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European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher will use the International Space Summit in Paris on 9 and 10 September to ask European leaders how far they want to go in shaping the next era of space exploration, ahead of a funding decision in Rome in December. PARIS SUMMIT SETS UP A DECEMBER FUNDING DECISION […]
Emirates says its newly delivered Airbus A350s will carry the first electrically powered Premium Economy seat with a full-height privacy divider between every pair, debuting on daily services to Entebbe, Tunis and Cape Town. AFRICAN ROUTES AMONG THE FIRST TO GET THE NEW CABIN Emirates has introduced a new electrically powered Premium Economy seat
EMIRATES INTRODUCES ELECTRIC PREMIUM ECONOMY SEAT, DEBUTING ON THREE AFRICAN ROUTESRead More »
ANA Holdings has signed for eight additional Embraer E190-E2 aircraft, formalising an expansion first announced in July and taking the Japanese group’s firm E2 order to 23 aircraft, with five options still open. ANA DEEPENS ITS E190-E2 COMMITMENT AS JAPANESE REGIONAL FLEET GROWS Embraer and ANA Holdings Inc. have signed an agreement for eight
ANA HOLDINGS FIRMS UP ORDER FOR EIGHT MORE EMBRAER E190-E2S, LIFTING TOTAL TO 23Read More »
Harris Aerial, Skyline Nav AI and UtopiaCompression took the show’s annual pitch competition on day one of Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, while the opening keynote’s State of the Industry Survey found most operators still reliant on foreign-made hardware and largely unprepared for the FAA’s incoming Part 108 beyond-visual-line-of-sight rule. PITCH THE PRESS WINNERS
COMMERCIAL UAV EXPO OPENS WITH PITCH THE PRESS WINS AND A STARK PART 108 READINESS GAPRead More »
The Long Beach start-up has secured a senior secured term loan of up to $100 million, led by Pinegrove Credit Partners and Silicon Valley Bank, to fund tooling and its North Carolina production buildout as the Z4 programme moves toward a full-scale demonstrator flight. PRIVATE FINANCING BUILDS ON PUBLIC BACKING FOR THE ALL-WING PROGRAMME
JETZERO CLOSES $100 MILLION LOAN FACILITY TO ADVANCE Z4 BLENDED-WING JETRead More »
Azul Linhas Aéreas has taken delivery of Embraer’s 2,000th E-Jet, an E195-E2 that is also the airline’s 50th E2, as the two-decade-old programme consolidates its position among the world’s three largest commercial jet families. A MILESTONE TWO DECADES IN THE MAKING Embraer has delivered the 2,000th aircraft in its E-Jets family, an E195-E2 handed
EMBRAER DELIVERS 2,000TH E-JET AS AZUL TAKES MILESTONE E195-E2Read More »
BOMBARDIER HAS AGREED TO ACQUIRE THE ASSETS OF MHI CANADA AEROSPACE IN MISSISSAUGA, ADDING AEROSTRUCTURE MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY AND APPROXIMATELY 750 EMPLOYEES TO ITS CANADIAN OPERATIONS. AGREEMENT SUBJECT TO APPROVALS Bombardier and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have entered into an agreement under which Bombardier will acquire the assets of MHI Canada Aerospace (MHICA) in Mississauga, Ontario.
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EUROPEAN FLYERS HAS TAKEN DELIVERY OF THE FIRST TECNAM P2010 TDI IN A PLANNED 12-AIRCRAFT FLEET RENEWAL PROGRAMME FOR ITS PILOT TRAINING OPERATIONS IN SPAIN. FIRST AIRCRAFT ENTERS TRAINING FLEET European Flyers has taken delivery of its first Tecnam P2010 TDI, beginning a progressive 12-aircraft fleet renewal programme. The aircraft will be introduced
EUROPEAN FLYERS RECEIVES FIRST TECNAM P2010 TDI IN 12-AIRCRAFT RENEWALRead More »
Acron Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Commercial Training Solutions business to FlightSafety International, transferring eight decades of simulator manufacturing heritage and more than 300 full-flight simulators currently in operation. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. A PORTFOLIO COMPANY PRUNING, AND A PURE PLAY INTEGRATING
Elroy Air and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development have conducted hybrid-electric cargo demonstration flights at Houma-Terrebonne Airport using the uncrewed Chaparral aircraft. The FAA states it is the first remotely piloted test flight under the eIPP. THE FIRST FLIGHT WITHOUT A PILOT ABOARD The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that Elroy Air
