News

Bombardier's C$7.4B Impact on Canadian Economy

A PwC study commissioned by Bombardier found its manufacturing added C$7.4 billion to Canada's GDP in 2024 and supported about 48,500 full-time jobs.

AKAnkit Kumar · 12 Oct 2026

News

IndiGo's Mumbai-Copenhagen Route Marks New Chapter

IndiGo said it would launch three-weekly Mumbai-Copenhagen flights on 8 October 2025 with a Boeing 787-9 wet-leased from Norse Atlantic, its first route to Scandinavia.

Cristina Gabriela · 12 Oct 2026

News

Air India Express Flight Returns to Vizag After Suspected Bird Strike

Air India Express flight IX 2658 to Hyderabad returned to Visakhapatnam on 18 September 2025 after a suspected bird strike on climb. All 103 passengers were safe.

Marius Stefan · 12 Oct 2026

Guides

AI visibility in aviation: how ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity decide which companies to recommend

Last week two companies signed up to The Flying Engineer and told us how they found us. One found us by asking ChatGPT. The other found us through Claude. Neither had searched Google. That matches…

Radu Balas · 11 Oct 2026

We read 4,754 aviation websites: 87% show no price

87% of aviation company homepages show no price, half show no phone number, and only 14% of charter operators mention ARGUS. What we found and five quick fixes.

Radu Balas · 11 Oct 2026

News

Where aviation companies are: 4,624 companies in 103 countries

We counted every company in our directory: 4,624 aviation companies in 103 countries. 1 in 4 is a flight school, and 44% are in the United States.

Radu Balas · 11 Oct 2026

More than 120,000 AI visits in 30 days: which AI reads aviation websites

AI tools visited our aviation directory more than 120,000 times in 30 days. OpenAI read the most, then Perplexity and Claude. Here is what they read.

Radu Balas · 11 Oct 2026

We checked 5,686 aviation websites: 1 in 8 has changed or disappeared

12.3% of aviation company websites had moved, broken or disappeared. 23 domains that belonged to flight schools and aviation firms now show gambling sites.

Radu Balas · 11 Oct 2026

News

AI recommends Flying Engineer up to 14,350 times a day: what Bing and Google data show

On our busiest days, AI assistants mention Flying Engineer more than 14,350 times a day: Bing and Copilot citations plus Google AI impressions, reported separately.

Radu Balas · 11 Oct 2026

Aircraft

Aircraft Manufacturers and Airplane Manufacturers: Global Directory (2026)

✓ Verified Data: All manufacturer information, aircraft specifications, and company statistics current as of Q1 2026 Aircraft Manufacturers Directory Global aerospace companies with advanced filtering…

Radu Balas · 11 Oct 2026

News

Flexjet Expands Fleet with Gulfstream G700s

Flexjet launched a Gulfstream G700 fractional programme in September 2025 with three aircraft, operated in its Red Label tier with up to 15 passengers.

Radu Balas · 11 Oct 2026

News

UK Raises Private Jet Air Passenger Duty by 50 Per Cent

From 1 April 2026 the higher rate of UK Air Passenger Duty on large private jets rises 50% above inflation, to as much as £1,141 per passenger on long-haul flights.

AKAnkit Kumar · 11 Oct 2026

News

Virgin Atlantic and Joby Plan 200mph Electric Air Taxis in the UK

Virgin Atlantic and Joby Aviation plan electric air taxi flights from Heathrow and Manchester, bookable through Virgin's app, using Joby's four-passenger eVTOL.

Cristina Gabriela · 11 Oct 2026

News

Lufthansa Unveils 100-Year Anniversary Livery

Lufthansa unveiled its centenary livery on Boeing 787-9 D-ABPU: a blue fuselage with an oversized white crane. Five more aircraft were due to follow in 2026.

Marius Stefan · 11 Oct 2026

YouTube thumbnails for private jet videos: what gets the click

For brokers, charter operators and aviation creators, the thumbnail decides whether a video is watched at all. Eight formats that work, the mistakes to avoid and how to test them.

Radu Balas · 10 Oct 2026

How aviation companies get recommended by ChatGPT, Copilot and Google's AI answers

AI assistants pick the companies they recommend from what the web says about them. A practical checklist for charter operators, MROs, flight schools and parts suppliers.

Radu Balas · 10 Oct 2026

News

Flying Engineer in 2026: a new site, the same address

In May 2025 we wrote that Flying Engineer would move to a new domain. It didn't. Here is what changed instead: a rebuilt site, a bigger directory and a lot more attention from AI assistants.

Radu Balas · 10 Oct 2026