Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Gisli Brynjolfsson argues airlines need a brand people already recognise and feel something about, long before a traveller ever asks an AI assistant for advice. THE BATTLE FOR AI SEARCH STARTS BEFORE THE PROMPT, SAYS ICELANDAIR MARKETING CHIEF Icelandair’s Director of Global Marketing, Gisli Brynjolfsson, told a World Aviation Festival webinar on 7 September […]
A Nigerian Air Force delegation travelled to Bell’s Amarillo facility to sign the frame of the first of twelve Vipers being built under a Foreign Military Sales programme running to early 2029. BELL COMMEMORATES FIRST PRODUCTION AH-1Z AIRCRAFT FOR NIGERIA Bell Textron hosted a delegation from Nigeria at its Amarillo, Texas production facility to
BELL BEGINS PRODUCTION OF NIGERIA’S FIRST AH-1Z VIPER ATTACK HELICOPTERSRead More »
President Emmanuel Macron announced French government support for Dassault Aviation’s VORTEX programme at the International Space Summit in Paris, formalising a consortium that has been assembling since May and now spans five countries. FRANCE BACKS DASSAULT’S VORTEX REUSABLE SPACEPLANE PROJECT Dassault Aviation welcomed France’s decision to support its VORTEX spaceplane project, announced by French
General Atomics has revealed a clean-sheet uncrewed aircraft pitched at the US Air Force’s Massed Modular Aircraft competition, designed to be fielded in large numbers where older, more expensive systems would be too costly to risk. GA-ASI UNVEILS WILDFIRE UAS FOR MILITARY, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL ROLES General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) unveiled Wildfire
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
JOBY KICKS OFF FIRST WHITE HOUSE-BACKED EIPP FLIGHTS WITH WEEK-LONG TEXAS CAMPAIGNRead More »
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
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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
