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UK retires most RAF Tranche 1 Typhoons amid industrial and strategic concerns
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has officially retired the bulk of its Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 1 fleet as of April 1, 2025. The move, long signaled but repeatedly revised over the years, has reignited debate over the UK’s defense priorities, industrial policy, and long-term airpower…
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Brisbane Airport celebrates 100 years of flights, unveils new corporate logo
Brisbane Airport, located in Queensland, Australia, and the country’s third busiest in terms of revenue traffic, marked its first 100 years of operations on April 1, 2025. To mark the…
United announces new flights to Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Adelaide and Manila
United Airlines is expanding its reach into the Asia-Pacific region with the announcement of new flights to Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and the Philippines. The airline said that new flights…
US approves $5.5B sale of F-16 fighter jets to the Philippines; China reacts
The United States has approved the possible sale of 20 F-16 fighter jets to the Philippines valued at $5.58 billion following US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s inaugural tour of the Asian…
Unical Aviation starts industry’s first Airbus A320neo disassembly program
Unical Aviation has announced the purchase of a fleet of Airbus A320neo airframes for the launch of the industry’s first disassembly program for neo-family aircraft. In a press release,…
Embraer to evaluate E2 manufacturing with Turkish Aerospace
Embraer is continuing its active pursuit of industrial cooperation plans outside of Brazil. On April 1, 2025, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer signed a Memorandum of Understanding…
Air Canada launches non-stop inaugural B787 flight from Vancouver to Manila
Air Canada’s inaugural flight from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) took off on April 2, 2025, marking the first direct service…
UK Defence signs $213 million helicopter maintenance deal with Leonardo
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has extended its contract with Leonardo under a £165 million ($213 million) deal for the maintenance of the Royal Navy’s fleet of 54 Merlin…
easyJet launches longest flight from London Gatwick to Cape Verde’s Sal Island
easyJet has introduced its longest-ever flight, connecting London Gatwick to Sal, an island in Cape Verde. On March 31, 2025, the airline announced Cape Verde, situated off Africa’s west…
LATAM A319 overruns runway while landing at Chapecó Airport in Brazil: video
An LATAM Airlines Airbus A319-112 veered off the runway while landing at Chapecó Airport (XAP) in Santa Catarina, Brazil. The incident took place on March 31, 2025, at 19:36 local time,…
Fiji Airways is the latest member airline of oneworld Alliance
oneworld has announced that Fiji Airways has become the latest member airline to join its global alliance. The flag carrier of Fiji and the South Pacific officially began its full membership…
Lufthansa temporarily deploys Airbus A350s to Frankfurt due to delivery delays
Lufthansa has temporarily deployed four Airbus A350-900s to Frankfurt Airport (FRA), with two more set to follow, in response to aircraft delivery delays. On April 1, 2025, the CEO of…
Sweden deploys Gripens to Poland in first NATO Air Policing mission
Sweden has officially launched its first forward deployment under NATO’s enhanced Air Policing mission, marking a significant milestone for the alliance’s newest member. On March 26,…
Air China launches inaugural Beijing-Vladivostok B737-800 flight service
Air China launched its inaugural flight service from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Vladivostok International Airport (VVO) on March 31, 2025. Flight CA 811 departed Beijing at…
SpaceX launches Fram2: first human spaceflight to explore Earth’s polar regions
SpaceX has successfully launched its first-ever human spaceflight to explore the Earth’s polar regions. The new mission comes just 14 days after the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9…
Boeing Starliner astronauts would travel on spacecraft again in a ‘heartbeat’
The NASA astronauts who spent an unscheduled nine months on the International Space Station (ISS) have spoken confidently about the Boeing Starliner spacecraft’s future during a press…
Senators outraged over US Army’s failure to provide ADS-B memo to crash probe
The US Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz has expressed outrage over the US Army’s failure to provide a memo relating to its use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)…
Airbus ACJneo executive aircraft awarded Chinese type certificate
The Airbus ACJneo family of aircraft, the executive version of the popular A320neo-family, has obtained its Validated Type Certificate (VTC) from the Civil Aviation Administration of China…
CEO of Cluj-Napoca International Airport shares this Romanian airport big plans
Over the last few years, Eastern Europe has seen an unprecedented increase in air connectivity. Driven primarily by low-cost carriers like Wizz Air and Ryanair, airports that were…
Huge confetti cannons to replace aircraft water salutes following European ban
Airlines and airports are to use huge confetti cannons to celebrate historic aviation milestones after a European ban on water salutes came into effect overnight. The much-loved…
Vertical adopts universal rapid charging tech favored by other eVTOL developers
Vertical Aerospace is to adopt the universal rapid charging standard favored by electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developers Archer Aviation and BETA Technologies. …
