Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

On July 15, 2025, Luxair, the flag carrier of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, announced a major route expansion for the 2026 summer season. The Luxembourgish airline will launch up to eight nine routes, most of which have an unmistakable leisure orientation. Luxair will be connecting Luxembourg (LUX) to Girona (GRO), Edinburgh (EDI), Helsinki (HEL), Tunis (TUN), Alicante (ALC), Bilbao (BIO), Zakynthos (ZTH) and Patras-Araxos (PTH), in Greece, as well as to Porto Santo (PXO), a small Portuguese is

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Airlines Airline 281

Simple Flying

JULY 16, 2025

The Airbus A220 is one of the most interesting aircraft to have been developed in the 21st century. Originally designed by Bombardier as the C-Series, Airbus acquired the program in 2018, and since then, Airbus has continued to invest in the aircraft. Airbus is incorporating new upgrades in avionics, continues to bump the plane's Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW), and is improving the sustainability of the A220.

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Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

Hydrogen aviation startup ZeroAvia has signed an agreement with Canadian advanced air mobility developer Horizon Aircraft to potentially build a hydrogen-electric version of the Cavorite X7 eVTOL. Through this partnership, both companies will explore the possibility of fitting ZeroAvia’s ZA600 hydrogen fuel cell powertrain to this new aircraft, which is currently under development.

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Aviation News

JULY 16, 2025

Aviation News July 16, 2025 – Pratt & Whitney Canada marks four decades of powering Textron Aviation’s Cessna Caravan with its PT6A turboprop engine. Since.

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Cargo 76

Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 16, 2025

Aviation Business News has launched webinar s as part of our growing portfolio of digital media products for aviation professionals. The webinar s will be aimed at our dedicated readership involved in Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), cabin products and services supply and operations, and low cost and regional flying. In a fast-changing world, ABN webinar s will be a vital source of the latest information and trends in specific business critical areas of airline operations.

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Airlines Airline 40

Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

Chinese advanced air mobility developer TCab Tech signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 16, 2025, to sell 350 of its E20 eVTOLs to Emirati firm Autocraft. This agreement, which could potentially be worth US$1 billion, is the largest single order for a Chinese-made eVTOL to date. Autocraft is the advanced air mobility arm of Kintsugi, an Abu Dhabi-based conglomerate that invests in the development and deployment of advanced technologies in different fields.

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Aviation Technology 279

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 16, 2025

On this day in aviation history—July 16, 1948—the Vickers Viscount took to the skies for the first time, marking a major milestone in commercial aviation. Designed by Vickers-Armstrong in response to the post-World War II recommendations of the Brabazon Committee, the Viscount was developed as a medium-range passenger airliner and became the world’s first turboprop-powered airliner to enter service.

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Ceiling Airlines Airline 65

One Mile at a Time

JULY 16, 2025

In April 2024, Greece’s Aegean Airlines announced plans to acquire four A321LRs, which will usher in a new era for the airline. There’s now an update, as the airline has additionally announced plans to acquire two A321XLRs, and deliveries are imminent! Aegean will add six long range A321neos to fleet Star Alliance member Aegean exclusively flies Airbus A320-family aircraft, and the airline is currently modernizing its fleet with new A320neos and A321neos, all of which are in a regional configura

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Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

A suspect has been arrested after allegedly stealing a small passenger aircraft and approaching the airspace of Vancouver International Airport (YVR), one of the busiest airports in Canada. On July 15, 2025, around 13:10 local time, the Richmond Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) received a report indicating that a Cessna 172, operated by the Victoria Flying Club, had been stolen from the Vancouver Island region and was entering the airspace near Vancouver International Airport (YVR).

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AV Web

JULY 16, 2025

Women in Aviation International (WAI) announced today that its 2026 scholarship program is officially open, with over 50 different available opportunities valued at more than $200,000. Scholarships are offered for various fields, including flight training, engineering, maintenance, dispatch, and career advancement. They are available to applicants at any stage of their aviation journey.

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Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

Air India has announced that it is to restore some of the flights that were cut during a ‘safety pause’ following the tragic crash of Flight AI171, which killed 260 people. In a statement released on July 15, 2025, Air India said that the pause had enabled the airline to perform “additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 aircraft,” as well as “accommodating longer flying times arising from airspace closures over Pakistan and the Middle East”.

