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“Frasca devices have been essential in ensuring our pilots are ready for the challenges of emergency medical operations. As we expand training operations, the new FTDs will give our crews access to even more advanced training tools, ultimately benefitting the patients and communities we serve.” Source: Josh Brannon, National Vice President of Aviation Operations for Global Medical Response, reflecting on the contract it has entered into with Frasca International to deliver four Level 7 Flight Training Devices for training pilots in emergency medical operations. The FTDs will be installed at GMR’s new facility being built in Denton, Texas, and feature…

Alaska Air Group reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results that came in ahead of expectations as the company said it entered 2026 with demand improving and a major integration milestone behind it following its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines.   The company reported earnings per share of $0.18 for the fourth quarter, with adjusted earnings per share of $0.43, which it said landed above both market expectations and its prior guidance range. Alaska generated $3.6 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, and it reported $1.2 billion in operating cash flow for the full year.   CEO Ben Minicucci said Alaska expects momentum to build this year as the Alaska-Hawaiian combination…

There are the best frequent flyer programs, and then there are the frequent flyer programs with the best names. This post is about the latter, and yes, the two do seem to be mutually exclusive. 😉 Airlines all have their own unique names for frequent flyer programs, but there aren’t many that really make you go “wow.” In the United States, you have programs like American AAdvantage, Delta SkyMiles, United MileagePlus, etc. I mean, the names are easy enough to remember, but nothing too exciting. Then you have the names of the individual elite membership tiers, which are all too…

January 23, 2026, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than previous projects.   The series will discuss the typical development cycles for an FAA Part 25 aircraft, called a transport category aircraft, and what different ideas there are to reduce the development times. We will use the Gantt plan in Figure 1 as a base for our discussions. We have looked at the preparation work around entry into service; now we talk…

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan – Taiwan’s government may be facing a fight to find the funding to pay for planned military spending, including announced arms purchases from the United States.Taipei said last month it would buy a large $11.1 billion arms package from the United States including HIMARS rocket systems. A month earlier Taiwanese President William Lai announced a roughly NT$1.25 trillion ($39.5 billion) special defense budget to start now and last through 2033 on top of routine annual military expenditures.Taiwan’s government, though, may need to fight to find funding because of the sheer size of the expense and bottlenecks…

“Exciting” and “Heathrow” rarely go in the same sentence, but the airport has today announced a milestone that passengers will no doubt appreciate. Heathrow Airport completes installation of new scanners Heathrow Airport has just completed a £1 billion tech upgrade, intended to deliver faster and smoother security. The biggest implication here is that the traditional 100ml liquids restriction has been lifted across all four terminals (T2, T3, T4, T5). Now passengers can travel with liquids of up to two liters in their carry-on bags. There’s no need to remove liquids or electronics from bags. This move is also expected to…

A NASA F-15B research aircraft is helping to gather valuable insights into how commercial jets of the future could save fuel, potentially reducing the price that passengers pay for airline tickets. On January 12, 2026, a NASA F-15B testbed jet completed a high-speed taxi test fitted with a three-foot-tall scale fin, known as the Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) test article, on the underbelly of the aircraft. The fin is actually a scale model of a wing, mounted vertically instead of horizontally, with the concept aim being to “increase a phenomenon known as laminar flow” and reduce drag. A…

ISTANBUL — Turkey and Qatar deepened their defense-industrial cooperation during the Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) 2026, with a series of agreements signed between Qatari entity Barzan Holdings and leading Turkish defense companies.The most prominent development involved Turkish shipbuilding consortium TAIS and Barzan Holdings, which signed a $1 billion agreement covering the procurement of two Istif-class frigates.The agreement was signed by Barzan Holdings on behalf of an international client, which was identified as the Indonesian Navy.A separate agreement related to the same program had previously been signed between TAIS Shipyards and Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense during the…

Global lessor Avolon has indicated that a new commercial aircraft program launch could be announced in 2027, with the Airbus A220-500, A350-2000 and Boeing 777-10X all in contention. On January 23, 2026, Avolon released its ‘Up Next’ report, looking at the key trends in the aviation sector for 2026 and beyond. Its forecast included an expectation that global airline industry profits could top $41 billion in 2026, thanks to low fuel prices and continuing economic growth. Confirming that “a large number of commercial programs are in the works,” Avolon predicted that next year could see an aircraft manufacturer moving forward…

KYIV, Ukraine — As U.S. President Donald Trump started the new year by flaunting American military power in Venezuela, the episode has left Ukrainian officials wondering whether Washington would exhibit a similar brand of decisiveness in 2026 to end Russian attacks on Ukraine.The Jan.3 U.S. raid to capture Venezuelan strongman president Nicolás Maduro was over before dawn, drawing praise from military leaders in Washington for its flawless execution.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched from Kyiv and didn’t bother to hide the message Ukrainians heard.“If you can do that with dictators,” Zelenskyy told reporters later, “then the United States knows what to…