All news – Page 2
-
NewsSwedish military to field first space-based ISR capability this year
Sweden has signed deals with Finland’s ICEYE and Planet Labs of the USA to field a space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability from later this year.
-
NewsMatthieu Louvot takes top job at Airbus Helicopters as Bruno Even leaves after eight-year stint
Bruno Even has stepped down as chief executive of Airbus Helicopters, effective from 1 April, to be replaced by Matthieu Louvot, currently executive vice-president for strategy at the wider Airbus group.
-
NewsMoscow Domodedovo airport put up for auction after government seizure
Russian authorities have put Moscow Domodedovo up for auction, after the facility was seized by the government during a legal tussle with its previous owners. According to the RTS-Tender electronic platform, the auction comprises the entire authorised capital of DME Holding and other organisations linked to managing the airport. The ...
-
NewsInvestigators indicate controller confusion during E175 and B-52 airprox
US investigators have revealed moments of confusion as air traffic controllers at two facilities tried to deconflict a SkyWest Embraer 175 and a US Air Force Boeing B-52H bomber near Minot airport, North Dakota, last year. The B-52 had been travelling east to west at 2,700ft to make a fly-by ...
-
NewsAviation Capital Group tops up 737 Max commitments with fresh order for 50 jets
Lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has placed a fresh order for 50 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, adding to its existing commitments.
-
NewsAir India receives first factory-fresh 787-9; expects A350-1000 deliveries this year
Air India has taken delivery of its first factory-fresh Boeing 787-9, as it looks to receive more widebodies – including its first Airbus A350-1000 – through the rest of the year.
-
NewsAirbus still in talks with P&W over ‘foreseeable’ A320neo engine-supply volumes
Airbus’s commercial aircraft chief executive, Christian Scherer, has indicated that the airframer has yet to reach agreements over upcoming engine supply with Pratt & Whitney. Speaking on 12 January as Airbus released full-year delivery figures for 2025, Scherer – who is handing over his responsibilities to successor Lars Wagner – ...
-
NewsKF-21 completes four-year flight test campaign
Korea Aerospace Industries has completed flight testing of its KF-21 fighter two months ahead of schedule, with six prototypes accumulating 1,600 accident-free sorties since the programme’s maiden flight in July 2022.
-
NewsChina’s first unmanned mid-altitude cargo aircraft completes maiden sortie
China has completed the maiden flight of the Tianma-1000, the country’s first mid-altitude, unmanned cargo aircraft.
-
NewsGermany orders eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian RPAs
Germany has ordered eight General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft.
-
NewsFAA outlines plan to eliminate leaded aviation petrol starting at end-2030
The Federal Aviation Administration has published a draft roadmap for eliminating leaded aviation petrol by end-2030, though the agency warns the transition could pose operational challenges and depends heavily on replacement fuel availability and private sector decisions.
-
NewsAir Inuit prepares to put first combi-converted 737-800 into operation
Canada’s Air Inuit is preparing to put into service a Boeing 737-800 converted into a combi configuration – claiming that the jet is the first of the type to undergo this modification. The modified aircraft has a forward cargo compartment with space for five pallets plus a 90-seat passenger cabin ...
-
NewsAirbus exceeds revised delivery target but total stays below 800
Airbus delivered 793 commercial aircraft last year, just above its target of 790 – although this had been a downward revision of its original aim of 820. The airframer took gross orders for exactly 1,000 aircraft, with a net figure of 889. Airbus managed to hand over 136 aircraft in ...
-
NewsAirlink acquires E190s to source spare engines and parts
South African regional carrier Airlink has acquired a pair of Embraer 190s sold to the airline by lessor TrueNoord. Airlink, already an operator of E-Jet family aircraft, is planning to use the airframes and their GE Aerospace CF34 engines as a source of spares. “Securing these aircraft is a strategic ...
-
NewsEastern Airways administrators line up partial resurrection through Air Kilroe sale
Insolvency specialists handling the collapse of Eastern Airways are hopeful the carrier can live on, at least in some form, through a rescue of sister company Air Kilroe, which held the carrier’s fleet and air operating certificate (AOC), among other assets.
-
NewsEx-Red Wing chief’s firm takes over three Volga-Dnepr Group companies
Russia’s state register of legal entities indicates that three divisions of Volga-Dnepr Group have been acquired by a company headed by the former chief of carrier Red Wings. The register shows that Evraz Avia Servis acquired Volga-Dnepr-Moscow and AirBridgeCargo, as well as a majority of Atran. It lists the participations ...
-
NewsEl Al identifies date for chief executive succession
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has disclosed that Levy Halevy is to take over as chief executive from 21 January. Halevy will take up the post following the 31 December resignation of Dina Ben Tal Ganacia. El Al had previously identified Halevy as Ganancia’s successor, but had not specified a transition ...
-
NewsElbit secures $275m Asia-Pacific helicopter protection contract
Elbit Systems has secured $275 million in contracts from an undisclosed Asia-Pacific nation to supply helicopter self-protection systems over five years, coinciding with major upgrade efforts for South Korea’s rotorcraft fleet.
-
NewsLockheed Martin appoints former Australian army officer as regional chief
Lockheed Martin has appointed former Australian army officer Jeremy King, a veteran of major defence acquisition programmes, to lead its operations across Australia and New Zealand.
-
NewsAriana Afghan A310 lands on wrong runway in Delhi amid poor visibility
An ongoing probe into a runway incursion involving an Airbus A310-300 operated by Ariana Afghan Airlines found that the flight crew were “unable to differentiate” between departing and arriving runways due to poor visibility.