FlightGlobal
• Graham Dunn
Riyadh Air says it will begin daily Riyadh–Mumbai flights on 4 August 2026 using Boeing 787 aircraft, with the Mumbai destination announced as part of its early network expansion. The carrier’s launch plan positions India among its first route launches.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s Tianwen-2 sample return spacecraft has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, revealing the near Earth asteroid to be a small, elongated rocky body.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Carrier insists it has 'no relationship' with twinjets which were withdrawn and sold in 2023. Middle Eastern operator Saudia Group is rejecting suggestions that it supplied a batch of Boeing 777-200ERs to an Iranian company.
Dj's Aviation
Vertical Mag
• Equinor Press Release
By Vertical Mag: Equinor has extended its agreement with CHC Helikopter Service for personnel transport and search-and-rescue services in central Norway until 2030.
Reuters
• Dan Catchpole
By Reuters: Boeing plans to begin operating a fourth 737 MAX assembly line on Monday at its Everett, Washington, factory.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Senator's analysis finds 'demographic shock' set to exacerbate country's poor performance. France is facing a “demographic shock” of air traffic controller retirements which threatens to create a “major bottleneck” in European airspace, according to analysis of the country’s air navigation service DSNA.
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
By AirInsight: After four rejected offers, the Board of UK low-cost carrier easyJet is willing to recommend a fifth offer from Castlelake to its shareholders.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – June, 2026 The Centre for Space Futures (CSF), together with leading international partners including Novaspace, and SpaceTech Gulf, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to jointly develop a Global Space Capability Mapping and Index Dashboard.
New York Times
• Chelsia Rose Marcius, Miles G. Cohen
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
