Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Baku, Azerbaijan – September 2025. Silk Way West Airlines has extended its services agreement with GE Aerospace to support the carrier’s expanding fleet of widebody Boeing aircraft. The agreement covers five GEnx-2B-powered 747-8 Freighters, six GE90-115B-powered 777 Freighters, and up to four GE9X-powered 777-8 Freighters. The move follows Silk Way West’s fleet modernisation strategy, which […]
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Johannesburg, Friday 12 September 2025; Fast-growing coffee retailer Bootlegger has secured an exclusive partnership with FlySafair to serve its premium hot beverages across all domestic routes, marking a strategic diversification as the company pursues local and intentional brand expansion. The partnership, launching Wednesday 17 September, positions Bootlegger to extend brand reach from its traditional cafe network […]
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LONGUEUIL, Quebec, 9 September 2025 – Pratt & Whitney Canada, an RTX business, has been selected by the European Union’s Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking (Clean Aviation) to lead the Powerplant Hybrid Application Regional Segment (PHARES) project. This marks the first time a Canadian company has been chosen to participate in and lead a Clean Aviation […]
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London, UK; New York, USA – 09 September 2025 – Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) has successfully completed Phase 3 wingborne flight testing of its VX4 prototype, marking another step towards commercial certification of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The full-scale VX4 has now taken off, flown, and landed like a conventional aircraft […]
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Virginia, September 2025 – Electra has unveiled its vision for Direct Aviation, a new model of advanced air mobility powered by its Ultra Short aircraft. The announcement follows last month’s successful public demonstrations of the EL2 prototype at Virginia Tech, showcasing the technology that underpins the company’s flagship EL9, expected to enter commercial service in […]
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Tel Aviv, 1 September 2025 — Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has achieved a milestone in aviation history by completing the world’s first conversion of a Boeing 777-300ER from passenger to freighter configuration. The company has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval from both the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of […]
South African Airways (SAA) has announced the introduction of a twice-daily service between Johannesburg and Gaborone, Botswana, commencing on Tuesday, 4 November 2025. Bookings for the new route are now available on flysaa.com. The schedule, tailored to meet growing demand for direct travel between the two cities, includes two daily return flights, seven days a […]
Nairobi, August 2025 – Kenya Airways PLC has reported its financial results for the six months ending 30 June 2025, a period marked by significant operational and financial pressures. The airline faced a temporary grounding of three Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners—representing one-third of its wide-body fleet—due to global supply chain disruptions and engine availability constraints. Despite […]
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A significant evolution in sport aviation rules is set to begin this October, when thousands of existing legacy aircraft—many of them certified under Part 23—will become flyable by sport pilots using only a driver’s licence in place of a medical certificate. This marks the first phase of the FAA’s wider overhaul of light-sport aircraft (LSA) […]
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Chicago – 12 August 2025 – United Airlines is bringing more premium entertainment to its passengers with the addition of full seasons of award-winning Apple TV+ series now available for free on the carrier’s 130,000+ seatback screens and in the United mobile app. Titles include Severance, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Slow Horses and Silo, with new […]
