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.
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
By eVTOL Insights: LODD Autonomous has initiated the certification program for its Hili hybrid cargo aircraft with the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
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.
Inflight Online
• Satu Dahl
By Inflight Online: RECARO Aircraft Seating has appointed Andreas Erber as the company's CTO and Member of the Executive Board, effective September 2026.
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
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
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: US planemaker Boeing has said that the company has no reason to believe that a widespread systems outage on June 30, 2026, was caused maliciously.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Smallest member of re-engined A320 family has proved significantly less popular than its larger siblings. Airbus has quietly ceased offering the A319neo to airline customers following continued underwhelming sales of the smallest remaining member of its original narrowbody family.
Washington Post
• Dan Diamond, Dan Lamothe
