Reuters
A small aircraft crash into Beijing’s tallest building has triggered scrutiny of low-altitude flight operations in the capital amid reported silence from regulators. The incident is already chilling parts of the sector and highlighting potential safety and oversight gaps around controlled airspace and sensitive operating areas.
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.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing new noise standards to make civil supersonic travel over the continental United States possible.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Airlines may soon be given far more freedom in how they advertise airfares after the Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed fully repealing an Obama-era rule that forces airlines to include a tax-inclusive airfare in advertisements and commercials.
ch-aviation
• Paul Ash
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• Paul Ash
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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.
Reuters
• Julie Zhu
By Reuters: Oman Air is looking to capitalise on the Gulf state's appeal as a largely untapped tourism destination as it launches flights from Muscat to Singapore on Thursday and considers an expansion to North Asia over the next year, its CEO said.
