Aviation International News
2020-09-30
Two Embraer E195s have started operations in Vietnam with Bamboo Airways, offering the first jet service to Con Dao from Hanoi, Vinh, and Hai Phong, Embraer […]
2020-09-30
U.S. contractorized air training services provider Draken International has purchased the Cobham Groups’ Aviation Services UK division. The deal was concluded on September 25 and encompasses […]
2020-09-30
A third Cessna SkyCourier test airplane made its first flight yesterday, marking the last of the aircraft designated for Textron Aviation’s flight-test program of the high-wing […]
2020-09-30
Bell Textron this week demonstrated its Autonomous Pod Transport 70 (APT 70) vehicle as part of NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System program. […]
2020-09-30
Wilson Leach, AIN managing director Other than the two NBAA Conventions that were cancelled/postponed—September 2001 due to 9/11, and the Katrina postponement of 2005—two other NBAA […]
2020-09-30
US Trinity Aviation has become the second FBO at the Dallas-Fort Worth-area Denton Enterprise Airport. The company began operations on September 1 out of a former […]
2020-09-29
A California company called Reliable Robotics has achieved some pioneering achievements in unmanned aviation, having already flown a Cessna 172 Skyhawk and a 208 Caravan without […]
2020-09-29
Jetex has seen business boom at its marquee VIP terminal at Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) as Covid-19 has caused a dearth of first-class flights […]
2020-09-29
The GE9X engine has won certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, GE Aviation said on Monday. The largest commercial turbofan in the world, the GE9X powers […]
2020-09-29
Switzerland’s new fighter acquisition program received the green light from Swiss voters in a referendum conducted on September 27. This clears the way for Armasuisse—the country’s […]
2020-09-29
Satcom Direct has upgraded the network operations center (NOC) at its headquarters facility in Melbourne, Florida, to aggregate, collate, and analyze the increasing amounts of data […]
2020-09-28
Textron Aviation Defense has secured a $162 million deal for 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan IIs from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), as had been earlier […]
2020-09-28
Embraer has received a thumbs up from Brazil’s ANAC and the FAA for its synthetic vision guidance system (SVGS) on the Praetor 500 and 600, the […]
2020-09-28
Airbus has received an order for an A330 MRTT (multi-role tanker/transport) from the Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), which is acting on behalf of the […]
2020-09-28
On September 24 the first production Gripen E from Saab’s Linköping, Sweden factory arrived at its new home at Gavião Peixoto, where Saab and Embraer have […]
2020-09-27
The majority of air forces are maintained and commanded by sovereign states, being part of their military structures and having the aim of protecting the country’s […]
2020-09-27
An Antonov AN-26 aircraft crashed in the Kharkov region of Ukraine in the late hours of September 25, 2020. At least 22 people died, the latest […]
2020-09-27
British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) said it reached a “breakthrough deal” with easyJet to keep the jobs of 727 pilots in the United Kingdom. The union […]
2020-09-27
Air France’s Airbus A380 uncontained engine failure during the flight AF066 in September 2017 resulted from the lack of scientific understanding about the alloy used for […]
2020-09-26
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday notified key oversight committees in Congress that the U.S. agency, Transport Canada, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and […]
2020-09-26
ZeroAvia this week flew its Piper Malibu technology demonstrator for the first time with its new hydrogen propulsion system, including hydrogen fuel cells. On September 24, […]
2020-09-25
Omni Taxi Aereo will be the first operator of the Airbus H175 super-medium helicopter in Brazil. The aircraft has arrived in country and is slated to […]
2020-09-25
Eco Helicopters plans to begin urban air mobility (UAM) charter flights in Southern California with a fleet of Robinson R44 Raven II helicopters that will be […]
2020-09-25
AP Completion Services has delivered its 11th Bombardier Global 7500 and has more completions projects on the type scheduled for the future. As a result of […]
2020-09-24
An Azur Air Boeing 767-300 suffered significant belly damage during a tail strike incident in Vnukovo airport (VKO), Russia. The incident occurred on September 22, 200, […]
2020-09-24
Everybody likes when aviation records get broken. Those events are tremendous technical achievements and a rare case of positivity in the sea of groundings and budget […]
2020-09-24
Usually, reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially referred to as “spy planes”) approaching foreign airspace provoke a strong reaction, often in the form of an interception and an official […]
2020-09-24
Rolls-Royce has completed tests of its world’s faster all-electric aircraft on a full-scale replica of the plane’s core called “ionBird”. The aircraft will be powered by […]
2020-09-24
Global fuel provider Shell and Neste, the world’s largest sustainable fuel producer, have signed a supply agreement that will provide Shell with its first European-produced sustainable […]
2020-09-23
American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) announced the date when it plans to start pilot training for the grounded Boeing 737 MAX. Having 24 Boeing 737 MAXs on […]