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Africa Aircraft Finance & Leasing Orders ATR

ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Cabo Verde’s CVsky adds ATR 72-600 under 12-year Avation lease

Cabo Verde’s state-owned domestic carrier, Linhas Aéreas de Cabo Verde, trading as CVsky, has added an ATR 72-600 under a 12-year operating lease with Singapore-based lessor Avation. The agreement expands the carrier’s fleet with a turboprop aircraft for its domestic operations.

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2026-10-12T08:06:17.331061-07:00

NASA

Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

NASA X-59 reaches Mach 1.53 in new supersonic speed record

By Air Data News: Experimental aircraft completed six flights in four days as NASA expanded its flight envelope ahead of NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft reached Mach 1.53 during an intensive series of six flights in four days, setting a new speed record for the supersonic demonstrator developed to test quieter flight over land.

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2026-10-12T08:45:36.549657-07:00

BizAv Orders Airlines

ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

US's Evolution Airways expands fleet amid surging demand

By ch-aviation: Discover more news on Evolution Airways at ch-aviation, the leading aviation news and data provider.

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2026-10-12T08:54:57.051739-07:00

Helicopter Aviation Safety & Regulation

AINonline • Matt Thurber

EASA Approves True Blue Lithium-ion Main-ship Battery for Airbus EC135

By AINonline: TB30 or TB40 weighs up to 19.4 kg less than the original nicad system.

1 Source

2026-10-12T09:05:01.027133-07:00

MRO Supply Chain Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)

FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

Inside Chromalloy’s push to disrupt engine OEMs’ aftermarket stranglehold

By FlightGlobal: Turbofan component maker Chromalloy is expanding, seeking to capitalise on the competing needs of two fast-growing segments: aerospace and AI data centers.

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2026-10-12T08:06:00.333595-07:00

BizAv North America Airports Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management

AeroTime • Ian Molyneaux

NetJets to build three new US terminals and transition to larger space at DJT

By AeroTime: NetJets plans to build three new private terminals in the United States (US) and transition to a larger space at Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT).

1 Source

2026-10-12T08:19:23.030261-07:00

Leadership Europe Airlines

AeroTime • Ian Molyneaux

Aegean names new CEO as one of Europe’s longest-serving airline chiefs bows out

By AeroTime: Aegean Airlines has named a new CEO as one of Europe's longest-serving chief executives, Dimitris Gerogiannis, called time on a 20-year leadership.

Also: FlightGlobal and aeromorning.com

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2026-10-12T06:19:21.537554-07:00

MRO Helicopter

AINonline • Matt Thurber

GPMS Signs Wisk Air for Bell 412 and 407 GXi Foresight MX HUMS

By AINonline: MEMS-based system delivers actionable data to support proactive maintenance.

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2026-10-12T07:05:02.173577-07:00

Cabo Verde’s CVsky adds ATR 72-600 under 12-year Avation lease

NASA X-59 reaches Mach 1.53 in new supersonic speed record

US's Evolution Airways expands fleet amid surging demand

EASA Approves True Blue Lithium-ion Main-ship Battery for Airbus EC135

Inside Chromalloy’s push to disrupt engine OEMs’ aftermarket stranglehold

NetJets to build three new US terminals and transition to larger space at DJT

Aegean names new CEO as one of Europe’s longest-serving airline chiefs bows out

GPMS Signs Wisk Air for Bell 412 and 407 GXi Foresight MX HUMS

EASA Approves True Blue Lithium-ion Main-ship Battery for Airbus EC135

Cabo Verde’s CVsky, Avation ink ATR72-600 lease

US's Evolution Airways expands fleet amid surging demand

NASA X-59 reaches Mach 1.53 in new supersonic speed record

Inside Chromalloy’s push to disrupt engine OEMs’ aftermarket stranglehold

Airport training site in Laos extends China’s clout in Southeast Asia

FAA Cuts Pattern Work, Parallel Departures at Colorado’s Centennial Airport

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