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Axios • Dan Primack

Blade raises $38M to scale “flying taxi” infrastructure as Fly Blade app streamlines high-end helicopter charters from New York

Blade is raising $38 million to build infrastructure for on-demand “flying taxi” services, positioning its Fly Blade app to book premium helicopter travel in three steps. The company is using helicopter charters to take the travel friction out of trips between New York and Long Island’s east end to the Hamptons.

Also: Financial Times and luxurydaily.com

2026-04-30T18:29:32.741439-07:00

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AeroTime • Stephen Pope

US passenger flights to Venezuela resume after seven-year suspension

By AeroTime: American Airlines resumed daily Miami-Caracas service after US officials lifted a 2019 ban on direct flights to Venezuela.

Airline Geeks

American Restores Air Link Between U.S. and Venezuela

Breitflyte

American Airlines Celebrates Return to Venezuela with First Miami to Caracas Flight

Also: Washington Post, ANI News Agency, Daily Sabah, South China Morning Post, NBC News, Business Insider, CNN, Times of India and 3 more

2026-04-30T12:59:29.893523-07:00

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Aviation Source • Len Varley

SAS Warns: Lack of Sustainable Fuel Risks New Energy Crisis for Aviation

By Aviation Source: Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) new report highlights how the EU’s ReFuelEU Aviation regulation could create a structural shortage of electro-sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) from 2030 onwards.

Also: Aviation Week

2026-04-30T15:07:54.447144-07:00

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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Viet Nam's Sun PhuQuoc Airways eyes A330 debut in late 3Q26

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2026-04-30T16:50:32.054289-07:00

PaxEx Europe Airports Policy & Regulation

Aviation Source • Len Varley

daa Delivers Robust 2025 Results Despite Cost Pressures and Passenger Cap

By Aviation Source: Dublin and Cork airports recorded a robust performance, handled record passenger numbers despite rising costs and a challenging regulatory environment.

2026-04-30T15:26:30.880704-07:00

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AINonline • Jessica Reed

Textron Aviation Revenues Jump 22% in Q1, Parent Plans Industrial Spinoff

By AINonline: Textron Inc. plans to separate its Industrial segment and refocus as pure-play A&D company.

FlightGlobal

Textron to spin off industrials, leaving a pure-play aerospace and defense firm

Aviation Week

Textron Aviation, Bell To Anchor New Pure-Play Aerospace Firm

Also: Corporate Jet Investor, Textron, The Business Journals and 6 more

2026-04-30T11:23:34.943433-07:00

BizAv Orders Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Aviation Safety & Regulation Policy & Regulation Embraer

Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Embraer’s Praetor 600E receives FAA, EASA and ANAC certification

By Air Data News: Updated version of the Praetor 600 brings redesigned cabin, with deliveries planned for 2029 Embraer said its Praetor 600E has received type certification from Brazil’s ANAC, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

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