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British Airways to relaunch London-Melbourne route, expand global network
British Airways has announced plans to resume daily flights between Melbourne Airport (MEL) and London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) starting January 11, 2027. The British flag carrier, which has been connecting Australia and the UK for more than 90 years, will operate the route using a four-class…
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Safran Arrius turbine engine chosen for new GrandCabri G5 helicopter
Safran Helicopter Engines and Helicopteres Guimbal have announced an exclusive partnership to power the new GrandCabri G5, a five-seat helicopter now under development as Guimbal expands…
Thales to supply radio management system for European PC-7 trainer fleet
Thales has been selected by Pilatus Aircraft to supply its radio management system for a fleet of PC-7 military trainer aircraft operated in Europe. The French group said…
SriLankan Airlines boosts Melbourne flights amid soaring South Asia travel demand
SriLankan Airlines has announced an increase in its daily services from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) from seven to 10 flights per week. This…
RAAF, RNZAF deploy P-8A Poseidons to US-led anti-submarine exercise in Guam
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) have deployed their P-8A Poseidon aircraft to Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) in Guam to participate in Exercise…
ANA Holdings and Wingtra partner to deploy advanced drone services in Japan
ANA Holdings (ANA HD) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Swiss industrial drone manufacturer Wingtra AG to evaluate the deployment of wide-area surveying and inspection…
Surf Air orders BETA Technologies’ all-electric ALIA for Hawaii pax flights
BETA Technologies announced on March 12, 2026, that it has signed a strategic partnership with Surf Air Mobility, a regional air transportation operator based in the United States. Surf Air…
Lisbon and Paris confirmed as first long-haul destinations for GOL’s A330neos
Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (GOL) has confirmed Lisbon Humberto Delgado International Airport (LIS) and Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) as its first European destinations. …
Sikorsky, Robinson unveil autonomous R66 Turbinetruck cargo helicopter
Sikorsky and Robinson Helicopter Company have unveiled the R66 Turbinetruck, an autonomous cargo helicopter designed for commercial and military utility missions, marking a new…
NASA targets April Fool’s Day to launch trip closest to Moon in half a century
NASA is targeting April Fool’s Day to launch humankind’s voyage closest to the Moon in over a half a century, after the original mission was delayed in February 2026. The US space agency…
All six crew members confirmed dead in USAF KC-135 crash in Iraq
A US Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft was lost over western Iraq on March 12, 2026, in what US Central Command described as a non-combat incident involving two…
RTX’s Raytheon completes $115M expansion of Alabama missile integration facility
RTX’s Raytheon has announced the completion of a significant expansion of its Redstone Raytheon Missile Integration Facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The $115 million capital investment…
Delta TechOps: first in North America licensed to service all LEAP engine types
Delta TechOps, Delta Air Lines’ subsidiary dedicated to Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) activities, has been licensed to support CFM LEAP-1A and CFM LEAP-1B engines. As such, Delta…
Eurofighters and F-16s scrambled during separate Romanian airspace alerts
German Eurofighter Typhoons and Romanian Air Force F-16s have been scrambled in separate incidents on March 13, 2026, after air defense systems were put on alert in Romania. The Ministry of…
Boeing hopes for major China order as Trump-Xi summit nears
Boeing could be nearing its first major Chinese aircraft order in nearly a decade, with Bloomberg reporting that China is close to placing an order for as many as 500 737 MAX jets ahead of…
Airbus prepares first Valkyrie flights in Germany for Luftwaffe combat drone bid
Airbus said it is preparing the first two Kratos-built Valkyrie uncrewed combat aircraft for flight testing in Germany, amid Berlin’s efforts to field a reusable combat drone…
Thales’ Yannick Assouad on AI, GPS threats and the race to decarbonize aviation
From optimizing crowded airspace to rethinking how aircraft are designed from the ground up, Yannick Assouad sees the aviation industry standing at the edge of its most consequential…
French soldier killed in Iraq drone attack amid regional spillover
A French soldier has been killed, and several others wounded in a drone attack in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, marking France’s first military fatality since the start of the current war in the…
Boeing pauses some 737 MAX deliveries over wiring issue
Boeing has paused some of its 737 MAX deliveries after discovering wiring damage on an undetermined number of undelivered aircraft, adding another production disruption as the manufacturer…
Joby kicks off last phase of certification process with FAA-conforming aircraft
On March 11, 2026, Joby Aviation announced that it has begun flight testing its first Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-conforming aircraft. Unlike earlier prototypes, the…
Spirit Airlines memo lays out plan to recall around 500 furloughed pilots
Spirit Airlines plans to recall around 500 furloughed pilots, according to an internal memo citing the low-cost carrier’s “evolving needs”. On March 10, 2026, CNBC reported that the number of…