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Airlines Airline 268

Flying Magazine

JULY 16, 2025

The FAA is slightly modifying rules governing mandatory rest periods for air traffic controllers. The agency said it reached an agreement with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) that will change the required off-duty period before a midnight shift from 12 hours to 10 hours. The adjustment will make it easier to maintain adequate staffing at ATC centers, officials said, and will not undermine efforts to ensure controllers are well-rested and alert for their shifts.

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Aviation News

JULY 16, 2025

16 July 2025 – Aviation NewsChinese eVTOL developer TCab Tech has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Emirati firm Autocraft to supply 350 E20 electric.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 16, 2025

The MRO business in the Baltics/Eastern Europe region is being supercharged by traffic growth and the ambitions of individual airports. Kevin Rozario reports While MRO is a globalised industry, some areas are punching above their weight due to faster-than-average aviation growth and/or more competitive labour costs for high value maintenance staff. The Baltics and Eastern Europe is one of these regions.

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Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

The United Kingdom has officially lifted a five-year ban on Pakistani airlines, following significant improvements in the country’s aviation safety standards. The ban, imposed in June 2020, came after a safety scandal revealed that a large number of Pakistani pilots were flying with fraudulent licenses. The issue surfaced in the wake of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Flight 8303 crash in Karachi, which killed 97 people.

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Simple Flying

JULY 16, 2025

The Concorde program was the world's first supersonic airliner, undertaken in a joint development and manufacturing effort by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC ). The Concorde took its first flight in March 1969, and was introduced in January 1976. For its time, Concorde was revolutionary, and the aircraft is considered by many to be the coolest-looking and most ambitious commercial airliner seen before or since.

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Jet Airlines Airline 93

Flying Magazine

JULY 16, 2025

The Tillamook Air Museum is preparing for the arrival of a combat-tested Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier. The aircraft will make the flight under its own power from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California to Oregon in August. According to museum officials, the target arrival date is August 4, depending on weather and operational schedules. It is suggested the public monitor the museum’s social media channels as the date approaches.

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Simple Flying

JULY 16, 2025

American Airlines is proof that failure isn’t final. First founded almost a hundred years ago, in 1926 as American Airways, the company that we know today as American Airlines was created as a merger of more than 80 small air carriers in 1930. The airline revolutionized commercial aviation with early innovations like operating the iconic Douglas DC-3 and building the world’s first airport lounge.

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Turbulence Airlines Airline Weather 111

AV Web

JULY 16, 2025

General Aviation advocacy groups are seeing the current public outcry over air traffic control challenges as a chance to “seize the day” and make lasting improvements in the National Airspace System. While record delays and stories of airline passengers stranded on ramps for hours have garnered headlines, tragic accidents have also dominated the news cycles.

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Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

Jetstar Airways and Indian carrier IndiGo have entered a new codeshare agreement aimed at boosting tourism in Australia and New Zealand. Under the new agreement, IndiGo customers will have access to 14 Jetstar Airways destinations across Australia and New Zealand. Jetstar Airways and IndiGo sign new codeshare agreement boosting Australia and New Zealand tourism sectors [link] @IndiGo6E pic.twitter.com/Pq6D25WSfM — Jetstar Airways (@JetstarAirways) July 15, 2025 The agreement will allow Ind

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Airlines Airline 254

Aviation News

JULY 16, 2025

16 July 2025 – Aviation NewsAirbus Defence and Space has partnered with U.S.-based Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to develop a European variant of the.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 16, 2025

Aviation Business News has launched webinar s as part of our growing portfolio of digital media products for aviation professionals. The webinar s will be aimed at our dedicated readership involved in Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), cabin products and services supply and operations, and low cost and regional flying. In a fast-changing world, ABN webinar s will be a vital source of the latest information and trends in specific business critical areas of airline operations.

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Airlines Airline 40

Simple Flying

JULY 16, 2025

An IndiGo flight 6E–6271, an Airbus A320neo operating from Delhi to Goa, was forced to divert to Mumbai on Wednesday, July 16, following a reported mid-air engine issue. The aircraft landed safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, where a full emergency had been declared ahead of arrival.

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Airlines Airline 103

Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 16, 2025

ExecuJet MRO Services Australasia has reached a new operational milestone, with three Dassault Falcon aircraft undergoing heavy maintenance checks concurrently at its Sydney Airport facility – the first time the company has handled such volume simultaneously. The trio comprises a Falcon 2000EX EASy undergoing a 24-yearly (3C) inspection alongside a full airframe repaint, an Australian-registered Falcon 900EX receiving an ‘out of phase’ check, and a Falcon 900EX EASy in for a scheduled 36-m

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One Mile at a Time

JULY 16, 2025

Ordinarily I don’t cover individual domestic route additions, but this one from Delta Air Lines is interesting and even a bit puzzling, given the competitive implications (yes, it’s another route that JonNYC predicted, of course). Delta entering crowded Los Angeles to Chicago market As of June 7, 2026, Delta will launch a new 3x daily service between Los Angeles (LAX) and Chicago (ORD).

