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UK aircraft interiors specialist Starling Aerospace has completed the crew and passenger seating for the first Britten-Norman Islander to be built in the UK from detail component level since production was brought back to the manufacturer’s historic home at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. The company has delivered the [read more]

Norwich-based Saxon Air is celebrating a major double success at the Aviation Industry Awards UK 2026, after being named Aviation Company of the Year and also taking home the Sustainability & Environmental Award. The two awards recognise a landmark period for the company, which has expanded its aviation operations while [read more]

Airbus is investing £150 million to transform its former A380 wing production facility at Broughton in North Wales into a new production line for A321 wings, as the manufacturer prepares for a major increase in A320 Family production. The investment will see the former A380 facility converted into a dedicated [read more]

Dublin-based aircraft maintenance provider Altitude Engineering has signed a long-term agreement with Xiamen Air to provide scheduled line maintenance support for the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner operations at London Heathrow Airport. The agreement begins with Xiamen Air’s scheduled flight operations in September 2026 and will see Altitude provide routine line [read more]

Deutsche Aircraft has taken another significant step towards certification of its D328eco regional aircraft after successfully completing low- and high-speed taxi testing and beginning flight testing of its new landing gear system. The German aircraft manufacturer has completed five development flights using a legacy D328 aircraft configured as a dedicated [read more]

Britten-Norman has completed the first flight of an Islander whose airframe has been assembled entirely in the UK from detail components, marking a significant step in the manufacturer’s return to full aircraft production at Bembridge Airport on the Isle of Wight. The aircraft took to the air from Bembridge at [read more]

Embraer has celebrated a major milestone with the delivery of its 2,000th E-Jet, more than two decades after the first aircraft in the family entered commercial service. The milestone aircraft, an E195-E2, has been delivered to Brazilian airline Azul Linhas Aéreas, marking another significant chapter in the development of one [read more]

The first fully UK-built Britten-Norman (BN) Islander has begun ground testing ahead of its first flight at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. Britten-Norman took the decision to move production back to UK after aq long period where major assemblies for the aircraft type were manufactured overseas meaning that new [read more]