Aviation Source
• Len Varley
airBaltic is adjusting its pilot employment model by leveraging a Swiss subsidiary to make its terms more competitive for European partner airlines. The move is designed to strengthen airBaltic’s ability to win and deliver international ACMI (wet-lease) export business across Europe.
FlightGlobal
• Graham Rapier
By FlightGlobal: Chief executive Robert Isom says fuel-price spikes wiped out more than $1 billion in expected profit in less than a month.
Aviation24
• André Orban
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.
ch-aviation
• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
By ch-aviation: ATR - Avions de Transport Régional is evaluating a series of modifications to the ATR72-600 to improve its competitiveness in the US market, including a forward passenger door, a 50-seat three-class cabin, and US-specific certification upgrades, ATR director and president Americas Chris Jones told Aviation Week.
Bloomberg
• Sri Taylor
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.
Airline Geeks
Air Data News
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
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.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
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.
Airline Geeks
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Embraer's firm order backlog reached a record US$34.5 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2026, up 7% from the previous quarter and 16% from a year earlier, the Brazilian manufacturer said as the Farnborough Airshow came to a close.
Breaking Defense
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
