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NewsVolotea inaugural customer for Acro Aircraft Seating’s reclining Series 9
Spanish airline Volotea has ordered Acro Aircraft Seating’s Series 9 seat to equip its narrowbody Airbus fleet, making it the inaugural customer for the Recline model of the SR9 seat.
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NewsAir Canada taps Panasonic for Astrova IFE across 80 aircraft
Air Canada is to install Panasonic Avionics’ Astrova in-flight entertainment (IFE) solution on 80 aircraft across its fleet, with line-fit and retrofit options of the scalable, modular design starting in 2025.
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NewsDiehl heads Crystal Cabin Award winners
Diehl Aviation picked up two wins at the Crystal Cabin Awards, after being recognised in the Passenger Comfort and Sustainable Cabin categories.
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NewsLilium’s Roewe 'confident but not comfortable’ with mid-2026 service-entry goal
Lilium chief executive Klaus Roewe says he is confident that the German company will hit its target of service entry for the developmental Lilium Jet by the middle of 2026. Although the Bavaria-based firm has yet to fly a full-scale version of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ...
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NewsKydex and Kasiglas see fruits of co-operation
A year on since Sekisui Kydex and Kasiglas first initiated a joint product venture– a collaboration initiated via an opportune meeting at AIX 2023 – the resulting advanced polymer product development has resulted in a product projected to fly this year.
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NewsUS Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scouts fly into retirement just two years after entering operational service
US Navy (USN) budget documents reveal that the service plans to retire the newest variant of an unmanned helicopter it spent more than a decade and nearly $1.5 billion developing.
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NewsEffects of conflict behind unusually-strong El Al first-quarter performance
Israeli flag-carrier El Al believes traffic changes arising from the Gaza conflict have resulted in uncharacteristic winter demand for its services, and a unusually strong first-quarter performance.
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NewsC919 to make first commercial flight out of Mainland China
Comac’s C919 will make its first commercial flight outside of Mainland China, a year after it entered service with launch customer China Eastern Airlines.
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NewsPilot survives ejection from F-35B crash in New Mexico
A pilot was injured after ejecting from a crash that destroyed an F-35B fighter jet near Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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NewsChief commercial officer Vasu Raja to depart American Airlines
Vasu Raja will soon depart as chief commercial officer of American Airlines after more than 20 years with the Dallas-Fort Worth-based company.
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NewsNext-generation Bell tiltrotor advances in DARPA X-plane competition
Bell’s proposal for the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies project involves a tiltrotor-like aircraft, with the addition of a third, jet-powered flight mode in addition to the rotor-driven vertical and horizontal flight modes found in existing designs.
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NewsCanada to integrate Smith Myers mobile phone tracking system into search and rescue fleet
UK technology firm Smith Myers will integrate its Artemis mobile phone detection package into Ottawa’s fleet of CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue helicopters as part of a Leonardo-led mid-life upgrade programme.
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NewsThales takes IFE into the cloud
Thales is flagging FlytEdge, which it terms as “the first cloud-based in-flight entertainment system”, as its new addition to its portfolio at this year’s AIX.
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AnalysisItaly’s Air Corporate praises performance of new ACH160
Air Corporate is already full of praise for its new ACH160, following the VIP-configured helicopter’s service entry earlier this year.
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NewsPassengers don life vests on Spirit Airlines flight diverted back to Jamaica
Spirit Airlines passengers were told to don life vests and prepare for a potential water landing on a flight that was safely diverted back to its origin in Jamaica due to an unspecified “mechanical issue”.
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NewsRAF investigates fatal BBMF Spitfire crash near Coningsby base
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is investigating the factors behind a fatal crash involving a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF)-operated Supermarine Spitfire on 25 May. Squadron Leader Mark Long was killed when the Mk IXe aircraft – registered MK356 – crashed near the BBMF’s home at RAF Coninsgby ...
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NewsSouthwest selects Recaro R2 seats for incoming Max fleet
Southwest Airlines has chosen the Recaro R2 seat for the Boeing 737 Max aircraft it will be receiving from 2025 onwards.
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NewsBelgium pledges 30 F-16 fighters to Ukraine
At a bilateral meeting in Brussels, the leaders of Belgium and Ukraine signed a $1 billion agreement, including a pledge of 30 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters to the beleaguered Eastern European country.
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NewsStelia’s Opera strikes a lighter note
Stelia Aerospace has announced a new version of its Opera business class seat in Hamburg, offering a 30% reduction in weight compared with existing products in the line.
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NewsTurkish low-cost AJet to add in-flight connectivity
Turkish Airlines’ recently spun-out low-cost operator AJet is to add in-flight connectivity under an agreement disclosed during AIX in Hamburg on 28 May.