Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The aerospace and defence aftermarket solutions company, AAR Corp, has reported its strongest-ever full-year financial performance, with fiscal year 2026 sales reaching USD 3.3 billion — a 19% year-on-year increase — alongside a 29% rise in adjusted diluted EPS, underpinned by double-digit organic growth, the HAECO Americas integration and the launch of Airvoyant, an AI-powered […]
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
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
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
California’s Chino Police Department has reported the operational performance of its Bell 505 helicopter in its first month of service, including three aerial pursuits all resulting in apprehension, as Bell highlights growing interest from law enforcement agencies across the United States in dedicated aviation units. FIRST MONTH RESULTS MAKE THE CASE FOR POLICE AVIATION INVESTMENT
Avion Express Brasil has announced that founder CEO Esteban Jauregui Lorda will step down following the airline’s establishment phase, with Chief Technical Officer Fernando Amaral appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer from 21 August 2026 as the Brazilian carrier prepares for its next phase of growth. OUTGOING CEO LED AIRLINE THROUGH AOC AWARD, LAUNCH AND IOSA
Texas A&M Forest Service has ordered two SUBARU Bell 412EPX helicopters in a master purchasing agreement that includes options for additional aircraft, marking the first Bell aircraft to enter the agency’s fleet and the first step in developing a state-managed wildfire aviation capability for Texas. MASTER AGREEMENT CREATES FOUNDATION FOR EXPANDED STATE AVIATION CAPABILITY