July 2025 issue of Aviation News in page-turning format puts the spotlight on an inspirational legacy - the Thomas Castle Aviation Heritage Scholarship. Jamie Ewan is part of a very special, if not essential, mission in the UK to keep the younger generation interested in vintage flying.
Fire bomber Martin JRM-1 Mars BuNo 76820/ C-FLYK Philippine Mars arrived at the Pima Air and Space Museum during the early hours of Saturday 17 May at the end of a 150-mile, week-long road trip from Lake Pleasant, 43 miles north of Phoenix.
Dubai-based cargo airline SolitAir has been awarded its air operator’s certificate (AOC) by the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), paving the way for it to begin operating its own flights.
A Boeing 747 airliner converted into a hotel has sadly been closed. Earlier this year, the owners of the Jumbo Stay Hostel at Sweden’s Arlanda Airport filed for bankruptcy, finally closing the distinctive accommodation on March 21.
After making a significant investment to overhaul its flagship first-class product, Air France’s new La Première cabin has been placed into service on its flagship Paris/Charles de Gaulle to New York/JFK route.
Russian low-cost carrier Pobeda looks set to expand its fleet of Boeing 737s by inheriting aircraft from Aeroflot and Rossiya as they receive new domestically produced aircraft to renew their narrowbody fleets.
An upper left wing panel detached from a landing Boeing 747 at London/Heathrow and remained undetected in the grass next to the runway for two months, a report by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has found.
A third prototype, Ilyushin Il-114-300, has joined the flight test programme. Its maiden flight was carried out on March 31 and lasted around 30 minutes.
Virgin Atlantic has reported full-year operating profits of £230m and a pre-tax profit of £19.7m before exceptional items for the year ending December 31, 2024.