Canadian regional carrier Harbour Air has agreed to acquire Pacific Coastal Airlines (PCA), bringing the two airlines under common Canadian ownership and creating a new regional airline group, the companies said. The deal will combine Harbour Air’s seaplane network with PCA’s wheeled-aircraft operations, expanding connectivity and access to destinations across British Columbia. Both airlines will […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm16 Sept
RTX has appointed Jill Albertelli as President of Pratt & Whitney, effective January 1, 2027, succeeding Shane Eddy, who plans to retire, the aerospace company said. Albertelli will report to RTX Chairman and CEO Chris Calio. She has more than 30 years of experience at Pratt & Whitney across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, commercial […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm16 Sept
TAT Technologies has partnered with French aerospace company Beyond Aero to help define the thermal management architecture for its hydrogen-electric business aircraft programme, the companies said. Beyond Aero is developing the ONE, a clean-sheet aircraft designed around hydrogen-electric propulsion that aims to carry six passengers up to 800 nautical miles (1,500 km), about five times […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm16 Sept
Dublin-based aircraft maintenance provider Altitude Engineering (Altitude) has signed a long-term agreement with Xiamen Air to provide scheduled line maintenance services for the carrier’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner operations at London Heathrow Airport. The contract covers scheduled flight operations beginning in September 2026. Under the agreement, Altitude will carry out routine line maintenance checks and defect […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm16 Sept
Boeing and Korean Air have finalised an order for 103 aircraft, comprising 20 Boeing 777-9s, 25 787-10s, 50 737-10s and eight 777-8 Freighters, the U.S. planemaker said on Wednesday, September 16. The deal fulfils a procurement commitment announced by Korean Air in August 2025 and includes both wide-body and single-aisle aircraft as the airline moves […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm16 Sept
Etihad Airways and Swissport have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their global partnership, increasing the number of airports where Swissport provides services to the UAE airline from 30 to 40. The expanded agreement covers airports across Africa, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia, adding ten locations to Swissport’s existing operations for […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm16 Sept
Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has appointed Jilinda Crowley as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Based at ACG’s headquarters in Newport Beach, California, she will oversee the aircraft lessor’s financial strategy and lead its finance team, including treasury, risk, tax, accounting, pricing and financial planning and analysis. Crowley brings more than 20 years […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm15 Sept
CDB Aviation, the Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has delivered the first Boeing 737-8 to Romanian flag carrier TAROM, marking the aircraft’s entry into the airline’s fleet. Bucharest-based TAROM plans to add four 737-8 aircraft under a mix of operating and finance leases. The first two are being leased from CDB Aviation, […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm15 Sept
Drukair, the national flag carrier of Bhutan, has selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines to power five new Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, comprising three A320neos and two A321XLRs. The airline announced the aircraft order in 2024. “We are pleased to strengthen our partnership with CFM through this purchase of LEAP-1A engines,” said Tandi Wangchuk, CEO of Drukair. […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm15 Sept
Boeing and American Airlines have completed the first landing gear exchange on a 737 MAX, a milestone that extends Boeing’s long-standing Landing Gear Exchange Program to its latest generation of single-aisle aircraft. The exchange demonstrates Boeing’s ability to provide fully overhauled and certified main and nose landing gear assemblies ready for installation, potentially reducing aircraft […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm15 Sept
EPCOR, part of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), has signed a five-year agreement with Mexican cargo airline mas to provide long-term support for its Airbus A330 auxiliary power unit (APU) fleet. The agreement covers five A330s equipped with GTCP331-350 APUs and marks the first contract between EPCOR and mas. As […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm15 Sept
Melbourne-based logistics and supply chain group Linfox Group (Linfox) has taken delivery of Australia’s first Airbus H160 helicopter, marking a milestone for next-generation rotorcraft in the region. The delivery makes Linfox the first Australian operator to place the twin-engine H160 into service. The aircraft will support the group’s business and corporate aviation operations, connecting its […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm15 Sept
Northrop Grumman has opened a 57,000 ft² propulsion facility in Elkton, Maryland, housing 250 engineers working on advanced propulsion technologies for US and allied defence programmes. The Propulsion Innovation Center expands the company’s solid rocket motor capacity across its propulsion manufacturing network and is expected to create additional skilled engineering and manufacturing jobs in the […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm14 Sept
Iberia has secured approval from Spain’s aviation safety authority to carry out heavy maintenance on the entire Airbus A350 fleet, the airline said. The Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) granted Iberia’s Heavy Maintenance division the authorisation without operational limitations, giving the company full maintenance capabilities for the A350 for the first time. The […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm14 Sept
Egypt’s Red Sea Airlines has signed an agreement with SMBC Aviation Capital (SMBC) to lease two new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, with deliveries scheduled for July and August 2027, the airline said. The agreement was signed by Chief Executive Ahmed Shanan in the presence of Chairman and founder Hatem Kenawy and board members. The […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm14 Sept
Neuberger Specialty Finance (NBSF) has agreed with a group of aerospace finance professionals to launch New Bridge AeroFinance, an aerospace financing platform that will originate and acquire loans and other debt instruments across the sector. The platform, which will be led by Richard Moody alongside co-founders and principals Debbie Frew and William Glaister, initially aims […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm14 Sept
CFM International and Vietnam’s Vietjet have signed a letter of intent to assess the feasibility of developing local maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities for LEAP engines in Vietnam, the companies said during Vietnamese General Secretary and President To Lam’s official visit to France. Under the agreement, CFM would propose a consulting arrangement to advise […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm14 Sept
Latvia’s national airline airBaltic said this Monday it and certain subsidiaries had voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, seeking to restructure its finances while continuing to operate flights as normal. The carrier, which describes itself as the leading airline in the Baltic states, said the proceedings were initiated in the […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm14 Sept
EGYPTAIR Maintenance & Engineering has expanded an agreement with Boeing to deploy its Airplane Health Management (AHM) solution across the EGYPTAIR‘s growing Boeing 737 MAX fleet, the companies announced at the 2026 El-Alamein International Airshow. The agreement was signed by Mohamed Samy, Chairman and Chief Executive of EGYPTAIR Maintenance & Engineering, and Dave McKenna, Boeing […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm11 Sept
Japan Airlines (JAL) and French aircraft-maintenance drone maker Donecle have launched a joint project using fully autonomous drones for exterior aircraft inspections at JAL hangars, the companies said. The project is the first in Japan to use autonomous drones approved in aircraft manufacturers’ maintenance manuals for such inspections. It aims to improve the safety and […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm11 Sept