European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
ESA has chosen Ariane 6 to launch its HENON CubeSat mission, aimed at demonstrating a future capability to monitor solar storms. The launch will carry a deep-space smallsat payload designed to validate space-weather observation concepts.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Airbus seeks first A220 order from Africa's largest airline after months Ethiopian Airlines expects to decide by August which aircraft will form the next stage of its narrowbody fleet expansion, with the Airbus A220-300, Boeing 737 MAX 7 and Embraer E195-E2 under evaluation for an order covering 25 aircraft.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Space Force backed the administration’s proposal to more than double the service’s budget, telling senators on Thursday that a $71.1 billion request was “exactly what we need” to counter China’s rapidly expanding military capabilities in space.
Flying Magazine
• Meg Godlewski
By Flying Magazine: Sporty's partnership with Jeppesen ForeFlight will supply comprehensive portfolio of training materials to individual pilots and flight schools.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Modified Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 787-9 destined for Lufthansa will be used to evaluate acoustic performance of shorter nacelle structure.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The owner of British Airways and Spanish flag carrier Iberia, the IAG Group, has made a last-ditch plea to incoming British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to intervene in the process that will determine how much the operator of Heathrow Airport is allowed to charge passengers ahead of a £49 billion expansion project.
AINonline
• Kerry Lynch
By AINonline: North America remains strongest market.
Bloomberg
• Kate Duffy
By Bloomberg: Aer Lingus Group DAC said it may eliminate as many as 500 employees and cut some flights as part of organizational changes aimed to help Ireland’s flagship carrier manage rising costs and increased transatlantic competition.
Airline Geeks
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Flying Magazine
• Meg Godlewski
AINonline
• Analysis Staff, Leeham News
New York Times
• Nicholas Kulish, Peter Eavis, Saronic Corsair
Reuters
• Gianluca Lo Nostro, Leo Marchandon
