ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
Latvia’s airBaltic says it has no A220 aircraft grounded with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine issues in Q1 2026. The airline had previously reported reduced availability from the powerplant woes, with up to 13 A220s grounded on average across Q1 2025.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: Artemis II has barely left the headlines. On April 1st 2026, four astronauts climbed aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft, rode the most powerful rocket ever to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit, and swung around the far side of the Moon.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: AGO Director Kathryn McMullan's GEOINT 2026 keynote: Australia's strategic paradox, maritime domain awareness, and partnerships from Five Eyes to Japan.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Air New Zealand turboprop's pilot reduced rotation rate to avoid possible bird-strike.Investigators have determined that a misunderstanding between the pilots of a De Havilland Dash 8-300 resulted in the aircraft aborting its take-off roll during rotation.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: OHB Space UK and Thales Alenia Space have signed a Preliminary Authorisation to Proceed for work on ESA’s EnVision mission worth approximately €24 million.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: A FAA program to equip all its airport vehicles with transponders has been accelerated following the Air Canada Express crash at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
Bloomberg
• Kirsi Heikel
By Bloomberg: Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near Helsinki, in the early hours of Friday.
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
By AirInsight: Maeve Aero, the Dutch startup that is working on a hybrid-electric 90-seater together with MHIRJ, is on the verge of winding down.
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Unmanned Airspace
• Philip Butterworth-Hayes
CNBC
• Leslie Picker, Morgan Brennan
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
