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Rendering of Deutsche Aircraft’s Leipzig/Halle Airport final assembly line facility, and of the D328eco parked in one of the hangars.

Deutsche Aircraft on the real-world sustainability of its D328eco

A flurry of announcements has seen Deutsche Aircraft move closer to delivering its next-generation D328eco 40-seat turboprop. The German man... Continue Reading

A rendering of All-Business Class cabin interior for the ATR turboprop HighLine line. Large cream seats are in a 1-1 configuration.

ATR seeks to take on jet competitors with premium turboprop cabins

French airframer ATR has unveiled new premium cabin options for its turboprops in a bid to put these #GreenWing aircraft on the map for mult... Continue Reading

Passengers board the Southern Airways Express Cessna 208 Caravan at Phoenix Sky Harbor on a sunny day.

Southern Airways Express serves up super scenic Cessna Caravan PaxEx

Work took me to the sunnier climate of Phoenix in February, and I decided to get creative on how I got back to my home base of Seattle. A br... Continue Reading

Transaviabaltika Jetstream 31 aircraft with a beautiful starry sky in the background.

Transaviabaltika thrills with Jetstream 31 cockpit view to Kärdla

Need to get to the Estonian town of Kärdla from the capital city of Tallinn? Well, given that Kärdla is the only town on the island of Hiium... Continue Reading

An ATR propeller is seen on the edge of an image. The image is of a beach sun destination.

Press Release: ATR predicts need for at least 2,450 new turboprops

ATR, the world’s leading regional aircraft manufacturer predicts demand for at least 2,450 turboprop aircraft over the next 20 years meeting... Continue Reading

A grey ATR X-Space seat with side table are displayed with orange accents at the AIX 2022 show floor.

ATR eyes quick-swap cabin to position turboprops as jet alternative

HAMBURG — The age of the turboprop is here…again. Aircraft manufacturer ATR, makers of the longstanding ATR 42 and 72, is making a str... Continue Reading

An airport departure terminal is pictured here with blue couch seating through out. The walls are white and there are lots of windows allowing in natural light.

Billy Bishop Toronto ready for recovery as Canada eases entry rules

Canada’s Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport saw no commercial operations for 18 months during the coronavirus pandemic. That changed on 8 Sep... Continue Reading

Bonza 737 aircraft in all white with a purple tail and engines. The work "Bonza" is displayed along the side of the plane and is also in purple.

When a 186-plus seat 737 MAX is a bonza #PaxEx improvement

The title of Donald Horne’s 1964 pop-sociology bestseller The Lucky Country became a synonym for Australia, and that’s true in terms of airl... Continue Reading

SkyFive’s work to bring ATG connectivity to Oceania progresses

SkyFive’s DA2G-branded direct air-to-ground inflight connectivity solution is under review by an undisclosed airline in New Zealand, which i... Continue Reading

A parked Tradewind Pilatus PC-12. Tree covered mountains appear in the backdrop.

The easy way to get to paradise? On a Pilatus PC-12 from Tradewind

Like many other dreamy islands in the Caribbean, Saint Barthélemy — better known as St. Barts — isn’t easy to reach. Most travelers opt to f... Continue Reading

Cabin of Air Canada's Boeing 787-9 with LED lighting and IFE in view

Air Canada proves uneventful and reliable on Seattle-Vancouver-London

While big chunks of the outside world opened to vaccinated Americans months ago, I stayed put as friends resumed their international jet set... Continue Reading

Safran, GE target open-fan RISE engine at -20% fuel burn by 2030s

PARIS: On what would have been the first day of this year’s Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, Safran and GE announced a generational efficiency ... Continue Reading

Press Release: SmartSky opens Southeast corridor

SmartSky announced today the completion of all technical milestones and the opening of the first fully operational coverage zone of its next... Continue Reading

Passengers arriving into Terminal 5 of Heathrow

Regional airports: the front line of PaxEx in the new remote world

One trend that seems set to continue after the COVID-19 pandemic is that of remote working. With that comes a decentralisation of people fro... Continue Reading

Blue Islands ATR 72, G-ISLK, debuts its new livery of white and blue at Southampton. Image: Blue Islands/Stuart Martin Photography

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Historic Blue Islands launch provides AvGeek adventure

Coronavirus claimed UK regional airline Flybe on 5 March, when the ailing carrier collapsed into administration, taking many of the country’... Continue Reading