FlightGlobal
• Brooke Ingemi
The FAA is funding 19 research and testing projects focused on safely expanding unmanned aircraft operations in the U.S. National Airspace System. The $12 million award supports work intended to help integrate drones into shared airspace.
PaxEx.Aero
• Seth Miller
By PaxEx.Aero: JetBlue's acquisition of LaGuardia slots from Spirit Airlines' debtors has been approved by the FAA. The agency, after considering comments from the public, agreed to the deal moving 22 slots to JetBlue for $58.5 million.
APEX
• Joshua Kupietzky
By APEX: American Airlines plans a more than 40,000-square-foot Admirals Club in Charlotte, the largest in its network.
ch-aviation
• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
By ch-aviation: BoA - Boliviana de Aviación Boeing 737-300,.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: The in-flight connectivity (IFC) market is at an inflection point as airlines have embraced the free model and Starlink has made deep inroads into the market over the last two to three years.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Airline will operate four weekly Airbus A320neo flights from January 2027 after air links between Chile and Venezuela were suspended in 2024 LATAM will resume nonstop flights between Santiago, Chile, and Caracas, Venezuela , more than two years after direct air services between the two countries were suspended.
AINonline
• Curt Epstein
By AINonline: Middle East stalemate continues to crimp fuel supplies.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: KLM is seeing light at the end of the certification tunnel for its business seats on the A350-900. But it's blocking WBC on initial flights.
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FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
