Associated Press
• Diarlei Rodrigues
Two helicopters collided mid-air over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday morning and crashed in the city’s western zone, killing all six people aboard. The impact triggered a major fire after the aircraft hit the parking area of an electric vehicle dealership.
Aviation24
• Bart Noëth
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has missed the preferred one-year deadline to explain the cause of the tragic Air India Flight 171 crash.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: In another milestone for Riyadh Air, the startup airline has completed its first domestic commercial flight between the Saudi Arabian capital and Jeddah.
CNBC
• Leslie Josephs
By CNBC: JetBlue faces heavy competition from Miami International Airport, an American Airlines stronghold.
The Air Current
• Will Guisbond
By The Air Current: The award would catapult the company, which had just over 150 employees as of April, to the center of a massive nationwide ATC system overhaul. Dubbed SMART, the system has been described by the FAA as a central pillar of its national airspace system (NAS) modernization plan.
Bloomberg
• Rajesh Mascarenhas
By Bloomberg: An Indian Air Force An-32 aircraft was involved in an accident while landing at Jorhat in Assam on Saturday, killing five personnel.
aviationnews.eu
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
By AirInsight: American Airlines’ next fleet investment will be for new widebody aircraft to replace 47 ageing Boeing 777-200ERs. CEO Robert Isom said during an online annual shareholder meeting on June 10 that his airline has issued a request for proposals to Airbus and Boeing.
Corporate Jet Investor
• Alasdair Whyte
By Corporate Jet Investor: TikTok’s favourite business jet broker has been bought by Flexjet. Steve Varsano, founder of The Jet Business will become president of Flexjet.
Flying Magazine
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Reuters
• Alessandro Parodi, Dan Catchpole, Joanna Plucinska
