AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
Pratt & Whitney says it is on track to honour commitments to end the GTF engine A320 AOG crisis, pointing to a “dramatic” improvement in aircraft on-ground performance. Separately, it has signed an MoU with Tigerair Taiwan for GTF engines on 15 Airbus A321neo family aircraft—four firm and 11 leased.
Bloomberg
• Janice Kew
By Bloomberg: South Africa’s biggest domestic airline says air-traffic control constraints are forcing it to tailor flight schedules to take account of capacity restrictions at the country’s busiest airports.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Two pilots of a packed Boeing 757 with as many as 181 passengers on board, who were involved in a ‘crazy’ low altitude fly pass of a built-up area close to Reykjavik, Iceland, in April, have been temporarily stripped of their pilot licenses following an investigation by local authorities.
FlightGlobal
• Graham Rapier
By FlightGlobal: Executives say their new system can be put in place in as little as three months, lowering freight costs and extending the lifespan of ageing aircraft.
FlightGlobal
• Kerry Reals
By FlightGlobal: Second-quarter profits rise but geopolitical developments make for an uncertain outlook. Finnair has reduced its full-year capacity guidance but maintained the profit forecast it set out in April, after increasing its operating profit four-fold to €86.6 million ($98.1 million).
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: The Malaysia Aerospace Industry Association is seeing an uptick in its membership, a sign of the sector's growth. Malaysia’s aerospace sector looks to continue growing in the near term, helped by strong government support – and with an eye out for regional competition.
Reuters
• Abhijith Ganapavaram
By Reuters: India has reprimanded its aviation safety regulator for failing to guard against officials using their influence to help family members get jobs in the sector and for delays in disclosing such placements, government documents reviewed by Reuters show.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
eVTOL Insights
• Thomas Sleightholm
