AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
The FAA has accepted new standards that expand the certification pathway for MOSAIC light-sport aircraft, enabling manufacturers to certify larger and more capable designs. The update broadens what qualifies under the light-sport category, reshaping product development and compliance planning for GA and training aircraft makers.
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
By AirInsight: Boeing guides 43.625 new deliveries through 2045, just 25 more than in last year's Commercial Market Outlook, reflecting the 'echo' from the Gulf war.
New York Times
• Niraj Chokshi
By New York Times: The company recently opened a new production line to keep up with strong demand for its 737 Max, though orders for its new planes lag rival Airbus.
View from the Wing
Cranky Flier
• Andrew Bashuk
By Cranky Flier: Review United Reports $805 Million Profit United Airlines’s Q2 earnings were released Wednesday after the close of the market, and the carrier earned a profit of $805 million on $17.7 billion in gross revenue.
Bloomberg
• Benedikt Kammel
By Bloomberg: Airbus SE won orders from Air China and Hainan Airlines with a total transaction value of about $17.8 billion, giving the European planemaker a commercial boost a few days before a marquee aviation exhibition.
Airline Geeks
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: Delta is launching nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Manila as it employs an ambitious growth strategy out of the California airport.
Delta Air Lines
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says the agency needs another $10 billion from Congress to reform the antiquated U.S. air traffic control system as policymakers prepare for traffic to double in the next two decades.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: MSN114 aircraft leaves long-term storage as it begins conversion into the manufacturer's next of the Airbus A380s retired during the COVID-19 pandemic has returned to the air to begin a second career, this time as a flying test aircraft for the European manufacturer.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
