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Author: Archie Villaflores

Vertical Aerospace, the Bristol-based eVTOL developer, has opened a new aircraft assembly centre at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire. The facility will begin assembling the company's four-seat Valo air taxi ahead of certification targeted for 2029.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Starling Aerospace, a UK aircraft interiors specialist, has delivered trimmed seating for the first Islander built at Britten-Norman's reshored Bembridge line. The aircraft has completed its first flight and is now in testing ahead of delivery.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Irish lessor Avolon has agreed to sell a 33-aircraft portfolio worth 1.609 billion dollars to Qatar's Lesha Bank. The aircraft, including Boeing MAX 8s and Airbus A330s and A350s, are on lease to 25 airlines worldwide.

Author: Archie Villaflores

CDB Aviation, the Dublin-based aircraft lessor, has delivered the first of four Boeing 737-8 aircraft to Norway's Norwegian Air Shuttle. The lease marks CDB Aviation's first aircraft placed with the Norwegian carrier.

Author: Archie Villaflores

EirTrade Aviation has achieved AFRA Diamond accreditation for its aircraft and engine disassembly facility at Ireland West Airport Knock. The certification comes as the company expands teardown and maintenance operations at the site.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Dr Viktoriia Ivannikova, Assistant Professor and Programme Chair for BSc in Aviation Management at DCU Business School, has been appointed Judging Coordinator for the Aviation Industry Awards 2026, bringing a PhD in Air Transportation Systems, research expertise in sustainable airport design, digital transformation in aviation, and geopolitics, and extensive teaching and curriculum leadership across Ireland and Ukraine. An External Examiner at Cranfield University, editorial board member of leading aviation journals, and author of four aviation books, Ivannikova brings internationally recognised academic authority in aviation management and airport operations to oversee the evaluation of entries.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Boeing released its 2026 Pilot and Technician Outlook at Farnborough on 17 July 2026, projecting demand for 2.4 million new commercial aviation professionals by 2045, including 728,000 maintenance technicians. For Ireland — the world's dominant leasing jurisdiction and only English-speaking EASA state in the EU — the forecast maps a workforce pipeline opportunity of generational scale.

Author: Archie Villaflores

The Aviation Industry Awards UK 2026 crowned its winners at the Park Plaza London Riverbank on 22 September 2026, with Saxon Air, Manchester Airport, STS Engine Services, and NATS and Heathrow Airport among the standout performers across a programme spanning innovation, sustainability, technology, and people development in the UK aviation sector. The ceremony reinforced the awards' position as the UK's highly respected platform for recognising achievement across the full spectrum of aviation excellence, setting the standard that organisations, teams, and individuals across the industry will look to match in the next awards cycle.

Author: Archie Villaflores

Edinburgh Airport, majority owned by France's Vinci Airports, has revealed a five-year, 500 million pound capital development plan. The investment coincides with a leadership change as Mark Johnston succeeds long-serving CEO Gordon Dewar on 1 October.

Author: Archie Villaflores

HAECO, the Hong Kong-based maintenance provider, has added a modular replacement service for Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines at Heathrow. The London site becomes one of only four in the world authorised to perform the work.