Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
U.S. carriers will spend about $8 million to fix Boeing 787 transponder faults after tests showed ham radio transmissions can disrupt susceptible units. Boeing and operators are implementing a targeted repair to remove a vulnerability that allows amateur radio signals to interfere with affected transponders.
Airways Magazine
• Helwing Villamizar
By Airways Magazine: GOL introduces four weekly nonstop flights between Rio and Orlando on an A330, expanding capacity in Florida and long-haul.
AINonline
• Kerry Lynch
By AINonline: Graham joined the board in 2020.
aeroroutes.com
By aeroroutes.com: Published at 1400PDT / 2100GMT 13MAR26 Air China on Friday 13MAR26 opened reservations to North Korea, last served until 2020. The Star Alliance member initially will resume Beijing Capital – Pyongyang flight on 30MAR26, with 737-700 aircraft operating once a week.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Emirates aims to restore full international capacity by March 29, despite ongoing regional security threats affecting rivals.
Associated Press
By Associated Press: The Chinese company AutoFlight, founded in 2017, developed the Matrix, which can carry up to 10 passengers.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Friday night lifted a ground stop that had halted traffic at the three primary Washington-area airports for several hours after air traffic had to halt work because of a strong chemical smell tied to a circuit board that overheated.
Reuters
• Parth Chandna
By Reuters: Qatar Airways plans to operate a few repatriation flights from Doha to Europe on Saturday, but commercial flights remained suspended as the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has forced the closure of Qatari airspace since last week.
FlightGlobal
• Howard Hardee
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
