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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

easyJet shareholders approve Apollo’s £5.7bn takeover, with deal completion targeted for March and up to 50 Luton HQ roles at ri

The buyout would end easyJet’s more than 26 years on the London stock market and put the airline under US ownership. Separately, the carrier is consulting on up to 50 redundancies at its Luton headquarters—about 2% of its reported 2,300-person head-office workforce—as it prepares for its future business plans.

Also: aerospaceglobalnews.com and The Independent

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2026-11-12T04:15:30.903727-08:00

Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Airbus Airbus A330

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Pitch-up effect after bounced touchdown led A300 freighter to strike tail at London Heathrow

By FlightGlobal: Crew executed go-around despite activating reverse thrust upon arrival from Leipzig. UK investigators believe back-pressure on the control column and the pitch-up effect of spoiler extension resulted in an Airbus A300-600F’s tail-strike at London Heathrow last year.

Also: Simple Flying

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2026-11-12T04:19:16.342484-08:00

BizAv Orders

ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

TAG Aviation San Marino retires GVII-G600, adds second G700

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2026-11-12T03:35:09.736109-08:00

eVTOL GA Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)

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eVTOL Insights • Thomas Sleightholm

Samson Sky Appoints Cresa to Find Site for First US Switchblade Production Facility

By eVTOL Insights: Samson Sky has appointed commercial real estate advisory firm Cresa to help identify a location for its first US production facility for the Switchblade roadable aircraft, following the company's announcement of an $80 million investment from Matin Group.

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2026-11-12T05:19:20.432207-08:00

eVTOL

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AeroTime • Ian Molyneaux

Vertical says new quality certification matches Airbus-Boeing levels

By AeroTime: eVTOL aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has said a newly awarded quality certification matches the standard used by Airbus and Boeing.

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2026-11-12T05:49:25.315582-08:00

Bloomberg • Kate Duffy

Europe Should Coordinate Bomb Threat Responses, Wizz CEO Says

By Bloomberg: Wizz Air Holdings Plc’s chief executive officer said Europe needs a coordinated approach for handling bomb threats, such as those last week that forced carriers to divert planes and militaries to deploy fighter jets.

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2026-11-12T04:04:56.153929-08:00

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AeroTime • Ian Molyneaux

Boeing slide in 737 MAX deliveries hampers recent progress

By AeroTime: Boeing saw a slide in its 737 MAX deliveries in October 2026, hampering recent progress made by the US planemaker following the summer.

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2026-11-12T03:49:19.060878-08:00

PaxEx Airlines

Inflight Online • Keith Mwanalushi

RAVE and Paradox Cat launch flight stretch app for inflight wellbeing

By Inflight Online: RAVE Aerospace and Paradox Cat have launched the flight stretch app, bringing guided wellbeing exercises to airline passengers.

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2026-11-12T03:34:06.889497-08:00

easyJet shareholders approve Apollo’s £5.7bn takeover, with deal completion targeted for March and up to 50 Luton HQ roles at ri

Pitch-up effect after bounced touchdown led A300 freighter to strike tail at London Heathrow

TAG Aviation San Marino retires GVII-G600, adds second G700

Samson Sky Appoints Cresa to Find Site for First US Switchblade Production Facility

Vertical says new quality certification matches Airbus-Boeing levels

Europe Should Coordinate Bomb Threat Responses, Wizz CEO Says

Boeing slide in 737 MAX deliveries hampers recent progress

RAVE and Paradox Cat launch flight stretch app for inflight wellbeing

Vertical says new quality certification matches Airbus-Boeing levels

Samson Sky Appoints Cresa to Find Site for First US Switchblade Production Facility

TAG Aviation San Marino retires GVII-G600, adds second G700

easyJet mulls HQ job cuts; shareholders approve takeover

Pitch-up effect after bounced touchdown led A300 freighter to strike tail at London Heathrow

Europe Should Coordinate Bomb Threat Responses, Wizz CEO Says

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