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Day`s summary for 15 Apr 2025

LOTAMS named Europe’s first Embraer E2 Authorized Service Center

LOTAMS will become Europe’s first Embraer Authorized Service Centre for the E2 aircraft family following completion of the authorization and audit process conducted by the Polish Civil Aviation Authority. LOTAMS, one of Europe’s major providers of MRO services, has bases across Poland serving some of the world’s largest airlines. LOTAMS will be the first EASC in Europe for E2 air...

Cormorant will go SAF to receive EASA certification

An electric aircraft that can carry eight passengers and has a range between 2.200 and 140 kilometers - depending on the energy vector; it sounds like something for the future, but for the Dutch startup Cormorant Aerospace it is reality in the making. With a clear vision and strategic planning, the team is working on a revolutionary aviation concept that can carry out its first operational test on...

Thales celebrates first successful flight of SkyDrive’s eVTOL secured by its next-generation Flight Control System

SkyDrive made a historic breakthrough with first successful Demonstration flight of its three-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft SkyDrive on 9 April at Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan. SkyDrive is powered by Thales's next-generation flight control system, FlytRise, which is based on its 40+ years of proven experience in flight control solutions, and it is spe...

Airbus launched the A220 Airspace cabin with Air Canada

A220 is joining the Airspace cabin Family and will take off for the first time with launch customer Air Canada. The new A220 cabin will boast the full Airspace suite including new Airspace XL bins with deliveries starting in early 2026.The A220 cabin provides a leading Airspace experience, combining new elements with the widest seats, aisle, and largest cabin and windows i...

Lufthansa City Airlines took delivery of its first all-new Airbus A320neo

Lufthansa City Airlines took delivery of its first brand-new Airbus A320neo at the Airbus factory in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. The aircraft, registration D-AIJP, was named “Ingelheim am Rhein”. This first brand-new Airbus symbolizes the key role that Lufthansa City Airlines plays within the Lufthansa Group in redefining continental traffic to and from Munich and, from 2026, Frankfurt...