Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Indonesia’s government is pushing ahead with consolidation of its state-owned airlines, designating Garuda Indonesia as the parent company for a new aviation holding group. The structure is intended to bring multiple state carriers under a single corporate umbrella and streamline ownership oversight.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: KAI expects a follow-on South Korean order for 80 additional KF-21s. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) expects to deliver eight KF-21 fighters to South Korea’s air force by the end of 2026, as it anticipates a follow-on order for the type.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: SpaceX flew the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket Friday evening, ending with the first intact Starship put in the water.
Airline Weekly
• Gordon Smith, Jay Shabat
By Airline Weekly: American Airlines has spent the past year insisting its earnings gap with Delta and United would begin to close. Instead, it may be getting wider.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: United pitched a merger to Delta, a deal that would have combined two of the most profitable U.S. carriers.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: Air India and Saudia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to significantly expand their existing codeshare partnership.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: The final report into the tragic Voepass flight 2283 accident has described a chain of failures involving severe icing, crew actions, company practices, and regulatory gaps.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: Altura Airlines has commenced operations out of Perth International as a majority Indigenous-owned virtual charter carrier offering charter capacity sourced through Maroomba Airlines (Perth International) and planning to introduce A320 aircraft from 2027.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
Washington Post
• Todd C. Frankel
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
New York Times
• Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman, Tyler Pager
New York Times
• Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Tyler Pager
