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Embraer and US operator Republic Airways have signed a new long-term maintenance agreement to service the airline’s fleet of over 240 E170 and E175 jets.  On October 16, 2025, Embraer confirmed it will continue to provide heavy maintenance for the aircraft after first linking up with Republic Airways in 2011.  The aircraft will be serviced at Embraer’s Services & Support facilities in Nashville, Tennessee, in a continuation of the previous agreement.   “We are very excited to extend our relationship with Republic Airways. This renewed agreement reinforces our commitment to delivering high-quality maintenance services to our customers. We will continue to…

Over the next two years, the U.S. Army will convert 25 Infantry Brigade Combat Teams into new formations known as Mobile Brigade Combat Teams as part of the service’s “Transforming in Contact” initiative, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said at a media roundtable in September.As part of the service’s initiative to rapidly deliver new capabilities to operational units, three brigades are already undergoing the MBCT transition and their leaders recently discussed some of the changes at the Maneuver Warfighter Conference at Fort Benning, Georgia, in September.Key overhauls to the brigades include the addition of a multifunctional reconnaissance company…

You’ll often see rankings of the world’s most useful (or “powerful”) passports, in terms of the number of destinations that can be visited without a visa. The latest rankings have just been published, and the United States continues to slip… The world’s most & least powerful passports The latest Henley Passport Index has been published, which is based on data from the International Air Transportation Association (IATA), regarding the number of destinations that can be visited by travelers without a visa being required prior to travel. With the updated list, here are the world’s top 10 most useful passports (there…

The US’s first commercial flight on the Airbus A380 was in 2008. Since then, Cirium Diio data shows that the nation has had over 108,000 departures on the double-decker quadjet. Only the UAE and UK have seen the superjumbo more often. In the past 17 years, seven A380 operators have ceased deploying the type to the US: Air France, China Southern, Etihad Airways, Global Airlines (only two round-trip flights; operated by Hi Fly Malta), Norwegian (used the type briefly; operated by Hi Fly), Qatar Airways (just once), and Singapore Airlines. Some of these carriers no longer exist or have stopped…

Two of the world’s leading business jet manufacturers, Gulfstream Aerospace and Dassault Aviation, have opened major new maintenance facilities in the United States, underscoring their long-term investments in customer support as demand for business aircraft services continues to grow.  Gulfstream’s new Texas Repair and Overhaul Center, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, officially opened this month. The $21 million, 100,000-square-foot facility adds component repair and overhaul capabilities to the company’s expanding service network. The site includes more than $5 million in spare parts and supports repairs for wheels, brakes, batteries, hydraulics, structures, and composites. Gulfstream plans to expand the operation to include avionics, landing gear, and other systems. …

Homing [ICAO] The procedure of using the direction-finding equipment of one radio station with the emission of another radio station, where at least one of the stations is mobile, and whereby the mobile station proceeds continuously towards the other station.

Aero Linx: European Regions Airline Association (ERA) The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) represents a diverse membership of over 50 airlines and more than 150 associate members, including manufacturers, airports, suppliers and aviation service providers from across the aviation sector. At the heart of ERA’s mission is regional connectivity with our member airlines playing a crucial role in linking Europe’s regions. These connections support social and territorial equality and cohesion and drive economic growth through tourism, investment, business development and job creation.

While On Short Final, About 300 Ft, The Pilot Performed A Forced Landing Near Trees On September 7, 2025, about 0932 eastern daylight time, a CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX airplane, N40DT, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Thompsonville, Michigan. The private pilot was not injured and the passenger sustained minor injury. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The airplane departed from the Thompsonville Airport (7Y2), Thompsonville, Michigan, about 0917. Shortly into the local area flight, the pilot noticed a flicker on the Garmin G3X…

Severe Icing The rate of ice accumulation is such that ice protection systems fail to remove the accumulation of ice and ice accumulates in locations not normally prone to icing, such as areas aft of protected surfaces and any other areas identified by the manufacturer. A representative accretion rate for reference purposes is more than 3 inches (7.5 cm) per hour on the unprotected part of the outer wing. By regulation, immediate exit is required. Note: Severe icing is aircraft dependent, as are the other categories of icing intensity. Severe icing may occur at any ice accumulation rate when the icing…

So-called time-traveling flights are a straightforward concept. They are when you arrive at your destination airport before you have left from your origin airport. It exists when the block time of a particular route is lower than the timezone change. Let’s focus on long-haul scheduled passenger services in the upcoming northern winter 2025/2026. Based on IATA slot seasons, this will run from October 26 until March 28. Using OAG data to examine the schedules of 3,000+ airport pairs from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, etc., to the Americas shows that just one time-traveling market exists. The 1 Long-Haul Transatlantic Time-Traveling…