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DAILY AVIATION NEWS ALERT

June 23rd 2026
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ITOCHU expands its aviation portfolio with Sirius investment

ITOCHU targets mid-life aircraft market through Sirius investment

ITOCHU Corporation has invested in Sirius Aviation Capital, an Abu Dhabi-based aviation investment manager focused on acquiring and managing mid-life aircraft leased to airlines worldwide. Through the transaction, ITOCHU joins existing shareholder Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners, the strategic investment platform jointly owned by Mubadala Capital and Alpha Wave Global. The investment comes amid continued growth in global passenger traffic and …
Example of CAE Prodigy’s immersive visual

CAE upgrades German Navy NH90 simulators with Prodigy visual technology

CAE has secured a contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to modernise the visual systems of the German Navy’s NH90 NTH Sea Lion full-mission simulators. The upgrade will introduce CAE Prodigy, the company’s next-generation image generator, enhancing the realism and effectiveness of naval aviation training while reinforcing CAE’s long-standing partnership with Germany’s armed forces. Designed to deliver …
BeauTech and GEM signed a ten-year engine leasing framework agreement

BeauTech and Lufthansa’s GEM sign engine leasing deal

BeauTech Power Systems (BeauTech), a provider of aircraft engine leasing, asset management and trading solutions, has signed a ten-year engine leasing framework agreement with Group Engine Management GmbH (GEM), the Lufthansa Group’s dedicated engine management company. GEM oversees engine allocation, maintenance coordination and lifecycle management across the Lufthansa Group’s airline portfolio. Under the agreement, GEM will gain access to BeauTech’s …
Robert Geckle

Robert Geckle takes on role as CEO of Thales USA and North America

Thales has appointed Robert Geckle as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Thales USA and Thales North America, effective July 1, 2026. The appointment follows the planned retirement of Alan Pellegrini, who will step down as CEO of Thales USA and Thales North America on June 30, after nearly two decades with the company. During his tenure, Pellegrini led Thales North …
The implementation of AMOSmobile/EXEC supports Royal Brunei Airlines’ vision of fully paperless maintenance operations

Royal Brunei Airlines goes live with AMOSmobile/EXEC

Royal Brunei Airlines successfully went live with AMOSmobile/EXEC from Swiss-AS in June 2026. This marks another big step in the airline’s digital transformation journey and supports its ambition to remove paper-based workflows from all maintenance activities. As a long-standing AMOS user, Royal Brunei Airlines has continued to invest in modernising its maintenance and engineering operations. With a young fleet of …
AACS will dismantle and harvest the A330 airframe for serviceable material

AACS expands A330 component portfolio with airframe acquisition

AMTRA Aero Component Solutions (AACS), a US-based aircraft component supplier headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has acquired Airbus A330-200 airframe, MSN 529, from Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM). The aircraft will be dismantled and harvested for serviceable material to support the growing global fleet of Airbus A330 operators. The acquisition marks a major expansion of AACS’s wide-body component portfolio and reinforces the …

Investec arranges US$870m aircraft financing deal

ecube leaders exit as management reshuffle begins

Ontic signs lease on new Weston, Florida facility

First H135 helicopter delivered to Canada’s FAcT programme

Embraer backs FAB KC-390 fleet

Ethiopian Airlines takes first Twin Otter Classic 300-G

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