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Airbus, Indigo Partners finalize orders for 430 A320neo Family aircraft

Airbus’ largest single order announcement becomes firm Deal valued at nearly $50 billion, at list prices Airbus announced that it had finalized agreements with Indigo Partners and its four portfolio airlines for the purchase of 430 additional A320neo Family aircraft for ultra-low-cos...

GE Aviation announces first run of the Advanced Turboprop engine

GE Aviation’s Advanced Turboprop engine, the first clean-sheet turboprop engine to hit the Business and General Aviation (BGA) market in more than 30 years, successfully completed its first engine test run at GE Aviation’s facility in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday (December 22). &...


Boeing and Royal Air Maroc Announce Orders for Four 787 Dreamliners

Boeing and Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced orders for (4) 787-9 Dreamliners – valued at $1.1 billion at list prices – that will enable Morocco's flag carrier to expand international service.  The orders, previously listed as unidentified on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries website, include two 787s purchased in December 2016and two purchased thi...

Diamond Aircraft Group acquired by Wanfeng Aviation Industry

Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH (Austria) and Wanfeng Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., are delighted to jointly announce the completion of the acquisition of Diamond Aircraft Group by Wanfeng Aviation Industry Co., Ltd. This acquisition assures the continued long term future of the Diamond brand, with plans to increase global sales volume, expansion of the distribution and support networks, and conti...

Airbus Helicopters and UK Ministry of Defence sign Follow-on Support Arrangement for RAF Puma Mk2

Airbus Helicopters and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have signed a Follow-on Support Arrangement contract to provide support to the Royal Air Force Puma 2 fleet over the planned service life of the aircraft. The contract, worth an initial £100 million, is the first of two pricing periods which will see Airbus Helicopters provide full technical support and logistics until March 2022. The c...

World's largest amphibious aircraft takes off in China

China’s homegrown AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft in production, took to the skies on Sunday for its maiden flight. The plane, codenamed Kunlong, according to the state news agency Xinhua, took off from the southern city of Zhuhai and landed after a flight of roughly an hour. With a wingspan of 38.8 metres (127ft) and powered by four turboprop engines, the aircraft...

Viva Air finalizes order for 50 A320 Family aircraft

Viva Air group modernizes fleet, accelerates network growth with Airbus’ leading single-aisle family Following an MOU signed at Le Bourget Paris Airshow in June, Viva Air, the Latin America low cost carrier group owned by Irelandia Aviation, has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 50 A320 Family aircraft. The 35 A320neo and 15 A320ceo will be operated by the group’s airlines...

A400M refuels six F-18 fighters in one flight

An Airbus A400M has successfully refuelled six Spanish Air Force F-18 fighters in a single mission as part of an air-to-air refuelling (AAR) human factors certification flight. The 13 December mission featured a complex series of AAR scenarios such as changes of area, receivers with unknown priorities, and unexpected increases in numbers of receivers. Through multiple contacts the six aircraft sim...

Pegasus Airlines orders 25 A321neo ACF

Leading LCC in Turkey now with a total of 100 Airbus A320 Family aircraft on order  Pegasus Airlines, the leading Low-Cost-Carrier (LCC) in Turkey, has placed an order for 25 A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex configuration). This comes on top of 18 A321neo and 57 A320neos already on order bringing Pegasus Airlines total firm order to 100 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. Pegasus’ selectio...

First Tiger HAD retrofit delivered to the French Army Aviation

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first Tiger retrofitted into the HAD version to the French Army Aviation, after having previously completed its formal acceptance process with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA). This retrofit from the HAP to the HAD version involves performing over 100 airframe modifications and installing over 1500 new parts and 250 electrical cables. Compared...

Daher congratulates two Polish TBM 930 owners for their round-the-world trip with the very fast turboprop aircraft

Daher acknowledged the achievement of two Polish TBM 930 owners who circled the globe in their very fast turboprop aircraft during a four-week trip.   Tomek Dudziak and Arjan Bakker flew most of their around-the-world expedition on flight segments south of the Equator, and many of their 26 stopovers in 25 countries were at UNESCO World Heritage Sites.   These co-owners received their...

Brace yourselves: 5 tips for efficient Christmas flight

Since Christmas period is historically terrible for flying – there’s 50% chance to get your flight delayed – knowing which situations are due to unruly weather and which are subject to airline manipulation, becomes a hard nut to crack. While a smoking volcano is all self-evident reason to halt flights, the threshold between the dangerous and safe weather is clear only to the avia...

Iron Bird Power On: CityAirbus reaches next milestone

The CityAirbus programme has reached another important milestone: the completion and “power on” of the “iron bird” ground test facility in Taufkirchen, Germany. This enables the verification of the entire electric propulsion system of CityAirbus, developed by Airbus’ E-Aircraft Systems unit. The first full electric propulsion test bench has the capability to operat...

easyJet statement on acquisition of Air Berlin operations

easyJet can confirm that it has acquired part of Air Berlin's operations at Berlin Tegel Airport. The acquisition will result in easyJet operating 25 aircraft from Berlin Tegel Airport. The agreement includes easyJet leasing former Air Berlin aircraft, taking over other assets including slots, and offering employment to former Air Berlin flying crew. Johan Lundgren, CEO of easyJet, commente...

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Greece orders up to six Embraer KC-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft

The Hellenic Ministry of National Defense has signed an agreement for the acquisition of three Embraer KC-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft, with options for three additional units. The deal was c...

Rolls-Royce launches transformational jet engine technology programme to drive economic growth and advanced manufacturing

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New IADA-ASA partnership enhances aircraft appraisal education across the industry

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Emirates expands Premium Economy to Durban with deployment of A350

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De Havilland Canada expands Canadair 515 production following strategic agreement

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Boeing predicts air cargo boom will push global freighter fleet beyond 4,000 aircraft by 2045

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Joby brings future air mobility to Florida with eVTOL air taxi demonstration

Joby Aviation has launched a week-long series of piloted electric air taxi demonstration flights across Florida, with its eVTOL aircraft operating in Tampa, Orlando, and along the Space Coast. Th...

MEBAA Show 2026 highlights growing demand for inflight connectivity as business aviation priorities evolve

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Qantas Group strengthens regional network with strategic turboprop fleet investment

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Jet Excellence upgrades Citation X fleet with Gogo Galileo HDX connectivity

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Embraer and Austrian Airlines strengthen E-Jets fleet support with new component pool agreement

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Boston MedFlight expands critical care air transport fleet with order for three Airbus H145 helicopters

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Airbus and Air France-KLM finalize joint venture for A350 component support

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ALSIM and ADMAL Flying Academy reinforce pilot training excellence in Malaysia with AL250 simulator

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