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Air Cairo has signed a firm order for 15 Airbus A320neo aircraft at the El Alamein International Airshow, its first move into direct aircraft ownership as it targets a fleet of more than 130 aircraft by 2034. AIR CAIRO PLACES FIRST-EVER DIRECT AIRCRAFT ORDER, TARGETS FLEET OF 130-PLUS BY 2034 Air Cairo, the Egyptian […]
Nearly 17,000 active satellites now circle the Earth, up almost a third on last year, according to the latest Look Up x Le Point Space Barometer, published ahead of this week’s International Space Summit in Paris. SATELLITE POPULATION GROWS BY NEARLY A THIRD IN A YEAR As WAN reported on 7 September, the International
ACTIVE SATELLITES IN ORBIT JUMP 29% IN A YEAR, LOOK UP’S SPACE BAROMETER FINDSRead More »
The Fort Lauderdale-based charter operator has taken delivery of its first Tecnam P2012 Traveller, the first of a two-aircraft order that begins phasing out its Britten-Norman Islanders on flights to the Bahamas. FIRST OF TWO NEW TWINS ARRIVES FOR BAHAMAS CHARTER ROUTES Tecnam has delivered the first P2012 Traveller to Tropic Air Charters, marked
TROPIC AIR CHARTERS TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST TECNAM P2012 TRAVELLER FOR BAHAMAS ROUTESRead More »
The Jakarta-based wet-lease and charter carrier has become an IATA member after securing its IOSA safety registration last year, as it plans to grow its two-aircraft Boeing 737-800 fleet with an Airbus A320 due in service by December. IATA MEMBERSHIP MARKS NEXT STEP FOR JAKARTA CHARTER CARRIER BBN Airlines Indonesia has joined the International
BBN AIRLINES INDONESIA JOINS IATA AS IT PREPARES TO ADD AN AIRBUS A320Read More »
Chapman Freeborn says clients increasingly book private charter as a logistics tool rather than a status symbol, valuing control over arrival times and access to regional airports over comfort alone. TIME, NOT LUXURY, NOW DRIVES PRIVATE CHARTER DECISIONS According to the European Business Aviation Association, business aviation serves more than 1,500 airports across Europe,
CHAPMAN FREEBORN: PRIVATE CHARTER CLIENTS ARE NOW BUYING BACK TIME, NOT LUXURYRead More »
Sandra Diaso, Head of Human Resources at private charter and ACMI operator KlasJet, argues that what keeps professionals in aviation for decades has less to do with cockpits than with how freely people move between departments. WHY AVIATION CAREERS BECOME LIFELONG, ACCORDING TO KLASJET’S HR CHIEF Sandra Diaso started her career as a civil
KLASJET’S HR CHIEF ON WHY AVIATION CAREERS, ONCE STARTED, RARELY ENDRead More »
German launch company Isar Aerospace delivered satellites to orbit from its Andøya launch site in Norway on 5 September, becoming the first commercial space company from Europe to do so and giving the continent what its chief executive called sovereign access to space. SECOND FLIGHT REACHES ORBIT FROM CONTINENTAL EUROPE Isar Aerospace became the
ISAR AEROSPACE BECOMES FIRST EUROPEAN COMPANY TO REACH ORBIT, ON ONLY ITS SECOND FLIGHTRead More »
A Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90, flown from a fleet of just eight aircraft, has become the first of its type anywhere to reach 3,000 flight hours, a milestone Airbus attributes to operational intensity rather than fleet size. A SMALL FLEET SETS A GLOBAL BENCHMARK On Wednesday 26 August 2026, an NH90 Tactical
RNZAF NH90 BECOMES FIRST IN THE WORLD TO PASS 3,000 FLIGHT HOURSRead More »
AirAsia has resumed services to and from Jakarta after Soekarno-Hatta International Airport reopened following a closure caused by ash clouds from the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, though two flights on 8 September remain cancelled. JAKARTA HUB REOPENS AFTER VOLCANIC ASH CLOSURE The continuing eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait forced
AIRASIA RESUMES JAKARTA FLIGHTS AFTER MOUNT ANAK KRAKATAU ASH CLOUD CLOSES CGKRead More »
A Jetstar A320 touched down at Western Sydney International on Tuesday 1 September, testing ground operations eight weeks before the carrier becomes the first airline to fly passengers from the new airport. TRIAL RUN TESTS GROUND OPERATIONS AHEAD OF OCTOBER OPENING A Jetstar A320 touched down at Western Sydney International, known as Nancy-Bird Walton
JETSTAR COMPLETES TRIAL FLIGHT INTO WESTERN SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL AHEAD OF OCTOBER LAUNCHRead More »
