Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
AAR CORP. has appointed Sanjay Sood as Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Technology Officer, reporting to Chairman, President and Chief Executive John M. Holmes. Sood arrives from CDW, where he was Chief Technology Officer, and holds a doctorate in computer science. A REMIT THAT RUNS FROM CYBERSECURITY TO AI AAR CORP. has […]
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand will introduce Boeing’s Competency-Based Training and Assessment Learning Library across flight training organisations throughout the country. Boeing states it is the first time a regulator, rather than an individual operator or school, has implemented the library ecosystem-wide. ADOPTED BY THE REGULATOR, NOT THE SCHOOLS Boeing and the Civil
Acron Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Commercial Training Solutions business to FlightSafety International, transferring eight decades of simulator manufacturing heritage and more than 300 full-flight simulators currently in operation. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. A PORTFOLIO COMPANY PRUNING, AND A PURE PLAY INTEGRATING
Elroy Air and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development have conducted hybrid-electric cargo demonstration flights at Houma-Terrebonne Airport using the uncrewed Chaparral aircraft. The FAA states it is the first remotely piloted test flight under the eIPP. THE FIRST FLIGHT WITHOUT A PILOT ABOARD The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that Elroy Air
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday morning, beginning a three-month transit to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point. It will return 1.4 terabytes of data a day, the highest rate of any NASA astrophysics mission to date, with first images expected in early 2027. DELIVERED EARLY, LAUNCHED EARLY
Honeywell’s IntuVue RDR-7000 scans automatically from ground level to 60,000 feet and identifies turbulence, hail, lightning and windshear without the manual tilt and gain adjustment legacy radars required. The company’s case for it rests less on detection range than on what it removes from the pilot’s workload. WHAT OLDER RADARS ASKED OF THE CREW
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IATA’s July data shows African carriers recording the second highest demand growth of any region at 5.2 per cent, while carrying the lowest load factor in the world at 75.1 per cent, more than ten points below the global average. Capacity across the continent grew 7.3 per cent, outpacing demand and pushing load factors down.
Sikorsky has selected Prague-based Česká letecká servisní as an authorised distribution centre for Black Hawk helicopter parts within the European Union, its first such appointment anywhere in the bloc. More than 150 Black Hawks are currently in EU service. PARTS HELD INSIDE THE CUSTOMS UNION Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has announced the selection
ECS Group has appointed Eric St Amand as Chief Operating Officer Americas with immediate effect. A West Point graduate and former US Army logistics officer, he arrives from Geodis Supply Chain Optimization and will work alongside outgoing regional lead Paco Ortega for a month before Ortega moves to strategic projects. TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS, AND A ROUTE
Aviator Airport Alliance will provide full ground handling for five Lufthansa Group carriers at Gothenburg-Landvetter from 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2030, covering approximately 70 turnarounds per week. The contract begins as the Nordic winter starts rather than in a quiet month. FIVE CARRIERS, SEVENTY TURNAROUNDS, ONE PROVIDER Aviator Airport Alliance has signed
