Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Embraer will demonstrate the Ipanema 203 at the Brazilian Agricultural Aviation Congress in Goiás from 18 to 20 August. The aircraft holds more than 50 per cent share of the domestic cropduster segment, has run on 100 per cent ethanol for over two decades, and can spray more than 200 hectares an hour. TWO DECADES […]
Avolon has agreed a sale and leaseback with Akasa Air covering up to seven Boeing 737-8200 aircraft, extending a relationship dating to the Indian carrier’s launch. The 737-8200 is the highest-capacity variant of the 737-8 MAX, a configuration suited to the high-density domestic operations driving Indian traffic growth. THE THIRD TRANSACTION IN A RELATIONSHIP THAT
Buenos Aires flight academy BA FLIGHT has taken delivery of the first Tecnam P2006T NG SPORT in Argentina, adding a twin to a training fleet built on P2002 and P2008 light sport aircraft and giving students a single-manufacturer progression from ab initio through multi-engine. A FLEET BUILT FOR CONTINUITY RATHER THAN VARIETY Tecnam has
Vietnam’s Sun PhuQuoc Airways has begun building its own pilot pipeline, placing an initial intake of 13 cadets into A320 Type Rating training with BAA Training Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City – a two-month programme certified to both Vietnamese and EASA standards, undertaken as the airline’s fleet reaches 17 aircraft. FROM LAUNCH TO OWN
KlasJet’s Chief Commercial Officer for VIP Operations says the European charter season started slowly because the 2026 World Cup was staged in North America, pushing football camps later in the calendar – while fuel volatility drove a new category of client to charter not for luxury but for certainty of arrival. A SEASON DISPLACED BY
Bay Area flight school Pacific States Aviation has added a Tecnam P2006T MkII Premium Edition to its fleet, its first twin-engine aircraft and the newest addition to a growing Tecnam operation, in a delivery facilitated by Cutter Aviation and financed by leasing partner Nesher. A MULTI-ENGINE RATING WITHOUT A LEGACY TWIN Pacific States Aviation,
Embraer has reported second quarter revenue of US$2.2 billion, up 23 per cent year on year and an all-time record for the period, with adjusted EBIT of US$296.9 million at a 13.3 per cent margin. The manufacturer delivered 65 aircraft (its strongest second quarter in 16 years) and has raised full-year margin and cash flow
Archer Aviation’s second quarter results show revenue of US$5.0 million, a net loss of US$263.2 million and cash and short-term investments of US$1.56 billion, alongside the announcement that it will acquire three Boeing subsidiaries. The scale gap between the reporting company and the business it is buying is the defining feature of the quarter. THE
Boeing is donating $250,000 from the Boeing Charitable Trust to the Innovia Foundation to support wildfire relief in Eastern Washington, directing the funding to a community foundation that established its Spokane Complex Wildfire Response Fund on 2 August and whose earlier fire fund has completed 13 rebuilt homes for survivors. CORPORATE FUNDING ROUTED THROUGH LOCAL
Netherlands-based trading and leasing specialist APOC Aviation has appointed Darren Naughton as Vice President Engines, with a global remit covering leasing, exchange, teardowns and component piece-part sales, as demand for green time engine leasing rises against a backdrop of high shop visit costs and constrained MRO capacity. A DIVISION EXPANSION TIMED TO A MARKET CONDITION
