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ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

Aero-Dienst weighs Malta AOC as it plans MRO expansion

Germany’s Aero-Dienst is considering establishing an air operator certificate in Malta while expanding its maintenance, repair and overhaul activities, Managing Director Oliver Kosing said. The potential move would broaden the company’s operating and regulatory footprint as it evaluates further growth in the European aviation market.

2026-08-17T22:35:14.675054-07:00
MRO   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

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

By FlightGlobal: Control procedures under scrutiny after missing tool undetected before aircraft released back to service. Australian carrier Qantas has initiated work on using new technology for tool control, and revised its tool procedures, after an incident in which a maintenance lamp was left inside an Airbus A380 wing.

2026-08-18T00:05:19.747514-07:00
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
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
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: Skift, FlightGlobal, Aviation Week, Economic Times, Business Insider, Seeking Alpha and 3 more
2026-08-17T09:36:43.804418-07:00
eVTOL   UAV Development & Drone Programs   AI   Airlines  
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Wall Street Journal • Kelly Cloonan

Uber, Zipline Partner With Goal of Hitting 1 Million Drone Deliveries a Day

By Wall Street Journal: Uber is teaming up with drone startup Zipline to take its delivery service to the skies, a move aimed at winning customers demanding ever-quicker turnaround times for takeout, grocery and retail orders.

Also: The Verge, Seeking Alpha and newsable.asianetnews.com
2026-08-17T14:50:47.026877-07:00