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NewsLockheed adds two international C-130J operators to start 2026
Mexico has become the first Latin American nation to order the C-130J Super Hercules, along with a second undisclosed customer.
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NewsLATAM received first GEnx-powered 787 amid fleet renewal
Chile’s LATAM Airlines Group has received its first Boeing 787-9 powered by GE Aerospace GEnx turbofansLATAM receives first GEnx-powered 787 amid fleet renewal
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NewsAvion Express Brasil increases A320 fleet but moderates expansion rate
Newly-established wet-lease carrier Avion Express Brasil has introduced a second Airbus A320 to its fleet, although it has revised down its initial ambitious fleet target. Avion Express Brasil, which obtained its air operator’s certificate last year, had indicated that it would deploy up to 10 A320s by the end of ...
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NewsEmbraer full-year commercial jet deliveries edge into lower end of forecast
Brazilian airframer Embraer delivered 78 commercial aircraft over the course of last year, edging into the lower end of its forecast.
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NewsRare footage of RQ-170 stealth drone emerges from Venezuela raid
Social media footage appears to show a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel operating from Puerto Rico during the US military’s recent operation to capture deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
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NewsEASA advises carriers to avoid entirety of Venezuelan airspace
Europe’s safety regulator is advising operators to avoid the entirety of Venezuelan airspace, following the US government’s initiation of military action against the South American state. Carriers should not operate at any altitude within the Maiquetia flight information region, which covers the airspace of Venezuela, says the European Union Aviation ...
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NewsUS sanctions Venezuelan firm for assembling and maintaining Iranian drones
Washington has imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan aerospace company and its chairman for allegedly facilitating the acquisition, assembly and operation of Iranian-designed Mohajer-series unmanned aerial vehicles with surveillance and strike capabilities.
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NewsEve Air Mobility completes first hover flight of electric air taxi prototype
Eve Air Mobility has completed the first hover flight of its all-electric air taxi engineering prototype at Embraer’s Gaviao Peixoto test facility in Brazil.
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NewsVolaris and VivaAerobus agree to ‘merger of equals’ to form new Mexican airline group
Mexican discounters Volaris and have agreed to form a new airline group under a holding company structure in a merger of equals, pending regulatory approval expected in 2026.
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NewsBrazilian army takes delivery of its first UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter
Brazil’s army has formally taken delivery of its first Sikorsky UH-60M utility helicopter, one month after the rotorcraft arrived in the country aboard a US Air Force Boeing C-17 strategic transport.
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NewsCrashed Mexican Citation III entered excessive left bank during final approach to Toluca
Mexican investigators have opened a probe into a serious Cessna 650 Citation III accident south of Toluca airport on 15 December. The country’s transportation ministry states that the executive jet had departed Acapulco’s runway 24 for Toluca. Its flightplan indicated eight passengers and two pilots were on board, the ministry ...
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News‘Revamped’ Azul secures court approval for Chapter 11 restructuring plan
Brazilian carrier Azul has received court approval for its Chapter 11 reorganisation plan, clearing the way for the airline to emerge from bankruptcy protection early next year after eliminating $3 billion in liabilities.
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NewsJetBlue A320 crew startled by encounter with ‘unseen’ military tanker north of Venezuela
A JetBlue Airbus A320 crew reported a close encounter with a US Air Force tanker aircraft operating without an active transponder during climb-out from Curacao on 12 December, forcing the commercial flight to halt its ascent.
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NewsAerosucre 727 freighter damaged on landing after main-gear problem
Colombian investigators are probing a landing accident involving an Aerosucre Boeing 727-200 freighter at Barranquilla. The aircraft had departed Barranquilla on 12 December but returned after “experiencing a failure” in its left-hand main landing-gear, according to the Colombian regulator Aerocivil. Some 70min after take-off, much of it spent in a ...
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NewsAbra Group considers adding shorter-haul capacity to combined fleet
The parent of Colombia’s Avianca, Brazil’s Gol and Spanish wet-lease operator Wamos sees opportunities to boost regional connectivity throughout Latin America
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NewsAbra Group expands Aerolineas Argentinas codeshare to include Avianca
Abra Group has expanded its codeshare agreement with Aerolineas Argentinas to include Avianca, covering nine Colombian cities and 12 Argentine destinations as the Latin American aviation group builds its regional network.
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NewsAzul E195 landed on wrong Rio runway after parallel’s lights were switched off
Brazilian investigators have been unable to determine precisely why runway lights at Rio de Janeiro’s Santos Dumont airport were switched off for several minutes, during which time an Azul Embraer 195 inadvertently landed on the illuminated parallel runway. The incident occurred at night as the twinjet, inbound from Sao Paulo ...
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NewsArgentina takes delivery of initial six F-16 fighters from Denmark
Argentina has received its first tranche of secondhand Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters from Denmark, marking the restoration of supersonic fighter capability for the Argentine air force after decades of restrictions following the 1982 Falklands War.
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NewsJudge rejects provisions of Gol’s bankruptcy plan, months after airline emerged from Chapter 11
A US federal judge has overturned some provisions of Brazilian carrier Gol’s previously approved bankruptcy restructuring plan, six months after the airline emerged from Chapter 11 protection, citing problematic creditor-release provisions.
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NewsBrazilian air force picks Ace Aeronautics to expand and modernise UH-60L Black Hawk fleet
The Brazilian air force is to significantly expand its inventory of Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters, via a late-November deal signed with US company Ace Aeronautics.