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ATP Flight School Expands Training Fleet With 61 New Aircraft

ATP Flight School announced it is expanding its training fleet with the addition of 61 new aircraft in 2025, according to a press release on Tuesday. ATP said the new deliveries will include 54 Cessna 172 Skyhawks—each equipped with advanced Garmin G1000 NXi avionics—and seven Piper Seminoles featuring Garmin G1000 flight decks. With these additions, […]

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Blue Origin Announces All-Women Crew For Upcoming Mission

An all-women crew will take flight for Blue Origin’s 31st mission, the company announced Thursday.   Lauren Sánchez, a pilot, journalist and fiancé to the company’s founder Jeff Bezos, will head the mission. Sanchez will be joined by journalist Gayle King, singer Katy Perry, bioastronautics scientist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and […]

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Airbus Says Non-U.S. Orders Get Priority If Tariffs Imposed

Airbus says it may divert deliveries from the U.S. if tariffs raise prices to its American customers. In an unusually blunt statement at a company news conference last week CEO Guillaume Faury said he would not hesitate to “prioritize deliveries” to non-U.S. customers if the government imposes any of the wide-ranging tariffs that have been […]

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Delta Counters Crash Pilot ‘Disinformation’

Delta Airlines has issued a statement countering what it says are “false and misleading assertions” about the experience and past performance of the pilots of the Endeavor Air CRJ 900 that crashed in Toronto on Feb. 17. Social media and YouTube has exploded with commentary and analysis, some of it centering on the fact that […]

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Piper Aircraft Reports Strongest Performance In 20 Years

Piper Aircraft wrapped up 2024 with its strongest performance in over two decades, delivering 291 aircraft—a 20% increase from the previous year. The company attributes this growth to rising demand, particularly for the newly introduced M700 FURY. Piper’s 300-knot flagship turboprop launched in March 2024 and saw 46 deliveries in its debut year. Piper also […]

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Honeywell Splits In Three, Forms Standalone Aviation Company

Honeywell announced it’s splitting its huge company into three separate entities including one that concentrates on aviation. The company, described as one of the U.S.’s last big conglomerates, will divide into aviation, automation and advanced materials businesses. The decision came after pressure from an activist investor, Elliot Management, bought $5 billion in stock late last […]

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Daher Delivers TBM 960 For Wildfire Air Attack Operations

Daher Aircraft delivered the first two TBM 960 “birddog” aircraft to Conair Group, Inc. to support wildfire air attack operations in Canada, the company announced Tuesday. Conair, a global leader in aerial firefighting, said it selected the TBM 960 after an extensive evaluation of 50 aircraft types. The pressurized, turboprop-powered TBM 960 stood out for […]

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Airbus Bows Out Of Cargo Business

Airbus has discovered that success in the airliner business does not necessarily translate to success in the airline business. The planemaker shut down its oversized cargo carrier Beluga last week after just 14 months in operation. And the reason cited for the sudden closure? It’s too hard, according to the company that built a 600-seat […]

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