North America   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   ATR  
ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

ATR evaluates ATR72-600 modifications for US competitiveness, including forward passenger door and US-specific certification upg

ATR is evaluating a package of modifications to the ATR72-600 tailored to the U.S. market, including a forward passenger door and a configurable 50-seat three-class cabin. ATR director and president Americas Chris Jones said the company is also pursuing U.S.-specific certification upgrades to improve competitiveness.

2026-07-27T13:07:10.391536-07:00
Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airbus A330   Airlines  
Aviation24 • André Orban

Swiss Airbus A330 diverts to Bangor, Maine, after cockpit fire report

By Aviation24: A Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A330-300 registered HB-JHK, operating Flight LX16 from Zurich to New York JFK, diverted to Bangor International Airport in Maine on Monday after the crew reported a cockpit fire.

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2026-07-27T12:05:34.677973-07:00
PaxEx   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Southwest Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Southwest Airlines Will Open Premium Airport Lounges That Will Be Co-Branded With Chase

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: We’ve known for some time that Southwest Airlines is working on plans to build its own network of premium airport lounges, and during the Dallas-based carrier’s latest earnings call, chief executive Bob Jordan gave a little more information about the strategy behind these lounges.

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2026-07-27T12:15:59.057791-07:00
PaxEx   Leadership   Airlines  
Bloomberg • Sri Taylor

JetBlue Introduces New Fare Structure Before First-Class Launch

By Bloomberg: JetBlue Airways Corp. is revamping the way customers shop for flights, introducing what it called a simplified fare structure as it prepares to launch a domestic first-class product later this year.

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2026-07-27T10:06:30.472697-07:00
Routes   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airbus A350   Airbus  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

A350-1000ULR range tested with transpacific return from Melbourne

By FlightGlobal: Twinjet designed for Qantas's Project Sunrise takes the long way round as it heads back to Toulouse. Airbus’s ultra-long range A350-1000ULR is returning from Melbourne to Toulouse via a transpacific crossing – the most demanding test of the aircraft to date.

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2026-07-27T10:37:04.863122-07:00