Bloomberg
• Danny Lee
A final investigation report into Singapore Airlines’ 2024 turbulence incident—where one passenger died and dozens were injured—concludes the event may have been driven by a malfunctioning weather radar. The finding links the turbulence outcome to an equipment failure rather than operational error.
Reuters
• Joanna Plucinska
By Reuters: Europe's airlines are losing ground to global rivals and need stronger EU support to tackle rising regulatory costs, make sustainable jet fuel affordable and better manage crises, a lobby group representing the continent's main carriers said.
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• Sanja Stefanjesko
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• David Shepardson
By Reuters: A group representing major U.S. airlines opposes a White House proposal to require smaller airports to use private security screeners instead of the Transportation Security Administration, according to written testimony seen by Reuters.
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By ch-aviation: Skymark Airlines (BC, Tokyo Haneda) will launch commercial operations with its first B737-8 on May 28, 2026, operating from Tokyo Haneda to Fukuoka.
Bloomberg
• Allyson Versprille, Cailley LaPara
By Bloomberg: A US safety investigator said United Parcel Service Inc. decided not to take further action after reviewing a 2011 service letter from Boeing Co. that flagged failures of a key structural component in the type of plane that later crashed in Louisville, Kentucky.
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• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Fatigue cracking led bearing race to split and put abnormal stress on lugs anchoring pylon to wing.
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