Reuters
Airbus is reportedly in negotiations to sell additional A330neo widebody aircraft to Saudi low-cost carrier Flynas. Industry sources say an announcement could come as soon as next week’s Farnborough Airshow, underscoring continued momentum for the A330neo in Middle East fleet planning.
Bloomberg
• Sri Taylor
By Bloomberg: United Airlines Holdings Inc. expects resilient travel demand to drive up its full-year profit, even in the face of soaring fuel costs that sapped the US airline’s outlook for the current quarter.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: The application of China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) to raise up to CNY15 billion yuan (USD2.2 billion) through an A-share placement has been accepted for review by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
By Breitflyte: Air Canada has today announced that their Aeroplan loyalty program has partnered with Hyatt’s World of Hyatt loyalty program to offer members of both more ways to earn, transfer and redeem rewards across travel experiences.
View from the Wing
One Mile at a Time
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: The U.S. aviation sector urged Congress on Wednesday to provide $20 billion to complete a massive effort to modernize America's aging air traffic control system and reduce systemic flight disruptions.
Wall Street Journal
• Andrew Tangel
By Wall Street Journal: Key air-traffic facility faces looming exodus of controllers and recent technology outages.
ch-aviation
• Luciano Braganca
By ch-aviation: flyExclusive (JRE, Kinston) has completed the acquisition of Jet.AI following shareholder approval on July 6.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Twinjet for Qantas's 'Project Sunrise' to fly 22h sortie to Australia. Airbus is preparing to conduct an ultra-long test flight with its newly-developed A350-1000ULR in around a week’s time.
eVTOL Insights
• Thomas Sleightholm
Inflight Online
• Matthew Wilson
