ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
Qantas is increasing capacity on trans-Tasman routes while Air New Zealand reduces services, reshaping seat supply on the Australia–New Zealand market. The change highlights how carriers are rebalancing networks amid demand and cost pressures that have already driven Air New Zealand to flag weaker results and trim capacity.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s Zenk Space has secured 180 million yuan ahead of the planned June debut of its Zhihang-1 kerolox rocket, the company's first orbital launch attempt.
Task & Purpose
• Nicholas Slayton
By Task & Purpose: Video from the event at Mountain Home Air Force Base shows four parachutes in the sky after two EA18-G Growlers had a mid-air collision.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) will sell and leaseback three A330-900Ns to First Commercial Bank Leasing and Taishin Daan Leasing for up to USD345 million in total, or no more than USD115 million per aircraft.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: As non-geostationary satellite services disrupt the inflight connectivity sector, Boeing is providing the necessary specs to enable airlines to retrofit their Boeing twinjets with next-gen IFC.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: American Airlines isn’t expected to resume flights to either Tel Aviv, Israel, or Doha, Qatar, until January 2027 due to the continuing security situation in the Middle East and uncertainty over whether a lasting peace deal can be struck with Iran.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The pilots of an Emirates Boeing 777-300 with as many as 328 passengers on board declared a low-fuel ‘mayday’ distress signal after two attempts to land at Miami International Airport (MIA) on Sunday morning ended in failure.
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that will fly through the thin atmosphere of the Red Planet.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Wall Street Journal
• Krystal Hur
FlightGlobal
• Craig Hoyle
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
