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Pegasus Airlines installs new CEO and CFO at Smartwings following takeover

Smartwings has appointed a new CEO and CFO following the confirmation that Pegasus Airlines has completed acquisition of Czech Airlines and Smartwings Group. On October 2, 2026, Smartwings announced that it was “entering a new chapter with two new leadership appointments” to the…

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KLM welcomes its first Airbus A350, named ‘The Night Watch’

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Defense

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FAA finds Boeing 737 MAX software issue poses no flight-safety risk

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Defense

Embraer, Mahindra pick Nagpur for potential C-390 assembly line

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Defense

Taiwan receives first two of 66 F-16V Block 70 jets amid rising Chinese pressure

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US Air Force B 1B Lancer

Defense

USAF B-1B joins NATO air defense drill over Lithuania and Latvia

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AVIATION ECONOMICS

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Pegasus Airlines completes its acquisition of Czech group Smartwings

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TAP Portugal

Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group submit final bids for TAP Air Portugal

October 1, 2026

Animawings A220

Romanian airline Animawings files for insolvency, disposes of entire A220 fleet

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Volotea files for preliminary creditor protection as it attempts to recapitalize

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Smartwings

Pegasus Airlines installs new CEO and CFO at Smartwings following takeover

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Riyadh Air Boeing 787 9 Dreamliner HZ RXAK

Riyadh Air shares photos of its first production Boeing 787-9 in indigo livery

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FlyOne Armenia orders two Airbus A321neo aircraft

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Alaska Airlines 787 Dreamliner

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DEFENSE

Northrop Grumman Talon Blue

Northrop Grumman’s autonomous cost-cutter Talon Blue takes first flight

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Indian Air Force Embraer C 390 Millennium airlifter

Embraer, Mahindra pick Nagpur for potential C-390 assembly line

October 2, 2026

Two gray military fighter jets in formation with landing gear down against a blue sky tail numbers 6827 and 6628 visible

Taiwan receives first two of 66 F-16V Block 70 jets amid rising Chinese pressure

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US Air Force B 1B Lancer

USAF B-1B joins NATO air defense drill over Lithuania and Latvia

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Finland presents first F-35s as transition to operational service begins

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BUSINESS IN AVIATION

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Bombardier Global 8000 cleared to land at London City

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TECHNOLOGY

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Epic E1000 AX wins FAA approval for Garmin Autoland

October 1, 2026

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Vertical Aerospace opens new assembly facility in the UK

September 25, 2026

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Pilatus PC-12 PRO’s Garmin autoland system wins FAA and EASA approval

September 24, 2026

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Heart Aerospace announces new ES-36 with more payload, JSX 100 aircraft order

September 23, 2026

Ex-Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO to chair Vertical Aerospace board of directors

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