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PaxEx Airports Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management Policy & Regulation

Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

FAA awards $870 million for airport infrastructure, safety and passenger upgrades

The FAA is awarding $870 million for airport improvements, with funding directed toward infrastructure upgrades, safety enhancements and more family-friendly features. The grants underscore continued federal investment in airport facilities and passenger-facing infrastructure, though the announcement provides no further breakdown of recipients or individual project amounts.

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2026-08-04T11:35:08.278318-07:00

North America Aircraft Finance & Leasing Airlines

ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

US’s Allegiant Air lines up $408.5mn in aircraft financing

By ch-aviation: Discover more news on Allegiant Air at ch-aviation, the leading aviation news and data provider.

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2026-08-04T12:14:49.547745-07:00

Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Airbus A320 Air India Airlines

Bloomberg • Vikram Kumar

India Probes Air India Flight After Altitude Loss Injures 17

By Bloomberg: India’s civil aviation regulator has launched a probe after Tata Group-owned Air India Ltd.’s Phuket-Delhi flight lost altitude, leaving 17 people injured, before safely landing in the country’s capital.

Live From A Lounge

Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi hits severe clear-air turbulence, injuring passengers and crew

FL360aero

Air India Flight AI2379 Suffers Severe Turbulence, Injuring 17 Passengers

Also: Simple Flying, Airline Geeks, Economic Times, newsable.asianetnews.com and ANI News Agency

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2026-08-04T08:59:52.085227-07:00

Airline Industry & Market Trends Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Embraer

AirInsight • Addison Schonland

Scope Clause Keeps Regional Aviation Stuck in the Past |

By AirInsight: Four efficiency variables, every major US regional jet. The index gap versus single-aisles is the Scope Clause in numerical form. Mitsubishi is watching closely.

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2026-08-04T10:59:23.911774-07:00

Aviation Safety & Regulation

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

UK regulator concerned over rise in decisions to continue unstable approaches

By FlightGlobal: Civil Aviation Authority safety notice highlights risks including hard landings and tail-strikes. UK regulators are highlighting the importance of executing a go-around if an approach becomes unstable, after finding an upward trend in decisions to continue.

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2026-08-04T09:45:20.602367-07:00

BizAv Aircraft Finance & Leasing