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Alaska Airlines places a record aircraft order, buying 105 737-10s and five 787s from Boeing with deliveries through 2035.

Tecnam is an Italian light and general aviation aircraft manufacturing company headquartered in Capua, 124.27 mi (200 km) south of Rome. It ranks among the greatest piston-powered general aviation ...

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace is gearing up for the first experimental flight of the X1 early next year, an electric demonstrator aircraft that's the same size as its upcoming 30-seater commercial ...