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Joby Aviation and BETA Technologies flew regional and medical-transport demonstrations as North Carolina became the fifth site to launch under the federal Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has celebrated North Carolina’s first demonstration flights under USDOT’s Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), making the state the fifth location […]
Cargo and aircraft movements also reached record levels last year, but ACI’s 2026 Annual World Airport Traffic Report finds growth cooling sharply this year amid geopolitical and economic headwinds. Airports Council International (ACI) World says global airports carried a record 9.8 billion passengers in 2025, with air cargo and aircraft movements also reaching all-time highs,
GLOBAL AIRPORT TRAFFIC HIT A RECORD 9.8 BILLION PASSENGERS IN 2025, ACI WORLD REPORTSRead More »
The deal, Boeing’s largest single-aisle order from the carrier, was finalised in the presence of Türkiye’s president and builds on last year’s record 787 Dreamliner purchase. Boeing and Turkish Airlines have finalised an order for up to 150 737 MAX airplanes, concluding discussions that began in 2025 and supporting the flag carrier’s expansion plans. The
TURKISH AIRLINES FINALISES ORDER FOR UP TO 150 BOEING 737 MAX JETSRead More »
The turbofan, recently designated the F143, has now demonstrated a 100 percent ignition success rate as the programme works toward large-volume production. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and GE Aerospace have successfully ignited the first serial-number GEK800 turbofan cruise missile propulsion system at Kratos’s X-58 test facility in San Diego, the companies announced on 21
GE AEROSPACE AND KRATOS IGNITE GEK800 CRUISE MISSILE ENGINE IN KEY PROGRAMME MILESTONERead More »
The agency alleges the New York and Georgia operator kept flying for compensation after surrendering its air carrier certificate and losing its required management personnel. The FAA is proposing a civil penalty of 260,868 dollars against ExcelAire, LLC, of New York and Georgia, alleging the company conducted unauthorised charter operations. According to the FAA, ExcelAire’s
FAA PROPOSES $260,868 FINE AGAINST EXCELAIRE FOR ALLEGED UNAUTHORISED CHARTER FLIGHTSRead More »
The FAA-backed flights, using vertiports, taxiways and heliports, aim to establish a national blueprint for fitting advanced air mobility into busy commercial airports. Electra has completed what it describes as first-of-its-kind flights from a heliport on a commercial airport ramp at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, using its hybrid-electric EL2 Ultra Short aircraft to test point-in-space procedures
ELECTRA FLIES ULTRA SHORT AIRCRAFT USING HELICOPTER-STYLE PROCEDURES AT VIRGINIA AIRPORTSRead More »
Two sovereign AI functions, one developed in-house and one with Thales’s cortAIx, have reached the maturity needed to be considered for future Rafale upgrades. Dassault Aviation has flight-tested two new sovereign AI algorithms aboard the Rafale fighter jet, the company announced on 22 September. The first was developed by Dassault’s own engineers, and the second
NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TAKES FLIGHT ON DASSAULT AVIATION’S RAFALERead More »
The new system will replace technology that has run the airline’s reservations, ticketing, inventory and check-in for more than two decades. Kenya Airways has selected travel technology company Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR) to implement a new retailing platform that will become the operational and commercial backbone of the airline, supporting reservations, ticketing, inventory management and airport
KENYA AIRWAYS SELECTS SABRE TO MODERNISE RESERVATIONS AND RETAILING PLATFORMRead More »
The announcement, alongside a new Destination PHX 2050 development programme, targets an airport serving 90 million passengers a year by mid-century. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has named American Airlines as the primary carrier for its planned West Terminal, alongside the launch of Destination PHX 2050, a development programme intended to guide the airport’s capital
PHOENIX SKY HARBOR NAMES AMERICAN AIRLINES ANCHOR TENANT FOR NEW WEST TERMINALRead More »
New York State is contributing a further $8.4 million in tax credits toward the project, which will upgrade a site that has served as GE’s premier aerospace research hub for more than 75 years. GE Aerospace has announced a 225 million dollar investment to modernise its Research Center in Niskayuna, New York, a site the
GE AEROSPACE COMMITS $225 MILLION TO MODERNISE NISKAYUNA RESEARCH CENTER, ADDING 75 JOBSRead More »
