eVTOL   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Beta Technologies  
eVTOL Insights • Thomas Sleightholm

BETA Technologies and Sora Aviation advance eVTOL flight testing toward FAA- and service-ready operations

BETA Technologies completed its first multistate electric aircraft flights under the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), supporting advanced air mobility operations in existing airspace. Separately, UK startup Sora Aviation says it has finished subscale S-1 eVTOL aircraft testing, targeting potential entry into service in 2031.

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2026-07-13T00:44:26.595674-07:00
Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Policy & Regulation  
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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

SibNIA aims to advance An-2 modernisation after securing type certificate

By FlightGlobal: Post-war biplanes still operational in Russia nearly 80 years after maiden flight. Siberian aviation research institute SibNIA will be able to modernise Soviet-era Antonov An-2s, after securing the type certificate for the biplane design.

2026-07-13T01:29:05.425230-07:00
Air Cargo & Freight Logistics   Middle East   Supply Chain   Europe   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact  
Reuters • Seher Dareen

Less than a month's supply: Europe's jet fuel stocks are wafer thin as Iran tensions flare

By Reuters: Europe has imported jet fuel from the U.S. and Asia, raised its refiners' output and drawn ​on stocks to keep planes flying – and yet it remains the region most exposed as renewed Middle Eastern tension raises the risk of further ‌supply disruption.

2026-07-12T22:29:51.640849-07:00