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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

United reportedly plans cabin modernization for 21 Boeing 757-300s while retiring the 757-200

United is reportedly preparing a major cabin-upgrade program for its 21 Boeing 757-300s, even as it advances plans to retire the smaller 757-200. The contrasting moves point to different fleet strategies for the two variants, with the larger aircraft set for continued investment.

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2026-11-15T02:00:38.645848-08:00

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aerotelegraph.com

(DE) German military set to receive 16 more Airbus A400Ms

By aerotelegraph.com: Die Bundeswehr könnte 16 zusätzliche Airbus A400M in taktischer Ausführung erhalten. Der Haushaltsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages hat mit seiner Beschlussempfehlung für den Verteidigungshaushalt 2027 und den Wirtschaftsplan des Sondervermögens Bundeswehr die Voraussetzungen für die Beschaffung geschaffen.

defence-blog.com

Germany plans 16 new A400M airlifters, a lifeline for the program

Also: Air Data News

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2026-11-15T01:54:38.613762-08:00

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Bloomberg Law • Jordan Fitzgerald, Lu Wang

SpaceX’s S&P 500 Bid Gets New Life as Musk Pitches Tesla Merger

By Bloomberg Law: Just months after SpaceX was denied a swift entry into the S&P 500 Index, Elon Musk may have found a backdoor: Merging with Tesla Inc., one of the stock-market benchmark’s biggest members.

Also: Bloomberg

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2026-11-14T06:19:27.842684-08:00

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Runway Girl • Mary Kirby

Lufthansa A350-1000 to fly with Starlink on December 3 debut

By Runway Girl: Lufthansa is moving quickly to bring Starlink to its first Airbus A350-1000 flagship in time for its service debut.

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2026-11-14T17:24:14.237798-08:00

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Reuters • Joe Brock

‘I don’t know what to do’: student pilot on first solo flight caught in US shutdown

By Reuters: The student pilot was alone in the cockpit on his first solo cross-country flight when an air traffic controller delivered an instruction he never expected to hear: a ‌nationwide ground stop was in effect and he needed to land.

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2026-11-14T16:05:10.351273-08:00

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The Hill • Suryatapa Chakraborty

Burchett rips Johnson, Thune over FAA funding: ‘Step up to the daggum plate’

By The Hill: Rep. Tim Burchett urges House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Leader John Thune to fund critical aviation infrastructure.

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2026-11-14T15:34:47.049717-08:00

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Washington Post • Miriam Waldvogel

Outlook went down, then air traffic systems. It’s been a bad week of outages.

By Washington Post: A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week of outages caps a wave of recent tech disruptions in the United States and around the world.

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2026-11-14T11:05:37.264407-08:00

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The Hill • Suryatapa Chakraborty

Mike Johnson: ‘We don’t really need any investigation’ into FAA ground stop

By The Hill: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) calls for investment into the FAA over investigations following a nationwide ground stop that caused thousands of flight delays.

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2026-11-14T11:15:43.891350-08:00

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