The Air Current
• Elan Head
On March 17 the FAA cleared Boeing to advance the long-delayed 777-9 into the first part of TIA Phase 4 certification trials, marking a formal regulator step forward in testing. Persistent program setbacks and customer uncertainty mean a firm entry-into-service date remains unclear.
Bloomberg
• Kavita Mokha
By Bloomberg: President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday named the nation’s next aircraft carrier “Free France,” in a homage to the World War II resistance movement as the nuclear power moves to bolster its naval capabilities.
Space.com
• Andrew Jones
By Space.com: It was the second spacewalk of the Shenzhou 21 mission.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A Delta Air Lines plane from Seattle to Taipei, Taiwan, was forced to make an emergency diversion to Anchorage last Saturday when an altercation occurred between a flight attendant and an unruly passenger when the man used the ‘N word’ against the crew member.
AINonline
• Matt Thurber
By AINonline: Last year’s law would have imposed a 10% fee on transactions.
Skift
• Rafat Ali
By Skift: Travel executives like to tout gains in loyalty members. The key question: Is any of this making it cheaper to acquire the next customer?.
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FAA
By FAA: More stringent safety protocol is based on a year-long analysis following the tragic 2025 DCA midair collision.
Flying Magazine
AINonline
• Charles Alcock
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
DefenseNews.com
• Jaroslaw Adamowski
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SpaceNews.com
• Christina Lucas, Natalia Szlarb, Tatiana Sainati
