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 […]
KENYA AIRWAYS CHARTS PATH TO RECOVERY AS FLEET RESTORATION UNDERWAYRead More »
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) […]
MODERNISED SPORT PILOT RULES OPEN THE SKIES TO LEGACY PART 23 AIRCRAFTRead More »
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 […]
Wichita, Kansas – 12 August 2025 – Customers taking delivery of the Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 business jet can now opt to have the Gogo Galileo HDX connectivity solution installed, providing an advanced global in-flight connection. The CJ4 Gen3, announced in October 2024, is scheduled to enter service in 2026. Designed and manufactured by Textron […]
GOGO GALILEO HDX CONNECTIVITY NOW OFFERED ON CESSNA CITATION CJ4 GEN3Read More »
London, UK – August 2025 – Jetcraft Commercial, the commercial division of global aircraft trading firm Jetcraft, has delivered two Bombardier CRJ 1000 regional jets to Spain’s leading regional carrier, Air Nostrum. This transaction marks Jetcraft Commercial’s first placement of the CRJ 1000 type in Europe. The aircraft will operate on Air Nostrum’s extensive network […]
JETCRAFT COMMERCIAL PLACES FIRST CRJ 1000 AIRCRAFT IN EUROPE WITH AIR NOSTRUMRead More »
Qatar Airways has completed the installation of Starlink high-speed connectivity across its entire fleet of 54 Boeing 777 aircraft, delivering Wi-Fi speeds of up to 500 Mbps free for all passengers. The airline now operates the world’s largest number of Starlink-equipped widebody aircraft and remains the only carrier in the Middle East and North Africa […]
QATAR AIRWAYS COMPLETES STARLINK INSTALLATION ON BOEING 777 FLEETRead More »
The Cessna SkyCourier is set to make its debut in Mongolia, with charter operator Hunnu Air placing the first order for the twin-engine turboprop in the country. The deal includes two passenger variants of the Cessna SkyCourier and one Cessna Grand Caravan EX, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2026. Hunnu Air plans to deploy […]
FIRST CESSNA SKYCOURIER IN MONGOLIA TO JOIN HUNNU AIR FLEETRead More »
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has announced a milestone achievement in its passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme. In a recent trial, the company successfully loaded a Trent 1000 engine, used on Boeing 787 aircraft, into the main deck of an IAI B777-300ERSF cargo aircraft. IAI is the first in the world to convert the Boeing 777-300ER into […]
IAI SUCCESSFULLY LOADS TRENT 1000 ENGINE INTO B777-300ERSFRead More »
