Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The bill from Senator Eric Schmitt would build on last year’s $12.5 billion air traffic control investment with further funding for ATC modernisation, terminals and control towers, and draws support from major airline, pilot and controller groups. US Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has introduced the Modern Skies Act, which would invest 30 billion dollars in […]
An uncrewed Starliner-1 mission could fly as soon as December, with crewed flights targeted for 2028 once thermal and thruster fixes identified after 2024’s troubled crewed test are validated. NASA and Boeing have updated their plans for Starliner’s return to flight, with NASA intending to exercise options for a fifth and sixth crew mission to
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The deal makes WZL-1 a licensed MRO provider for the T700/CT7 engines powering Poland’s Apache, Black Hawk and Leonardo helicopter fleets, part of the localisation commitment tied to Poland’s 2024 Apache order. GE Aerospace and Poland’s Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1) have signed a final agreement enabling WZL-1 to provide licensed maintenance, repair and
GE AEROSPACE AND POLAND’S WZL-1 FINALISE T700 ENGINE LOCALISATION AGREEMENTRead More »
The transaction splits 17 aircraft into a sale-leaseback with FTAI’s Strategic Capital business and 10 off-lease jets to support its Aerospace Products engine business, marking the start of WestJet’s 737-700 retirement. FTAI Aviation has acquired 27 Boeing 737-700 aircraft from WestJet in one of its largest transactions to date. Seventeen of the aircraft, already on
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The five-year deal, with two option years, is part of the Department of War’s Arsenal of Freedom initiative and follows an earlier 2026 agreement supporting at least 1,900 missiles a year. Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a multi-year contract worth up to 20.7 billion dollars over five years, with two option years, to
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The deal creates what AAR calls the largest heavy maintenance MRO in the world, servicing nearly 3,000 aircraft a year, with an option to acquire the remaining stake over the following six years. AAR has entered a definitive agreement to acquire a 65 percent controlling interest in MRO Holdings at an implied enterprise value of
AAR AGREES TO ACQUIRE CONTROLLING INTEREST IN MRO HOLDINGS FOR $4 BILLIONRead More »
Named Servant One and secured through a 10-year lease with AeroSpring Leasing, the twin-engine aircraft gives the humanitarian nonprofit its own dedicated capacity for the first time. Props for a Purpose, a US-based nonprofit dedicated to humanitarian aviation, has acquired its first dedicated aircraft, a Tecnam P2012 Traveller named Servant One, secured through a 10-year
The delivery makes Uzbekistan the first C-390 Millennium operator in Central Asia, part of a contract signed at the end of 2024 that also covers training, support and spare parts. Embraer has delivered the first C-390 Millennium multi-mission transport aircraft to the Uzbekistan Air Force, at a ceremony at the manufacturer’s Gavião Peixoto facility in
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Two unrelated Federal Register notices published this week: one is an environmental clearance for a new orbital rocket at Cape Canaveral, the other ends a four-decade-old safety exemption after a review found widespread non-compliance and a fatal accident. ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR RELATIVITY’S TERRAN R The FAA has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact
FAA CLEARS RELATIVITY’S TERRAN R LAUNCH PROGRAMME AND ENDS CESSNA SINGLE-PILOT EXEMPTIONSRead More »
A powerful weekend storm has forced significant cancellations at Boston Logan and constrained fuel deliveries into the airport, with further disruption expected into Monday Delta has extended its travel waivers for customers affected by a powerful Nor’easter bringing strong winds and heavy rain across the Northeast, with Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) worst affected. The
DELTA EXTENDS FLEXIBILITY FOR CUSTOMERS AS NOR’EASTER DISRUPTS BOSTON OPERATIONSRead More »
