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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Etihad trims route capacity and replaces A380s with smaller jets, tempering growth plans

Etihad Airways is cutting capacity across a number of routes and replacing its Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft with smaller jets, according to the articles. The changes mark a setback for the carrier’s ambitious growth plans, though the reports provide no route-level details or scale for the reductions.

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2026-11-11T10:55:32.116440-08:00

Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection)

Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

Cirrus Reports Data Breach Involving Financial, Medical, Other Personal Info

By Flying Magazine: Cirrus has not said how many people were impacted by the data breach, which took place in July.

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2026-11-11T11:05:03.674319-08:00

Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Airlines United Airlines

Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Hijack Suspect Who Rushed Cockpit Door of United Airlines Flight to New Orleans Is Twice Deported Illegal Alien

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The suspect accused of rushing the cockpit of a United Airlines plane from New York to New Orleans has been identified as a twice-removed illegal alien from Honduras who had been detained a third time but was released by an immigration judge pending a decision on whether he should be removed from the United States.

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2026-11-11T10:28:06.109233-08:00

Workforce & Skills Development

Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

Data Shows Rising Share of Women Pilots, but More Work Remains

By Flying Magazine: Women pilots record “small increase” in share of license holders, but there is “still a lot to be done.”.

Also: The Independent and The Independent

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2026-11-11T10:05:26.683462-08:00

AI Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection) Airlines United Airlines

Wall Street Journal • Alison Sider

United Airlines Is Banning AI Bots From Booking Flights

By Wall Street Journal: The carrier says automated assistants present data-privacy risks; ‘I don’t want to create another middleman’.

FlightGlobal

United seeks to block AI agents from booking tickets

Bloomberg

United Blocks AI Agents From Booking Flights Ahead of Holidays

Also: CNA, Seeking Alpha, Skift, View from the Wing and Paddle Your Own Kanoo

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2026-11-11T10:32:59.748198-08:00

Helicopter Aviation Safety & Regulation

AINonline • Charles Alcock

AEM Wins Approval for Radio Installations on AW139s

By AINonline: Special mission avionics company AEM won Transport Canada supplemental type certificate (STC) approval to install its MTP138 VHF FM and MTP136D P25 radios on Leonardo AW139 helicopters.

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2026-11-11T11:04:59.335719-08:00

BizAv Aircraft Finance & Leasing

AINonline • Kerry Lynch

GJC: Bizjet Market on Pace for Strong Finish in 2026

By AINonline: The business jet market is poised for a strong finish to the year as it hums along at a healthy pace despite geopolitical and economic uncertainty, financier Global Jet Capital (GJC) reported.

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2026-11-11T11:04:59.980579-08:00

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AINonline • Curt Epstein

NATA Introduces FBO Fees and Services Portal

By AINonline: The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) expanded its “Know Before You Go” initiative with the launch of an FBO Fees and Services Hub, announced yesterday at the organization’s Aviation Business Conference in Denver.

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2026-11-11T11:05:00.545055-08:00

Etihad trims route capacity and replaces A380s with smaller jets, tempering growth plans

Cirrus Reports Data Breach Involving Financial, Medical, Other Personal Info

Hijack Suspect Who Rushed Cockpit Door of United Airlines Flight to New Orleans Is Twice Deported Illegal Alien

Data Shows Rising Share of Women Pilots, but More Work Remains

United Airlines Is Banning AI Bots From Booking Flights

United seeks to block AI agents from booking tickets

United Blocks AI Agents From Booking Flights Ahead of Holidays

AEM Wins Approval for Radio Installations on AW139s

GJC: Bizjet Market on Pace for Strong Finish in 2026

NATA Introduces FBO Fees and Services Portal

US’s Archer Aviation secures FAA special market certificate

American Airlines brings fresh food back to NY-Chicago first class for first time since 2019

AEM Wins Approval for Radio Installations on AW139s

GJC: Bizjet Market on Pace for Strong Finish in 2026

NATA Introduces FBO Fees and Services Portal

Textron Aviation Enhances Cessna Citation CJ3 Light Jet with Garmin Autoland and More

Textron Aviation Enhances Cessna Citation CJ3 Light Jet with Garmin Autoland and More

US’s Archer Aviation secures FAA special market certificate

Every Crewmember Is a Steward of Margin, Says Safety Expert

Brazil’s Total Linhas Aéreas axes bases, furloughs personnel

Airbus A350-1000ULR sets commercial-airliner distance record as Qantas prepares Project Sunrise

Airbus A350-1000ULR sets commercial-airliner distance record as Qantas prepares Project Sunrise

Boeing to cut 5% of commercial workforce as production recovery slows

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