Aviation and space news
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August 21, 2026
Scheduled passenger air transport in Brazil ended last year with no accidents or fatalities, with a total of 914,000 takeoffs according to the 2025 edition of the Annual Report on…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will focus its 2026 Cargo Expert Conference (CEC) on practical ways to improve everyday air cargo operations through…
Incorrect interpretation of AMM limits One of the most frequent errors in hydraulic maintenance is interpreting the limits of the AMM (Aircraft Maintenance Manual) as a…
Adelaide Airport, considered the fifth busiest by passenger traffic in Australia, will launch a technology modernization program that will include new solutions for…
Southwest Airlines has entered into a new $2 billion revolving credit agreement with a stated maturity date of Aug. 10, 2031. The deal includes an uncommitted accordion feature that could increase…
From a historic airfield in Neuhardenberg near Berlin, Benjamin Wolba, co-founder of the first-ever European Defense Tech Hub Festival, joins Torsten Kriening to explain how a group of civilians is…
LOT Polish Airlines will connect Paris-Orly with Gdańsk year-round from 5 April 2027, with four weekly flights.
Investigation into Endeavor Air incident at Atlanta finds both wings made ground contact during overcorrection. US investigators believe a MHIRJ CRJ700 attempting to land at Atlanta struck the…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- The crash occurred on the morning of 20 August 2026, as the aircraft was flying over mountainous, hard-to-reach terrain during a tourist flight between the reserve…
Proteus Space has been selected by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (Draper) to develop an advanced in-orbit mission under a multi-year agreement. The company will take on the…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- According to the Spanish Ministry of Defence on 17 August 2026, the first aircraft of the VIGMA programme have arrived at their bases to replace the…
State-owned carrier Ethiopian Airlines has published the shortlist of prequalified companies for building the new international airport in Bishoftu. Among…
Chinese airline China Southern Airlines launched a direct cargo route between Oslo-Gardermoen Airport and Shanghai-Pudong Airport on 19 August 2026…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- The US space agency laid out on August 19, 2026, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, the mission's full sequence, described as «one of the…
Eight people died this Thursday when the Cessna 441 aircraft they were travelling in crashed near a remote radar station in western Alaska, the US military reported…
Detailed on the safety watchdog’s website, the report from an “experienced Air Traffic Controller” expresses concerns that the Sydney Terminal Control Unit (TCU) is “not ready to safely manage the…
Icelandair Group has acquired a 49% stake in Fly Play Europe Holdco (FPE) as part of a strategy to enhance operational flexibility and create new international business opportunities. Icelandair…
HAECO and China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (CALC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the development of an engine lifecycle support platform in Hong Kong. The proposed…
JAXA has set 20 October for the launch of MMX, the world's first mission designed to return a sample from the Mars region, also demonstrating round-trip Earth–Mars travel technologies."
The first European Defence Tech Hub Festival opened at Neuhardenberg with more than 200 founders, engineers, soldiers and investors in one hangar. The recurring theme was not invention but…
LandSpace successfully recovers the first stage of the Zhuque-3 after its second orbital launch…
HawkEye 360 has won a contract to provide commercial radio frequency data to support U.S. national security missions under the National Reconnaissance Office’s Commercial Radio Frequency Capability…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III returned to Christchurch on August 18 while flying to Antarctica, after authorities…
Taiwan's first flight test of a domestically developed satellite launch vehicle, conducted by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, ended in flight termination shortly after…
The team preparing to launch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman space telescope completed a mission dress rehearsal this Thursday from Florida's Space Coast…
US President Donald J. Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum this Thursday to revitalize US leadership in space transportation…
Heart Aerospace flies the X1, the largest 100% electric aircraft in the world. Successful test flight in the US ahead of the ES-30's launch.
Daniel Biedermann, a partner at NewSpace Capital, gives his insights on what technologies are driving the future of space tech. The post Op-ed: The Technologies That Could Define the Future of Space…
Perfect mastery of the third dimension. A short summer series for aeroVFR readers featuring memorable flights that shaped or steered pilots' careers…
Amazon’s Prime Air service is rapidly expanding and plans to reach nearly 500 cities and towns in the United States by the end of 2026—a sixfold increase from its current footprint – bringing…
