Leadership   Policy & Regulation   Airlines   United Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

United Airlines flight attendant union leader linked to rule changes for crew with DUI records flying to Canada

The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) says its top United Airlines flight-attendant representative—an AFA-CWA leader involved in changing crew rules—has a background connected to DUI flying restrictions that affect whether flight attendants can operate trips to Canada. AFA-CWA represents about 55,000 flight attendants across nearly two dozen U.S. airlines.

2026-07-10T10:14:27.289551-07:00
Orders   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airbus A350   Airbus   Airlines   Boeing  
Reuters • Karen Lema, Tim Hepher

Philippine Air to order 15 Boeing 787-10 and nine Airbus A350-1000

By Reuters: Philippine Airlines (PAL) is poised to order 15 Boeing 787-10 aircraft and nine Airbus ​A350-1000 jets, marking its first Boeing purchase in almost ‌20 years, industry sources said on Friday.

Also: CNA
2026-07-10T08:29:42.456237-07:00
Europe   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airlines   Boeing 737  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Ryanair Passenger ‘Sucked Out of Window’ as Boeing 737 Suffers Explosive Decompression Shortly After Takeoff

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A passenger on a Ryanair flight from the Greek holiday resort of Thessaloniki was reportedly partially sucked out of the plane’s window when it suffered an explosive decompression on Friday morning.

Also: View from the Wing, Reuters, One Mile at a Time, New York Times, CNBC, AeroTime, thebulkheadseat.com, Simple Flying, Flightradar24, CBS News, newsable.asianetnews.com, Aviation24 and 10 more
2026-07-10T03:29:22.724312-07:00
M&A   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

Air Greenland to modify two DHC-8-Q200s for defence tasks

By ch-aviation: Air Greenland (GL, Nuuk) has selected PAL Aerospace (SPR, St. John's) to modify two DHC-8-Q200s for military operations under the Maritime Domain Awareness programme of the United Nations' International Maritime Organization.

2026-07-10T09:16:42.543339-07:00
Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines   Delta Air Lines  
Bloomberg • Sri Taylor

Delta Beats Estimates as Travel Demand Withstands Higher Prices

By Bloomberg: Delta Air Lines Inc. reaffirmed its full-year profit guidance and said strong demand for premium, corporate and international travel helped offset the highest quarterly fuel expense in its history.

Also: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, FlightGlobal, Reuters, One Mile at a Time, Forbes, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, CNN, Seeking Alpha and 6 more
2026-07-10T03:45:07.054991-07:00