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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
Altura Airlines has begun charter services out of Perth International as a majority Indigenous-owned virtual charter carrier. The model sources charter capacity through Maroomba Airlines and, subject to plans, is set to introduce A320 aircraft starting in 2027.
Bloomberg
• Yash Roy
By Bloomberg: The Exploration Company Gmbh, a potential European rival to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is in talks to raise at least $300 million, in part from the European Union’s Scaleup Europe Fund, bumping the company’s valuation to more than $2 billion, the Financial Times reported.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Military transport aircraft enters real-world firefighting operations for the first time using a 20-tonne retardant Airbus-developed firefighting kit for the A400M Atlas has entered operational service for the first time as France battles a series of wildfires that have swept across parts of the country in recent days.
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.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The disgraced former chief executive of Australian flag carrier Qantas, Alan Joyce, has broken his silence to defend his leadership of the airline, nearly three years after he was forced to resign by the board of directors due to a litany of mistakes made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: The FAA is proposing a new AD for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after learning that certain seat assemblies were not correctly installed.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
New York Times
• Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Tyler Pager
New York Times
• Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman, Tyler Pager
