Lion Air Group and Sabre sign long-term partnership renewal

Sabre Corporation , a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, has signed an extended and enhanced agreement with Indonesia’s Lion Air Group, to enable its airlines to make the most of every seat by increasing its ancillary revenue capabilities, and to improve its performance with new technology. Lion Air Group and Sabre have a valued and long-standing relationship, with the carrier already using Sabre’s SabreSonic Customer Sales and Service (CSS) as well as a suite […]

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MRO Insider adds 76 locations to network in June

MRO & Production

MRO Insider has announced that it has added 76 locations to the network in the month of June. There are now 235 locations available on the platform that provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, aircraft cleaning and detailing, parts procurement or overhaul, and ground service equipment rental. Andy Nixon, Co-founder of MRO Insider stated, “We are

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Virgin Galactic gets FAA go-ahead for space tourism flights

Aircraft & Engines, Top Stories

Shares in Virgin Galactic jumped nearly 40% on news that Sir Richard Branson’s spaceship company has been given approval for passengers to fly into space on a commercial basis, while putting pressure on ‘space race’ rivals Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with Space X and Blue Origin, respectively. Shares in Virgin Galactic have all but

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BOC Aviation delivers three new Airbus A320neo aircraft to Scoot Airlines

Aircraft & Engines

BOC Aviation has delivered three of four new Airbus A321neo aircraft for lease to Scoot Airlines (Scoot). The aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower® PW1100G-JM engines. Robert Martin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, BOC Aviation, said: “We are delighted to have delivered these aircraft to Scoot, and we’re pleased to be

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Leonardo delivers HH-139B helicopter to Italian Air Force

Military & Defense

The Italian Minister of Defence Lorenzo Guerini and Italian Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Alberto Rosso have attended the acceptance ceremony of an Italian Air Force HH-139B helicopter during an official visit to Leonardo’s helicopter facility in Vergiate (Italy). The HH-139B is a dedicated Air Force variant of the AW139 type. The aircraft will

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VoltAero signs Airways Aviation as its French launch customer for Cassio-family of hybrid-electric aircraft

Aircraft & Engines

An agreement signed on June 25 has positioned Airways Aviation as the launch customer in France for VoltAero’s family of Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft, to be deployed for regional mobility and for pilot training. Based on this memorandum of understanding (MoU), VoltAero will collaborate with Airways Aviation on defining the utilization of Cassio aircraft in its

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Jet Aviation acquires ExecuJet’s Zurich FBO and hangar operations and Luxaviation’s Swiss aircraft management and charter division

Financial

With this acquisition the company adds a second FBO terminal, two private ramps and two hangars to its Zurich footprint and 17 aircraft to its European fleet. Located opposite Jet Aviation’s FBO at Zurich Airport, the ExecuJet Zurich FBO includes one near-5,000 m² hangar and one 2,500 m² hangar; two private ramps at 4,620 and

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Iridium Awarded US$30 million research & development contract by the United States Army

Information Technology

Iridium Communications has been awarded a research and development contract worth up to US$30 million by the United States Army (the Army) to develop a payload to be hosted on small satellites that supports navigation systems, guidance, and control for the global positioning system (GPS) and GPS-denied precision systems. The new experimental Iridium® payload is

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Eve and Blade to combine forces in provision of eVTOL UAM vehicles

Aircraft & Engines, Top Stories

Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions, Inc. (Eve) has chosen to partner with Blade Air Mobility, Inc. (Blade) for the provision of up to 60,000 hours of flight time for urban air mobility (UAM) electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), from 2026 onwards, to be used for the Southern Florida and American West

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China Airlines and AFI KLM E&M sign major GE90 engine support contract

MRO & Production

AFI KLM E&M and China Airlines have signed a formal agreement to support the GE90 engines powering the airline’s fleet of Boeing 777F aircraft. It binds the two parties exclusively over the long-term with power-by-the-hour (PBH) support solutions. This contract covers PBH, such as maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) on engines and line replaceable units

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