Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
A major Airbus investor update at Farnborough has set a 2029 EBIT target of EUR 12-13 billion and approved a EUR 5 billion share buyback, while the manufacturer simultaneously launched a three-year Wing of Tomorrow flight test campaign on an A321neo, signed a Canadian Flexrotor order with Voyageur Aviation, and doubled Philippine Airlines’ A350-1000 commitment […]
Embraer has used Farnborough International Airshow 2026 to announce six simultaneous developments: a Barracuda cruise missile integration MoU with Anduril for the C-390, a Heads of Agreement with Saab for 20 additional Gripen, a strategic framework agreement with Mubadala, a composite aerostructures MoA with Strata, 28 firm E2 orders across three airlines, and two additional
Rolls-Royce has awarded a contract in excess of £100 million to construction company McLaughlin & Harvey for a new customer-funded research, manufacturing and assembly facility at its Bristol site — the third major project between the two organisations at Rolls-Royce facilities — set to break ground later in 2026 to support the future of air
Denmark’s first and only all-cargo airline, Maersk Air Cargo, has joined BARIG — the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany — as the association broadens its engagement with the air freight sector, citing excessive location costs, complex processes and unnecessary bureaucracy as persistent barriers to German air cargo competitiveness. DENMARK’S FIRST ALL-CARGO AIRLINE JOINS GERMANY’S
ACR Electronics has announced that its ARTEX ELT 5000 emergency locator transmitter has surpassed an estimated one million flight hours since the first Boeing 737-equipped aircraft entered revenue service in May 2025 — reached within roughly fourteen months across a growing deployment that now spans the 737, 787 and 777 families worldwide. MILESTONE REACHED IN
Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. company, has made the world debut of the Voyager training aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026, introducing an IFR-capable, spin-certified training platform equipped with the new Garmin AXIS flight display avionics, designed to align with anticipated MOSAIC regulations and priced at €240,000 for entry into service in 2027. WORLD DEBUT AT
South Australia-based Adelaide Aviation has selected the Tecnam P-Mentor as its primary training aircraft and taken immediate delivery of two aircraft via Tecnam’s Australian representative Hallmarc Aviation, bringing the Parafield Airport flight school’s fleet to 13 aircraft and marking a new addition to Tecnam’s Piper Flight School Alliance in the European market — though this
Leonardo is using Farnborough International Airshow 2026 to present an integrated multi-domain portfolio that extends from the next-generation GCAP fighter programme and the M-346 Block 20 trainer to the Proteus autonomous helicopter demonstrator, a Collaborative Combat Aircraft capability through the LBA Systems joint venture with Baykar, and the Michelangelo Dome integrated air and missile defence
Omar Ali Adib, Rolls-Royce’s Senior Vice President for the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, has outlined the operational intelligence and engineering improvement programme underpinning the Trent engine family’s continuous development, with verifiable data showing the Trent XWB-84’s Enhanced Performance standard delivering nearly double its fuel-burn improvement target and the Trent 1000 XE achieving up
Piper Aircraft has used EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026 to announce five simultaneous developments: a new factory service centre in Vero Beach, a fleet agreement with ATP Flight School, a European training partnership with Leading Edge Aviation, a manufacturing MOU with AURA AERO for the ERA hybrid-electric regional aircraft, and a tooling collaboration with Robinson Helicopter
