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AINonline • Matt Thurber

FAA Closes Comments on Proposed GE CF34 Turbine Corrosion Inspections

The FAA has closed its comment period on a proposed airworthiness directive addressing corrosion in affected GE CF34 engine turbines. If adopted, the directive would require operators to conduct additional inspections, potentially adding maintenance requirements for fleets powered by the turbofan.

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2026-07-31T11:12:45.924267-07:00

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Bloomberg • Arvelisse Bonilla Ramos

SpaceX Short Interest Soars Ahead of Big Share Unlock, Earnings

By Bloomberg: Short sellers have piled into SpaceX at a rapid pace ahead of two major milestones next week: the company’s first earnings report as a public company and the release of hundreds of millions of locked-up shares.

Also: Bloomberg Law

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2026-07-31T11:13:51.056737-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Inside the effort to show Congress what war in space looks like

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Members of Congress can watch tanks maneuver, tour warships and see combat aircraft fly. Space Force leaders have no comparable way to demonstrate the battlefield they oversee — one where satellites travel at thousands of miles an hour, but the maneuvers that determine an encounter can unfold over days.

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2026-07-31T06:37:32.488436-07:00

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FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

SPEEA union leaders endorse Boeing contract proposals

By FlightGlobal: The new agreements would replace current deals set to expire in October. Leaders at a key Boeing labour union have endorsed two company-proposed, four-year employment contracts and are expressing optimism about the state of negotiations.

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2026-07-31T11:13:04.711661-07:00

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Bloomberg • Siddharth Philip

IndiGo to Halt London and Amsterdam Widebody Flights, Return Leased 787s

By Bloomberg: IndiGo will halt widebody operations to London and Amsterdam in October, with India’s largest airline citing geopolitical tensions as the impetus for its decision.

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2026-07-31T11:13:49.685859-07:00

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ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

United Airlines shelves new Chicago regional routes

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2026-07-31T11:10:11.485857-07:00

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Cranky Flier • Andrew Bashuk

JetBlue Reports Better-Than-Expected Q2 Earnings as Unit Revenue Rises 11%

By Cranky Flier: Review JetBlue Reports Decent Earnings JetBlue stock (side note: people at JetBlue can’t like the fact they got beat to the ‘BLUE’ ticker symbol) soared Tuesday as it released its Q2 earnings which exceeded Wall Street estimates and saw an 11% jump in unit revenue for the airline on airfare increases of 9%.

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2026-07-31T11:26:19.096095-07:00

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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Russia's Izhavia loses AOC, suspends flights

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Also: Aviation24

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2026-07-31T09:10:25.749316-07:00

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