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Airlines Airline 113

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 16, 2025

By Randy Malmstrom Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular. He has a particular penchant for documenting specific airframes with a highly detailed series of walk-around images and an in-depth exploration of their history, which have proved to be popular with many of those who have seen them, and we thought our readers would be equally fascinated too.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 16, 2025

Dubai-based cargo carrier SolitAir has selected Eight Wings Aerospace to provide a full suite of integrated technical and logistics services, including power-by-the-hour support, as it scales its Boeing 737-800 freighter fleet. The new partnership will see Eight Wings Aerospace deliver technical procurement, repair management, logistics, asset management, and PBH (power-by-the-hour) operations management for SolitAir.

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Cargo Airlines Airline 40

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 16, 2025

By Dan Rivera The Sky Was Never the Limit During a time when the United States Armed Forces were racially segregated and African Americans were openly deemed unfit for combat roles by prevailing racist doctrines, a group of determined Black men took to the skies and changed history. These aviators, who became famously known as the Tuskegee Airmen or the Red Tails, not only broke the color barrier in military aviation but also shattered myths of inferiority with every mission they flew, every bom

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Aviation News

JULY 16, 2025

16 July 2025 – Aviation NewsThe operator of a large solar farm near Schiphol Airport has been ordered by a Haarlem court to partially dismantle the facility due to dangerous glare affecting pilots…

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Simple Flying

JULY 16, 2025

Southwest Airlines is one of the most iconic US airlines. The low-cost carrier has become one of the world’s largest airlines and budget carriers. Over the years, it has gained a loyal following thanks to its unique approach: even for its most basic fares, Southwest Airlines offered passengers two free checked bags, no change or cancel fees, and a non-expiring flight credit.

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Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

The Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of MH-60R Romeo helicopters has reached a milestone of 50,000 flying hours and 10 years of service. The MH-60R has proved a critical asset in the navy’s maritime operations, delivering surface and sub-surface warfare, surveillance, search and rescue, and utility support across a wide range of operational and training environments.

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Cargo 178

Flying Magazine

JULY 16, 2025

The Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) temporarily grounded all flights for arriving aircraft after a small private aircraft taking off began circling about 40 miles north. The Canadian airport notified the public of a security incident that took place on Tuesday in a news release. While the facility didn’t specify what occurred, it did state that the Royal Canadian Mountain Police (RCMP) responded and arrivals were halted for 39 minutes.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 52

Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

Thales is set to acquire RTX’s stake in Thales Raytheon Systems Air and Missile Defense Command and Control SAS (TRS AMDC2), a joint venture that underpins NATO’s critical air-defense capabilities. TRS AMDC2 develops and maintains NATO’s Air Command and Control System (ACCS), an integrated command framework launched in 1999 to coordinate NATO air operations within and beyond the Euro-Atlantic region.

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Clearance 156

Aviation News

JULY 16, 2025

Aviation News July 17, 2025 – International Air Tattoo (RIAT) 2025 began on a wet note this Thursday, as rain swept across RAF Fairford. Despite.

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Weather 59

Aerotime

JULY 16, 2025

Airbus Defence and Space has entered a strategic partnership with US-based Kratos Defense and Security Solutions to develop a European variant of the XQ-58A Valkyrie, an uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) expected to be operational with the German Air Force by 2029. The XQ-58A is a low-observable, rail-launched drone with a maximum takeoff weight of around three tons.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 16, 2025

Textron Aviation has introduced three new interior design schemes for its Cessna Grand Caravan EX. The company, which owns the Cessna brand, shared images of the new Lunar, Obsidian, and Saddle Sport interiors on Tuesday. The Lunar scheme is white, the Obsidian scheme is black, and the Saddle Sport scheme has elements of light brown and dark brown. The Cessna Grand Caravan’s new Obsidian interior.

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Airlines Airline 55

Simple Flying

JULY 16, 2025

The US Department of Justice has reported that Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $8.1 million to settle claims that the company violated the conditions of federal relief funds that it received during the pandemic. Delta received approximately $11.9 billion under the Payroll Support Program (PSP), which was created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to provide financial support to airlines and other businesses.

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Airlines Airline 105