Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Ryanair reportedly sacked a captain at its Barcelona hub after he invoked his legal authority to extend cabin crew rest using a “Commander’s Discretion” provision. The extended rest was triggered after cabin crew worked beyond normal working hours under the special rule.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts will return to Earth from the International Space Station early Sunday morning (July 26), and you can watch their homecoming live.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: New videos and images shared on Chinese social media appear to show another prototype of China's unofficially designated J-36 next-generation combat aircraft, offering fresh clues about the development of the country's largest known stealth fighter program.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: France has committed an Airbus A400M with a retardant drop kit to the Gironde wildfire, days after signing an experimental agreement with Airbus.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: British Airways is moving crew out of its layover hotel in the Indian city of Hyderabad after all three pilots of a return flight to London Heathrow suffered violent food poisoning at 35,000 feet, with one pilot becoming so sick that he became “incapacitated” and had to be put on oxygen.
New York Times
• Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Tyler Pager
By New York Times: A New York Times investigation found that President Trump’s push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: Major U.S. airlines will need to retrofit planes by the end of 2030 to address potential wireless interference after a new auction of wireless spectrum, but the carriers will be eligible for as much as $2.2 billion in government rebates to cover the costs, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday.
Reuters
By Reuters: Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer said on Friday its firm order backlog hit a record of $34.5 billion at the end of the second quarter, up 16% from a year earlier.
aviation-defence-universe.com
Reuters
• Sarah Young, Tim Hepher
New York Times
• Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman, Tyler Pager
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
