Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Binter Canarias has placed an order for five additional Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, further expanding the carrier’s mainland Spain network. Embraer also said the deal includes four additional purchase rights, reinforcing Binter as one of the E2 program’s longest-running customers.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
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Axios
• Lucinda Shen
By Axios: The defense startup was valued at $61 billion in January.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: The FAA is testing Mobile Clearance technology at five airports, allowing pilots to receive IFR clearances through ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot.
ch-aviation
• Armin Kific
By ch-aviation: Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has announced that it will open a base at Pristina in November 2026. To start, the low-cost carrier will station one A321-200NX at the base and launch three new routes, to Brussels Charleroi, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, and Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, CH.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: IATA's Board has named WEF executive Saadia Zahidi as Director General. She becomes the first ever woman to hold the position.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: Relativity Space announced plans to build a second rocket factory near Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: ispace-Europe is heading to the Moon following a €65M commitment from ESA for Europe’s first lunar polar ice exploration rover mission.
European Spaceflight
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
rotorhub.com
• Matthew Wilson
FlightGlobal
• Graham Dunn
Bloomberg
• Edward Ludlow, Sana Pashankar
