FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
The US Air Force has graduated its last class of newly qualified A-10 pilots, marking a final step in the pipeline as the service proceeds—albeit gradually—toward retiring the A-10 Thunderbolt II. The move signals near-term sustainment pressures for manned ground-attack force generation.
By aarcorp.com: The acquisition immediately expands AAR’s engineering and certification capabilities Wood Dale, Illinois — AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Aircraft Reconfig Technologies (ART) from ZIM Aircraft Cabin Solutions.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: GomSpace, the Danish satellite company, looks to play a key role in developing sovereign satellite capabilities in Ukraine.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
By Breitflyte: Airbus has today marked the 10th anniversary of the first aircraft delivery from the Airbus U.S. manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama. The first aircraft assembled in the U.S., an A321 affectionately known as ‘BluesMobile,’ was delivered to JetBlue on April 25, 2016.
Flying Magazine
• Meg Godlewski
By Flying Magazine: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cites corrosion in both engines as the probable cause of a Bombardier Challenger 604 crash on a Florida freeway in 2024.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
By Breitflyte: easyJet has today announced the launch of nine new routes across six UK airports, including new winter 2026/27 services to the Canary Islands, Egypt, France, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland and Slovenia.
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Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Long-range narrowbody will allow the airline to launch new routes with lower Canada took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR in Hamburg on April 24, becoming the first Canadian operator of the long-range narrowbody.
Airline Geeks
ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
By ch-aviation: This article is only available with a subscription for Commercial Aviation News, Operator & Airport Data.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SpaceNews.com
• John David Callison, Joseph Minafra
