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Bombardier’s Global 8000 has cleared its final major regulatory hurdle, receiving certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency, paving the way for customer operations in Europe.
The EASA approval follows type certification from Transport Canada in November 2025 and validation by the Federal Aviation Administration in December. Bombardier says the aircraft entered service in December 2025, marking the formal launch of its new...

A Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur is betting big that the chief safety problem in general aviation isn’t pilot skill, but rather aircraft design.
Greg Mercer, best known as the founder of e-commerce analytics company Jungle Scout, has launched Skytron, a clean-sheet, four-seat aircraft designed heavily around automation, fly-by-wire controls, and full flight-envelope protection....

Alaska Air Group reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results that came in ahead of expectations as the company said it entered 2026 with demand improving and a major integration milestone behind it following its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines...

A NASA F-15B research aircraft is helping to gather valuable insights into how commercial jets of the future could save fuel, potentially reducing the price that passengers pay for airline tickets.
On January 12, 2026, a NASA F-15B testbed jet completed a high-speed taxi test fitted with a three-foot-tall scale fin, known as the Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) test article, on the underbelly of the aircraft....