With the Iran war in its third week and developments pointing towards escalation rather than resolution, the global airline sector is adapting to a string of challenges. With the Iran war in... Read more »

Jetstar’s first revamped Boeing 787 Dreamliner took to the skies on April 7, 2026, operating its inaugural service from Melbourne to Phuket and giving customers a taste of the new-look cabin and... Read more »

TAP Air Portugal posted a net profit of €4.1 million in 2025, the airline announced on April 9, 2026, extending a run of profitability that began in 2022.  The figure was heavily... Read more »

Two French Air and Space Force Rafale B fighters scrambled from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania on April 8, 2026, following a NATO Alpha Scramble alert, in the French detachment’s first interception... Read more »

Belgium has ordered five Cessna SkyCourier turboprops for its Special Operations Forces, becoming the first military customer for the twin-engine utility aircraft.  Textron Aviation announced the contract on April 7, 2026, describing the selection as... Read more »

The US Army has for the first time launched a drone from an AH-64E Apache attack helicopter, firing an Anduril Industries Altius 700 medium-range launched effect during a warfighting experiment at Yuma... Read more »

Germany’s interest in acquiring the MQ-28 Ghost Bat has moved from diplomatic signals to a formal industrial partnership in a matter of days, as Rheinmetall announced on March 31, 2026, that it had agreed... Read more »

Embraer’s KC-390 Millennium demonstrator has completed short takeoff and landing operations at Sweden’s Vidsel Test Range as part of the aircraft’s ongoing world demonstration tour, with the manufacturer reporting full mission success under extreme cold... Read more »

The United States has informally asked Poland to consider redeploying one of its two Patriot air defense batteries to the Middle East and to transfer PAC-3 MSE interceptors already in Polish military... Read more »