Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
Archer Aviation and Anduril Industries have signed a “strategic partnership” to develop “next-generation aircraft” for defense applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Our lead story outlines how the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has listened to business aviation industry calls with a “golden package” of measures aimed at making life easier for operators.
Business Aviation

By Joe Anselmo
Many think Comac is the next challenger to the Airbus-Boeing duopoly, but Embraer is the company to watch in the near term.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
While demand for new aircraft remains strong, the industry must make big steps to increase production in 2025 and come closer to satisfying customers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Steve Costley

AKAER, Brazil was selected by Portugal's EEA Aircraft and Maintenance to supply fuselage, wing, horizontal and vertical stabilizers and control surfaces for new high-wing twin-turboprop LUS-222 now in development.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

AVIA SOLUTIONS GROUP plans in January 2025 to open Global Services Centre in Manila to support technical and flight operations of its airlines/MRO organizations, including IT, payroll, finance, and other administrative functions.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

IKAR ENGINEERING CENTER, Russia was selected by Airbus to supply spare parts for A321 drainage system.

Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Signature Aviation and Eve Air Mobility have signed an agreement to jointly study requirements for advanced air mobility ground operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Anti-corrosion coatings, sustainable supply chains and aeroacoustic modeling are applications shown by winners of Airbus and BMW’s quantum computing challenge.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
France’s Aarok uncrewed air system has moved a step closer to flight now that developer Turgis Gaillard has received a French Defense Ministry study contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Anuradha Deenapanray
Airbus Helicopters is to set up a new subsidiary in Morocco. The upcoming site will develop into an MRO centre with new dedicated facilities and will create a regional hub for West Africa.
Aerospace

Developers for electric air taxis Joby Aviation and executive aviation company Jetex have strategic partnership to redefine connectivity for Jetex customers.
Emerging Technologies

Falcon Aviation Services plans to induct a large number of new aircraft over the next year, as it steps up its activities in the executive aircraft sector.
Business Aviation

The lead story for SHOW BUSINESS Day 2 at MEBAA was the grand unveiling of the Dubai-based Falcon private aviation group.
Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris
Evidence that new, more efficient shapes are being treated realistically comes most recently from NASA's updated subsonic transport metrics for future sustainable airliners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Steve Costley

ALLIANCE AIRLINES agreed to sell six E190s (airframes only; all originally owned by AerCap) to SCISSORTAIL AVIATION and BELLINGER ASSET MANAGEMENT for part out. It will retain ownership of engines, undercarriages and APUs.

MRO

KLM

Steve Costley

KLM took delivery of second LEAP-powered A321neo (12238) on lease from CDB Aviation as part of deal for three.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

JETBLUE plans May 22 to begin daily Boston-Madrid/-Edinburgh (A321).

Aerospace

Steve Costley

BOEING restarted 737 MAX production on Dec 6; IAM strike ended Nov 5.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

GA TELESIS opened its Latin America & Caribbean headquarters in San Salvador to provide integrated solutions, including component distribution.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

NEXT LEVEL AVIATION, FL secured $50m revolving credit facility with PNC Bank to expand its inventory of used serviceable material (USM), as well as support diversification of its business into other complementary lines of business.

Aerospace

Steve Costley

AIRBUS says EcoPulse, its distributed hybrid-electric propulsion aircraft demonstrator developed jointly with Daher and Safran, concluded its flight test campaign under project to meet decarbonization goals for air transport by 2050.

Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry has raised more than ¥100 million ($13.8 million) in a Series A+ financing round.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
Boeing has restarted 737 production and expects its widebody facilities in Everett, Washington, to follow in the coming days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby and Jetex have formed a strategic partnership to integrate Joby’s S4 electric air taxis into Jetex facilities at major UAE airports.
Advanced Air Mobility