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Lufthansa Group Maintains Positive Outlook Despite Q1 2025 Airline Losses

Lufthansa Group has reported revenue growth in Q1 2025, driven by record first-quarter earnings at Lufthansa Technik. Despite losses across its airlines, the group remains optimistic about the summer season and maintains its full-year guidance. This outlook comes amid ongoing US trade tension concerns and global airline challenges.

2025-04-29T01:03:43.728255-07:00

Reuters

US-China Tariff Escalation Grounds Aviation Sector

2025-04-28T21:36:51.021561-07:00

AeroTime

Belgian Labor Strikes Ground Flights at Major Airports

2025-04-29T01:46:08.577150-07:00

FlightGlobal

China's Aviation Giants Face Continued Losses Amid Trade Tensions

2025-04-29T21:52:16.784475-07:00

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Times of India

India and Japan Seal ‘Unicorn’ Pact to Remove Barriers in 2025 Defence Tech Cooperation India and Japan have signed a ‘Unicorn’ pact to remove regulatory barriers to 2025 defence technology collaboration, enabling joint R&D, co-production and expedited export clearances for advanced systems. The move cements their strategic partnership as a counterbalance to regional threats.

2025-05-05T07:07:12.119578-07:00

India and Japan Seal ‘Unicorn’ Pact to Remove Barriers in 2025 Defence Tech Cooperation

Payload

Europe Urged to Adopt US Defence Procurement Model to Bolster Resilience Amid an ongoing war in Europe and rising geopolitical tensions, defence experts warn that Europe’s fragmented, slow, and cautious procurement system risks leaving the continent vulnerable, and they recommend swift adoption of the US model to streamline acquisition and maintain strategic resilience.

2025-05-05T05:58:42.559938-07:00

Europe Urged to Adopt US Defence Procurement Model to Bolster Resilience

Janes

PAF Showcases JF-17 Block III Equipped with PL-15 Long-Range Missiles The Pakistan Air Force has released video footage of its JF-17 Block III fighter armed for the first time with China’s PL-15 beyond-visual-range missile. The integration extends the jet’s engagement envelope to over 200 km, strengthening Pakistan’s aerial deterrence amid regional tensions.

2025-05-05T04:18:46.868502-07:00

PAF Showcases JF-17 Block III Equipped with PL-15 Long-Range Missiles

South China Morning Post

Sixth-gen fighter could block airspace 1,000km from China’s shore, article says

2025-05-05T03:14:50.541698-07:00

Sixth-gen fighter could block ai

Aviation Source

SAS Says Airspace Closures Cost Scandinavia 1.2 Million Seats in 2024 New data from SAS shows that Belarus, Russia and Ukraine airspace closures in 2024 wiped out more than 1.2 million departing seats from Scandinavia’s network, pressuring capacity and compelling the carrier to reroute flights around restricted corridors.

2025-05-04T19:02:40.034974-07:00

SAS Says Airspace Closures Cost Scandinavia 1.2 Million Seats in 2024

cargoforwarder.eu

GRU-Backed Network Sabotaged DHL and DPD Freight Hubs Across Europe Authorities in Lithuania and Poland have detained two operatives accused of staging GRU-orchestrated sabotage at DHL’s Birmingham freight hub and a DPD parcel consigned via Vilnius Airport that incinerated in Jablonowo, Poland, using local single-use agents. Investigators traced the operations to a Russian military intelligence email contact.

2025-05-04T14:42:51.141400-07:00

GRU-Backed Network Sabotaged DHL and DPD Freight Hubs Across Europe

The Aviationist

IAF Deploys Fighters from Highway Dispersal Sites as Pakistan Stages Counter-Drills In early May, the Indian Air Force staged a highway dispersal exercise deploying almost its entire fighter fleet alongside transport and helicopter types to test rapid operational readiness. Pakistan has responded with its own series of drills, underscoring the heightened risk of aerial confrontation along their disputed frontier.

2025-05-04T10:58:45.727157-07:00

IAF Deploys Fighters from Highway Dispersal Sites as Pakistan Stages Counter-Drills

defence-industry.eu

U.S. Army AH-64 Apaches showcase precision in NATO live-fire exercise in Latvia On May 2, AH-64 Apache crews from the 1st Armored Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade, integrated with NATO’s Task Force Iron, conducted live-fire drills at Camp Adazi, Latvia. Supported by JTACs on the ground, crews leveraged real-time targeting data to hone interoperability and lethal engagement capabilities.

2025-05-04T02:42:42.604776-07:00

U.S. Army AH-64 Apaches showcase precision in NATO live-fire exercise in Latvia

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