Smiths Detection today announces that it has launched the SDX 10060 XDi, a X-ray scanner powered by diffraction technology. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) is inspection technology offering highly accurate material discrimination and substance identification based on an object’s molecular structure. ...

Firefly Green Fuels will supply Wizz Air with more than half a million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over a 15-year period, it was announced today. This morning, the UK-based SAF producer, which is converting sewage sludge to sustainable aviation fuel, set out its plan to be producing...

Airbus SE shareholders approved all resolutions at the Company’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 10 April in Amsterdam. Resolutions included the renewal of the three-year Board mandate of Chairman René Obermann and those of fellow non-executive directors Victor Chu, Jean-Pierre Clama...

The Future Aviation Forum (FAF) returns to Riyadh from 20-22 May 2024, bringing together 5,000 experts and aviation leaders from over 100 countries, including ministers, regulators, manufacturers, airlines, and airports. The Forum will find solutions to the sectors main challenges, inviting atten...

Vallair, the mature aircraft MRO specialist, has completed the update and build of its fully integrated aerostructure repair, and engine teardown & component repair facility in Châteauroux, France. Streamlining these capabilities not only saves time but also offers airlines and lessors a hig...

CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (“CDB Leasing”), announced today that the lessor executed a new Sustainability Linked Loan transaction on March 26, 2024, anchored with a $506 million unsecured term loan facility. The new faci...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for February 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), was up 21.5% compared to February 2023. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers...

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd, the global aviation services company, today announced that it has signed an AED 2.75 billion (US$750 million) 5-year unsecured term loan with Emirates NBD Bank P.J.S.C. (“ENBD”). The loan will be used for general corporate purposes and support the future ...

C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, has purchased an E190 aircraft from Nordic Aviation Capital. This complete aircraft is currently being disassembled in Portugal and parts from this aircraft will join C&L’s growing E170/190 inventory at the company’s main headquarters i...

From legal details regarding the recruitment of foreign skilled workers to passenger rights and the General Data Protection Regulation: The demand for legal expertise in the aviation industry is becoming more and more complex. Therefore, the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG), wh...

Boeing chief Dave Calhoun has today announced he will step down as CEO by the end of the year. The company said Calhoun, who has been CEO since 2020, will continue to lead Boeing through the year to "complete the critical work underway to stabilise and position the company for the future". His...

Britten Norman has secured new investment from a group of investors led by 4D Capital Partners LLP (“4D”), a Private Equity firm that focuses on operational improvement and business transformation. The new investors are making funds available to Britten-Norman to fund working capital and to d...

Specialist regional aircraft lessor, TrueNoord, has secured a new Term Loan with Deutsche Bank. The financing will support TrueNoord’s ongoing business growth and fleet expansion, and sees them welcome Deutsche Bank as a new banking partner. Legal advisers Clifford Chance acted on behalf of ...

Vallair, the mature asset specialist, has completed the sale of a CFM56-5B3/P engine, (serial number 779740), to an undisclosed customer. Fresh from performance restoration with full life remaining at -5B3 thrust level, the engine is a perfect candidate for lease across the A320 family of aircraf...

Australia's aviation industry faces a skills shortage after losing so many workers to the coronavirus pandemic, experts have warned. It is estimated 25,000 people left the commercial aviation sector in Australia after airlines made staffing cuts, having been one of the worst hit industries throug...