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Vertical Mag • Airbus Press Release; December

Linfox places Australia’s first Airbus H160 order after successful demo tour

Vertical Mag reports: The order follows a four-week demonstration tour in Australia, during which the H160 performed over 60 flights.

asdnews.com

1st Australian Airbus H160 Order Secured by Linfox

Airbus

First Australian Airbus H160 order secured by Linfox

Also: Asian Aviation, rotorhub.com and heliopsmag.com

2025-12-10T05:56:28.324963-08:00

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Safran agrees to sell passenger-systems unit SPI to Kingswood Capital

By safran-group.com: Paris, December 10, 2025Safran announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Kingswood Capital Management (“Kingswood”) for the sale of Safran Passenger Innovations (“SPI”), Safran...

PaxEx.Aero

Safran to sell in-flight entertainment & connectivity unit Safran Passenger Innovations to Kingswood Capital

FlightGlobal

Kingswood Capital to acquire Safran Passenger Innovations (RAVE IFE) from Safran

Also: Runway Girl, Aircraft Interiors International and Aviation Week

2025-12-10T00:18:38.193215-08:00

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AINonline • Hanneke Weitering

NASA selects Reliable’s pilotless Caravan for airport UAS-integration trials to inform performance standards

By AINonline: Flight data will inform performance standards for uncrewed aircraft systems.

2025-12-10T06:38:19.316874-08:00

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Creditors vote to wind down Mango Airlines, paving way for shutdown

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2025-12-10T05:08:30.377829-08:00

MRO Airline Industry & Market Trends Asia-Pacific (APAC)

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avm-mag.com

Delta TechOps Secures First Third‑Party LEAP‑1B Contract to Service Korean Air 737 MAX Engines

By avm-mag.com: Delta TechOps announced their first third-party LEAP-1B engine contract for the engines powering Korean Air's 737 MAX fleet. The company says this milestone.

Breitflyte

Delta TechOps Lands First Third-Party LEAP-1B Engine Contract with Korean Air

2025-12-09T09:15:38.179380-08:00

ATC Europe Airports Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management

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Runway Girl • Becca Alkema

Vigo Airport becomes Spain’s first to operate a fully digital air traffic control tower powered by Searidge

By Runway Girl: The digital control tower at Vigo Airport is now operational, making it the first airport in the country to transition to fully digital tower operations.

Also: Airport World

2025-12-10T04:26:22.839519-08:00

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Air Algérie to reorganize into holding company and create new entities

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2025-12-10T04:06:41.315324-08:00

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KLM Cityhopper to add 4 seats to 22 E195‑E2s, raising capacity to 136 seats by June 2026

By ch-aviation: KLM Cityhopper (WA, Amsterdam Schiphol) plans to reconfigure twenty-two E195-E2s from the current layout of 132 economy class seats to 136 seats by June 2026.