SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
European Commission Henna Virkkunen outlined plans to divide the 2 GHz spectrum used for mobile satellite services (MSS), with the aim of supporting sovereign European satellite connectivity. The Commission plans a follow-up consortium call after summer to progress coordination and planning.
Reuters
By Reuters: An unexplained crash by a tiny plane into Beijing's tallest building and silence from regulators have cast a chilling effect on the low-altitude flights sector and uncovered aviation safety gaps in the Chinese capital.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: One wrong transponder code sent fighter jets from three countries after a LOT Polish Airlines flight to Tel Aviv triggered a false hijack alert.
FlightGlobal
• Edward Russell
By FlightGlobal: Houston-based budget carrier will be the launch operator at McKinney National airport near Dallas. Avelo Airlines will launch five routes from McKinney airport this autumn, making it the debut carrier at the new facility.
Airline Economics
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Lufthansa is preparing another widebody aircraft order that will pit the Airbus A350-1000 against the Boeing 777X, according to comments by Chief Executive Carsten Spohr during an internal meeting with employees reported by Aviation Week.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: In the heart of Toulouse, a city long synonymous with aviation and aerospace excellence, a new chapter in transatlantic security is being written.
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
By eVTOL Insights: ANRA Technologies' Mission Manager X (MMX) platform, which provides UAS Traffic Management (UTM) capabilities for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) and other advanced drone operations, now enables more than 55,000 commercial drone operations each month across the United States.
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: The move comes as Air New Zealand forecasts a steeper-than-expected loss for the year ended 30 June. Air New Zealand is undertaking what it calls a “strategy reset”, as it hopes to close the chapter on “a period of significant operational and financial pressure” and return to profitability.
SpaceNews.com
• Commercial Space Federation
