Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Joby Aviation has begun a week of real-world electric air taxi flights across the Dallas-Fort Worth region, including direct routes into DFW International Airport, as Texas launches its eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. JOBY LAUNCHES FIRST EIPP FLIGHTS WITH DALLAS-FORT WORTH CAMPAIGN Joby Aviation began a week-long flight campaign across the Dallas-Fort Worth region on […]
Romania’s national carrier has welcomed its first 737-8, leased from CDB Aviation, as it begins renewing a single-aisle fleet that currently comprises four 737 Next-Generation jets. TAROM WELCOMES FIRST BOEING 737 MAX, NAMED AFTER MIRCEA LUCESCU Boeing, TAROM and CDB Aviation marked the delivery of TAROM’s first 737-8, the first Boeing 737 MAX to
TAROM TAKES DELIVERY OF ITS FIRST BOEING 737 MAX, NAMED FOR MIRCEA LUCESCURead More »
The GCAP Electronics Evolution consortium, spanning Italian, Japanese and UK defence electronics firms, has been contracted to further develop the sensing and communications systems for the tri-national sixth-generation fighter programme. G2E CONSORTIUM SECURES SENSING AND COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT FOR GCAP An 18-month contract has been awarded to the companies of the GCAP Electronics Evolution (G2E)
GCAP FIGHTER’S SENSOR CONSORTIUM WINS 18-MONTH EDGEWING CONTRACTRead More »
Announced at the International Space Summit in Paris, the order will replace ageing OneWeb satellites and extend a European satellite-manufacturing programme WAN has been following through the week’s Space Summit coverage. EUTELSAT EXTENDS ONEWEB REPLENISHMENT WITH 229-SATELLITE AIRBUS ORDER Eutelsat has signed an Authorisation to Proceed with Airbus Defence and Space covering initial industrial
EUTELSAT ORDERS 229 MORE ONEWEB SATELLITES FROM AIRBUS, TAKING TOTAL TO 669Read More »
Hawker 700, 800 and 900 series operators can now install Starlink’s high-speed connectivity kit, following an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate awarded to AeroMech. HAWKER FLEET GAINS HIGH-SPEED STARLINK CONNECTIVITY OPTION Textron Aviation has announced that Starlink’s high-speed internet is now available for the Hawker 700, 800 and 900 series, after the Federal Aviation Administration
TEXTRON AVIATION OPENS STARLINK UPGRADE PATH FOR HAWKER 700, 800 AND 900 SERIES JETSRead More »
Air Cairo has signed a firm order for 15 Airbus A320neo aircraft at the El Alamein International Airshow, its first move into direct aircraft ownership as it targets a fleet of more than 130 aircraft by 2034. AIR CAIRO PLACES FIRST-EVER DIRECT AIRCRAFT ORDER, TARGETS FLEET OF 130-PLUS BY 2034 Air Cairo, the Egyptian
Nearly 17,000 active satellites now circle the Earth, up almost a third on last year, according to the latest Look Up x Le Point Space Barometer, published ahead of this week’s International Space Summit in Paris. SATELLITE POPULATION GROWS BY NEARLY A THIRD IN A YEAR As WAN reported on 7 September, the International
ACTIVE SATELLITES IN ORBIT JUMP 29% IN A YEAR, LOOK UP’S SPACE BAROMETER FINDSRead More »
Chapman Freeborn says clients increasingly book private charter as a logistics tool rather than a status symbol, valuing control over arrival times and access to regional airports over comfort alone. TIME, NOT LUXURY, NOW DRIVES PRIVATE CHARTER DECISIONS According to the European Business Aviation Association, business aviation serves more than 1,500 airports across Europe,
CHAPMAN FREEBORN: PRIVATE CHARTER CLIENTS ARE NOW BUYING BACK TIME, NOT LUXURYRead More »
German launch company Isar Aerospace delivered satellites to orbit from its Andøya launch site in Norway on 5 September, becoming the first commercial space company from Europe to do so and giving the continent what its chief executive called sovereign access to space. SECOND FLIGHT REACHES ORBIT FROM CONTINENTAL EUROPE Isar Aerospace became the
ISAR AEROSPACE BECOMES FIRST EUROPEAN COMPANY TO REACH ORBIT, ON ONLY ITS SECOND FLIGHTRead More »
A Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90, flown from a fleet of just eight aircraft, has become the first of its type anywhere to reach 3,000 flight hours, a milestone Airbus attributes to operational intensity rather than fleet size. A SMALL FLEET SETS A GLOBAL BENCHMARK On Wednesday 26 August 2026, an NH90 Tactical
RNZAF NH90 BECOMES FIRST IN THE WORLD TO PASS 3,000 FLIGHT HOURSRead More »
