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MRO   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Qantas A380 flew two long-haul sectors with maintenance lamp left inside wing

Qantas is reviewing tool-control procedures and evaluating new technology after a maintenance work light was inadvertently left inside an Airbus A380 wing. The aircraft was released to service without the missing tool being detected and subsequently operated two long-haul sectors before the issue came to light.

2026-08-18T00:05:19.747514-07:00
Leadership   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines  
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FlightGlobal • Alfred Chua

Australia’s Alliance Aviation picks ex-Flyadeal chief as new leader

By FlightGlobal: Steven Greenway joins the carrier ahead of planned restructuring to "right-size operations". Former Flyadeal chief executive Steven Greenway has been appointed to lead Australia's Alliance Aviation, as the operator prepares to reorganise its operations.

2026-08-18T01:50:01.996374-07:00
Routes   Europe   Airbus A320   Airlines  
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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

SWISS to replace A220s with larger A320neos on Geneva-Heathrow route

By Air Data News: Two 180-seat A320neos will move to the Geneva base for summer 2027, adding capacity on one of the airline’s busiest routes from SWISS will change the composition of its Geneva fleet next summer, replacing two Airbus A220-300s with larger A320neos to increase capacity between the Swiss city and London Heathrow.

Also: AeroTime and mrobusinesstoday.com
2026-08-18T02:05:06.404105-07:00
eVTOL   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives   Airlines   Beta Technologies  
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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Air New Zealand says ALIA too small to be cost-effective

By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print Commercial Aviation Air New Zealand Beta Technologies ALIA CX300, © Air New Zealand By Dirk Andrei Salcedo 18Aug2026 LinkedIn X Facebook Copy news link RSS Feed Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland International ) has asked Beta Technologies ( Burlington, VT ) to examine a larger battery-electric aircraft after concluding that the ALIA CX300 used in its recent demonstrator programme was too small to be cost-effective, chief executive officer Nikhil Ravishankar told New Zealand news outlet Newsroom.

2026-08-17T18:13:26.048992-07:00
China   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airlines   COMAC  
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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

China's Shenzhen Airlines and Loong Air eye C919s

By ch-aviation: Shenzhen Airlines (ZH, Shenzhen) and Loong Air (GJ, Hangzhou) have expressed interest in adding C919s, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported, citing statements by executives from both airlines at an aviation forum in Guangzhou.

2026-08-17T20:20:08.713804-07:00
AI   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection)   Airlines   Spirit Airlines  
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Bloomberg Law • James Nani

Google Aims to Boost AI With Purchase of Spirit Airlines Data

By Bloomberg Law: Google LLC won a bankruptcy auction for a trove of deindentified business data, software code, and operations records from collapsed low-cost carrier Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc., saying it plans to use the assets to improve its artificial intelligence.

Also: Air Data News, AirInsight, Skift, Airline Economics, FlightGlobal, Aviation Week, Economic Times, Business Insider, Seeking Alpha and 4 more
2026-08-17T09:36:43.804418-07:00