Civil Aviation

Toulouse. Corsair has taken delivery of its first A330-900, on lease from Avolon,  to join the French airline’s fleet. By selecting a total of five A330neos, Corsair is executing its strategy to become an all-A330...

SEATTLE, WA. Boeing and Alaska Airlines announced on March 30 the companies have completed an agreement for 23 737-9 airplanes and 15 options. With this agreement, the carrier’s 737 MAX order book, including options...

  SEATTLE. Boeing and Southwest Airlines on March 29 announced the carrier will continue to build its business around the 737 MAX family with a new order for 100 airplanes and 155 options across two...

  Toulouse. Airbus has launched “Advanced Superconducting and Cryogenic Experimental powertraiN Demonstrator” (ASCEND) to explore the impact of superconducting materials and cryogenic temperatures on the performance of an aircraft’s electrical propulsion systems. The introduction of superconducting...

  New Delhi. Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has granted permit to "No-Permission-No-Takeoff' (NPNT) compliant drone operations at 34 additional green zones to facilitate, smoothen, and promote drone operations in the country. The approved sites...

  New Delhi. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri virtually joined Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddyat the inauguration of the Kurnool Airport, Orvakal, Andhra Pradesh on March 25. Andhra Pradesh CM attended...

  New Delhi. A Letter of Agreement (LoA) was signed between the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL) in New Delhi on March 24. The LoA defines provisions...

  Manila. Cebu Pacific Air has been using its Pratt & Whitney Canada-powered ATR 72-500 freighter to transport medical supplies and other vital goods to help in Philippines’s COVID-19 relief effort. Some passenger aircraft are grounded...

  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp. on March 23 announced its Pro Line Fusion® integrated avionics system for Cessna Citation CJ2+ light business jets has been certified by the...

  Tel Aviv. The State of Israel has achieved significant progress over the last year in shaping the future of mobility, introducing a national drone network that will primarily enable cargo transportation in urban areas...

  Toulouse. A team of aerospace specialists has launched the world’s first in-flight emissions study using 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a wide-body commercial passenger aircraft. Airbus, German research centre DLR, Rolls-Royce and...

  Tel Aviv. Israel aerospace industries (IAI) expands Its international MRO network. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Aviatic MRO UAB for a strategic cooperation in establishing an aircraft maintenance center...

  Ulan-Ude. The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAP) Training Center under the Russian Helicopters holding company (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has successfully completed training a second group of foreign specialists studying to operate and...