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The Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation will host next year’s ACI Africa/World Annual General Assembly, Conference and Exhibition, as ACI projects global passenger traffic will double to 19.8 billion by 2047. Airports Council International (ACI) World and ACI Latin America and the Caribbean concluded their 2026 Annual General Assembly, Conference and Exhibition […]
The 20-launch deal is Rocket Lab’s single largest commercial contract for its Electron rocket, taking the Tokyo-based Earth observation company’s total booked missions to 47. Rocket Lab has signed a multi-year agreement for 20 new Electron missions with Tokyo-based Earth observation company Synspective, the largest commercial launch contract for Electron in the company’s history. The
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The multi-billion-dollar award, intended to replace the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet, is Boeing’s second sixth-generation fighter contract after 2025’s F-47 win for the US Air Force. The US Navy has awarded Boeing a multi-billion-dollar contract to produce its F/A-XX aircraft, intended to replace the service’s fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornets. Boeing says the aircraft
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The first of two A350F test aircraft flew for just over four hours on 29 September, opening a flight test campaign of more than nine months ahead of entry into service. The Airbus A350F freighter (MSN 700), the first of two test aircraft, completed its first flight from Toulouse on 29 September 2026. Fitted with
The five-year deal, with two option years, is part of the Department of War’s Arsenal of Freedom initiative and follows an earlier 2026 agreement supporting at least 1,900 missiles a year. Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a multi-year contract worth up to 20.7 billion dollars over five years, with two option years, to
RAYTHEON AWARDED $20.7 BILLION MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT FOR AMRAAM PRODUCTIONRead More »
The deal creates what AAR calls the largest heavy maintenance MRO in the world, servicing nearly 3,000 aircraft a year, with an option to acquire the remaining stake over the following six years. AAR has entered a definitive agreement to acquire a 65 percent controlling interest in MRO Holdings at an implied enterprise value of
AAR AGREES TO ACQUIRE CONTROLLING INTEREST IN MRO HOLDINGS FOR $4 BILLIONRead More »
The delivery makes Uzbekistan the first C-390 Millennium operator in Central Asia, part of a contract signed at the end of 2024 that also covers training, support and spare parts. Embraer has delivered the first C-390 Millennium multi-mission transport aircraft to the Uzbekistan Air Force, at a ceremony at the manufacturer’s Gavião Peixoto facility in
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A powerful weekend storm has forced significant cancellations at Boston Logan and constrained fuel deliveries into the airport, with further disruption expected into Monday Delta has extended its travel waivers for customers affected by a powerful Nor’easter bringing strong winds and heavy rain across the Northeast, with Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) worst affected. The
DELTA EXTENDS FLEXIBILITY FOR CUSTOMERS AS NOR’EASTER DISRUPTS BOSTON OPERATIONSRead More »
From 25 October, the Dubai-Nairobi route becomes the 32nd Emirates service to receive the Airbus A350, introducing the airline’s Premium Economy cabin to Kenya for the first time. Emirates will deploy its newest aircraft type, the Airbus A350, on the Dubai to Nairobi route from 25 October, operating as EK717 and EK718 and making Nairobi
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A proposed rule directed by Congress would raise the altitudes at which commuter, on-demand and general aviation pilots must don supplemental oxygen, following a decade-long review of pressurization safety data. The FAA has proposed raising the altitudes at which a pilot must wear an oxygen mask, in a rulemaking directed by section 834 of the
FAA PROPOSES LETTING PILOTS FLY HIGHER BEFORE AN OXYGEN MASK IS REQUIREDRead More »
