Flying Magazine
• Ryan Ewing
New FAA airmen data for 2025 shows student pilot numbers increasing alongside a younger overall pilot population. It also indicates women pilots have surpassed 100,000 for the first time, marking a milestone in gender participation in civil aviation.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: Spacety raises $190 million to scale satellite manufacturing, plans IPO Chinese satellite maker Spacety has completed multiple rounds of equity financing worth $190 million to scale its vertically integrated satellite manufacturing and data services model.
Aviation Week
• Steve Trimble
By Aviation Week: Bahraini F-16 Block 70 achieves first air-to-air kill, intercepting Iranian drones amid regional tensions and missile attacks.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: HawkEye 360 files to go public HawkEye 360 files to go public.
The Atlantic
• Rebecca Boyle
By The Atlantic: NASA’s Artemis II mission is bringing home a view of the moon unlike any humanity has seen before.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: South African Airways’ group chief, John Lamola, has resigned and will step down from the top post at the end of April.The company has appointed an acting chief — catering subsidiary Air Chefs had Matshela Seshibe — while it looks to recruit a permanent successor.
AirInsight
• Addison Schonland
By AirInsight: If China's airlines receive 33 C919s in 2026, COMAC would only reach a rate of 2–3/month, constrained by LEAP‑1C engine risk and export limits.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
By Breitflyte: Air France-KLM Group has announced a reorganization of their Paris operations in a move that plays tom the strengths of each of the Group’s airlines. On Thursday (April 9, 2026), Air France-KLM Group announced that Air France has consolidated all domestic and international departures from Paris at Charles de Gaulle Airport (with the exception of some Corsica routes operated under a French public service obligation), while Transavia has firmly established itself as the Group’s reference operator.
AINonline
• Charles Alcock
Reuters
• Abhijith Ganapavaram, Allison Lampert
Defense Daily
• Rich Abott
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
The Aviationist
• Stefano D'Urso
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
