program to prepare for a rate increase from the initial 50 aircraft target to 75, as it works to fulfill its current backlog.
Mar 21, 2025
FedEx announced the acquisition of 10 ATR 72-600Fs, which are part of the 2024 undisclosed orders ATR released in February.
Interiors & Connectivity
Mar 20, 2025
The mindset is changing on what it means to make air travel accessible.
Mar 18, 2025
Air France is planning to operate the first flights with its new La Première first class product, beginning with a Paris-New York route this spring.
Mar 18, 2025
Airlines are rethinking how to keep passengers comfortable and entertained.
Mar 18, 2025
Geven is gearing up to introduce its new EVA economy seat at Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg in early April.
Mar 17, 2025
Diehl Aviation is preparing to exhibit a new concept of crew rest compartment for long-range flights in narrowbody aircraft.
Airports & Routes
Mar 24, 2025
Sichuan Airlines, Starlux Airlines and Royal Jordanian are adding new intercontinental routes to and from the Asia-Pacific region over the coming months.
Mar 24, 2025
The total number of departure seats from and within the Asia-Pacific region is projected to reach 561.6 million in the first quarter of 2025.
Mar 24, 2025
The Routes Asia 2025 Awards will celebrate excellence in airport and destination marketing, with 15 airports, four destinations and four airlines making the final this year.
Mar 24, 2025
Western Australia is ramping up efforts to strengthen international visitor markets, with India and China at the center of the state’s tourism expansion plans.
Mar 24, 2025
The Melbourne Airport rail link, which has been discussed and delayed for decades, has gained steam with a government agreement to progress the project.
Airlines & Lessors
Mar 24, 2025
Aegean Technics is seeing success and growing workforce pipeline a year after its launch.
Mar 24, 2025
At Alaska Airlines, Al Boring’s 25 years in regulatory compliance roles have given him unique insight into why things go wrong—lessons he’s now passing on.
Mar 24, 2025
Sichuan Airlines, Starlux Airlines and Royal Jordanian are adding new intercontinental routes to and from the Asia-Pacific region over the coming months.
Mar 24, 2025
This week’s Carbon Analysis journeys to the Asia-Pacific region to explore the emissions of four carriers: Air China, Lion Air, Qantas and Singapore Airlines.
Mar 24, 2025
Korean Air is on track to secure four spare GE Aerospace GE9X engines and four GEnx-1Bs for its Boeing 777-9 and 787-10 order to enhance the fleet’s resilience.
Safety, Operations & Regulation
Mar 24, 2025
London Heathrow airport closed March 21 due to a nearby fire, and the UK government is requesting an urgent inquiry to understand what happened.
Mar 24, 2025
ICAO plans to intervene to help restore Syria’s place in the international air transport landscape.
Mar 21, 2025
European airframers and engine makers expect to develop their next-generation products using greener technologies demonstrated under the Clean Aviation program.
Mar 21, 2025
London Heathrow hopes to run a full service of flights on Saturday, March 22 after an off-site fire knocked out the UK’s main hub airport for much of March 21.
Mar 20, 2025
France’s air accident investigation bureau sees the potential of using rapidly evolving technologies such as AI and big data in their analysis.
Maintenance & Training
Mar 14, 2025
Kazakhstan´s Air Astana Group, which includes Air Astana and its LCC subsidiary FlyArystan, wants to build out its fleet to 63 aircraft by the end of 2025.
Mar 13, 2025
Latvian carrier airBaltic posted a net loss of $128 million, but revenues rose to a record high at the all-Airbus A220-300 operator.
Mar 10, 2025
As a military transport, the An-26 first flew in 1969; in the late 1990s, some of the almost 1,400 transports were converted to the commercial An-26-100 variant
Mar 06, 2025
Swiss International Air Lines reported its second highest ever annual profit for 2024 but fleet issues continue to present operational challenges.
Mar 03, 2025
The VietJet Aviation Academy and the International Aviation Academy of New Zealand have signed an agreement to collaborate on pilot training in Vietnam.