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Biggin Hill completes runway resurfacing with eight‑figure HSBC UK funding to ease bizjet operations

London Biggin Hill Airport has completed a runway resurfacing project funded by an eight‑figure package from HSBC UK, part of a wider programme of airfield and services upgrades. The works are intended to smooth business‑jet arrivals and improve scheduling and planning for operators at the London business airport.

2025-12-09T08:36:24.672436-08:00

IATA

IATA cuts 2025 SAF forecast to 1.9 million tonnes, warns mandates and targets at risk

2025-12-09T05:15:16.455770-08:00

Reuters

Boeing completes roughly $4.7B takeover of Spirit AeroSystems, brings 737 MAX fuselage work in-house

2025-12-08T05:57:58.126094-08:00

FlightGlobal

Pegasus launches €154m ($179m) takeover bid for Smartwings, outbidding LOT to accelerate Central Europe expansion

2025-12-08T00:27:20.803924-08:00

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Via Satellite

Ofcom approves UK regulatory framework for satellite direct‑to‑device services in mobile bands Ofcom has authorised a regulatory framework allowing satellite direct‑to‑device (D2D) services to use UK mobile spectrum bands, setting rules for licensing, spectrum access and coexistence with incumbent mobile networks. The move clears the way for commercial handset‑to‑space trials and deployments by satellite operators and mobile carriers.

2025-12-09T13:09:23.911212-08:00

Ofcom approves UK regulatory framework for satellite direct‑to‑device services in mobile bands

FlightGlobal

Anduril and GKN Aerospace sign exclusive teaming deal to build 'loyal wingman' ACP airframe for British Army Anduril UK and GKN Aerospace have signed an exclusive teaming agreement to design and manufacture an Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) demonstrator airframe on the Isle of Wight, bidding to supply 'loyal wingman' drones for the British Army's Project NYX to operate alongside Apache attack helicopters.

2025-12-09T10:33:05.532023-08:00

Anduril and GKN Aerospace sign exclusive teaming deal to build 'loyal wingman' ACP airframe for British Army

AINonline

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Biggin Hill completes runway resurfacing with eight‑figure HSBC UK funding to ease bizjet operations London Biggin Hill Airport has completed a runway resurfacing project funded by an eight‑figure package from HSBC UK, part of a wider programme of airfield and services upgrades. The works are intended to smooth business‑jet arrivals and improve scheduling and planning for operators at the London business airport.

2025-12-09T08:36:24.672436-08:00

Biggin Hill completes runway resurfacing with eight‑figure HSBC UK funding to ease bizjet operations

Airways Magazine

Lufthansa and airBaltic deepen codeshare on Riga–Frankfurt; reciprocal LH/BT marketing starts Dec. 17 Lufthansa and airBaltic are expanding their codeshare on Riga–Frankfurt: from 17 December Lufthansa will place its LH code on airBaltic-operated RIX–FRA services while airBaltic adds BT to Lufthansa flights on the same route. The reciprocal arrangement applies to transfer connections via Frankfurt to simplify access to Lufthansa’s global network.

2025-12-09T07:06:07.891339-08:00

Lufthansa and airBaltic deepen codeshare on Riga–Frankfurt; reciprocal LH/BT marketing starts Dec. 17

IATA

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IATA cuts 2025 SAF forecast to 1.9 million tonnes, warns mandates and targets at risk IATA has reduced its 2025 sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production forecast to 1.9 million tonnes — roughly 0.6% of global jet fuel — with output rising to just 2.4Mt in 2026. The association blames weak policy support and SAF prices up to five times fossil, creating $3.6bn in extra 2025 costs.

2025-12-09T05:15:16.455770-08:00

IATA cuts 2025 SAF forecast to 1.9 million tonnes, warns mandates and targets at risk

FlightGlobal

U.S. approves possible $79M sale of 240 AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles to Belgium to arm MQ-9B SkyGuardian The U.S. State Department approved a possible foreign military sale allowing Belgium to buy 240 Lockheed Martin AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles in a roughly $79 million package. The weapons are intended to arm Belgium's MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft, adding air-to-surface strike capability.

2025-12-09T03:46:32.680700-08:00

U.S. approves possible $79M sale of 240 AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles to Belgium to arm MQ-9B SkyGuardian

AeroTime

Russia's last airworthy Antonov An-22 crashes near Ivanovo; seven dead A Russian Antonov An-22 military transport crashed on 9 December during a post‑maintenance test flight near Ivanovo, about 250 km northeast of Moscow, killing all seven crew. Russian authorities say the airframe — reportedly the last airworthy An‑22 — broke up in flight over uninhabited terrain.

2025-12-09T03:03:43.638191-08:00

Russia's last airworthy Antonov An-22 crashes near Ivanovo; seven dead

satnews

Swedish Space Corporation to rebrand as SSC Space from 2026 to unify global operations Swedish Space Corporation will rebrand as SSC Space at the start of 2026, consolidating its global operations under a single name. The move caps a 24‑month strategy to shift the organisation from a legacy range operator toward a vertically integrated space services provider.

2025-12-08T15:18:19.053764-08:00

Swedish Space Corporation to rebrand as SSC Space from 2026 to unify global operations