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The world’s best military drones in 2025 and their capabilities
Unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) are revolutionizing the battlefield. The world’s best military drones have brought capabilities in precision strikes, reconnaissance and surveillance that would never have been possible in the past, all without any risk to human operators.Once considered a niche…
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US and Philippine Air Forces band together for ‘Cope Thunder’ bilateral exercise
The United States and the Philippines have joined forces to kick off “Cope Thunder” 25-1, a bilateral exercise between the Air Forces of the two countries that lasts for two weeks. The…
CEO of young Romanian private airline Animawings shares strategy insights: video
Animawings is a relatively new arrival to the Eastern European air travel market. This privately-owned young Romanian airline, which launched in 2018 as a charter operator backed by…
Medical transport helicopter crashes into sea in Japan, killing three
An ambulance helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of Tsushima, Japan, killing three of the six people on board, the Japan Coast Guard has announced. The Eurocopter EC-135…
Emirates joins Aviation Circulatory Consortium to accelerate airline recycling
Emirates has joined the Aviation Circularity Consortium (ACC), the Dubai-based carrier announced on April 7. 2025. The ACC aims to unlock the circular economy for aviation, and the airline’s…
Boeing in court as planemaker faces civil claim over Ethiopian B737 MAX crash
After years of legal wranglings, the Boeing Company will finally find itself in a US courtroom on April 7, 2025, as the planemaker defends a civil claim in respect of the accident involving an…
Jet component supplier Howmet may halt shipments amid tariff challenges: report
Howmet Aerospace, a major supplier of aerospace components in the U.S., has reportedly informed customers that it may suspend certain shipments due to the impact of tariffs introduced by U.S.…
VietJet to add two wet-leased Chinese COMAC ARJ21 aircraft
VietJet, Vietnam’s leading low-cost carrier, is set to become the first Vietnamese airline to operate Chinese-manufactured COMAC ARJ21-700 jets on domestic routes. The milestone deployment is…
Virgin Atlantic returns to Canada after 10 years, relaunches Toronto flights
Virgin Atlantic has made a return to Canada, launching direct services between London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). Maiden voyage Flight VS 147…
Fears Boeing 757 emergency slides won’t deploy lead to NTSB safety warning
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued new safety recommendations in response to fears that Boeing 757 emergency slides may not deploy. On April 3, 2025, the NTSB…
Melbourne Airport completes biggest int’l airfield expansion: Taxiway Delta
Melbourne Airport (MEL) has announced that Taxiway Delta, its largest international airfield expansion in almost a decade, is finally complete. The 800-meter Taxiway Delta is the airport’s…
MH370 search put on hold until end of year due to unfavorable weather conditions
The recent search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been put on hold, 11 years after the Boeing 777 disappeared without a trace. Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke has…
Emergency landing leaves Virgin Atlantic passengers stuck in Turkey for 40 hours
Hundreds of travelers on a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Mumbai have been stuck at Diyarbakır Airport (DIY) in Turkey for over 40 hours, lacking adequate food and with limited rest…
AU Defence Flight Safety Bureau finalizes report on fatal MRH-90 Taipan incident
Australia’s Defence Flight Safety Bureau (DFSB) has finalized its Aviation Safety Investigation Report into the fatal MRH-90 Taipan incident that claimed the lives of four servicemen. The…
Aviation heavyweights remain silent on US tariffs as industry awaits EU response
Two days have passed since US President Donald Trump announced unprecedented sweeping tariffs against over 180 countries, including some of the US’s closest allies. The stark…
How can airports and tourism boards help airlines with air services development?
In the fifth article in this six-part series, Gavin considers how airports and tourism boards can assist airlines with incentives to support air services development. For airports, that is…
50 years after Operation Babylift, the USAF and RAAF’s special airlift mission
April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, a conflict that spanned more than 20 years, from 1954 to 1975. Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City) was…
Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot
The automatic pilot (‘autopilot’) has to be one of aviation’s finest technological inventions. Yet, it is also one of the earliest, having been introduced (in its most rudimentary form) in…
El Al to resume direct Tel Aviv to Moscow passenger flights in May 2025
Israel’s El Al Airlines has announced that it intends to resume flights between Tel Aviv and Moscow on May 1, 2025. The decision comes after the Israeli national airline determined that…
Colombia selects Saab Gripen E/F fighters, but potential US veto looms
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on social media that Colombia intends to acquire Saab Gripen E/F fighter jets from Sweden to replace the country’s aging fleet of Israeli-made…
Aer Lingus flight to Belfast landed without one wheel due to axle failure: AAIB
A fractured axle caused by overheating led an Aer Lingus flight to land in Belfast without one wheel, according to a report from the United Kingdom’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).…
