Inflight Online
• Satu Dahl
RECARO Aircraft Seating has named Luft- und Raumfahrtingenieur Andreas Erber as chief technology officer, effective 1 September 2026. The appointment places him in charge of the company’s innovation and development activities, with the role also adding a seat on the executive board.
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
By eVTOL Insights: LODD Autonomous has initiated the certification program for its Hili hybrid cargo aircraft with the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
Reuters
By Reuters: An unexplained crash by a tiny plane into Beijing's tallest building and silence from regulators have cast a chilling effect on the low-altitude flights sector and uncovered aviation safety gaps in the Chinese capital.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: US planemaker Boeing has said that the company has no reason to believe that a widespread systems outage on June 30, 2026, was caused maliciously.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Smallest member of re-engined A320 family has proved significantly less popular than its larger siblings. Airbus has quietly ceased offering the A319neo to airline customers following continued underwhelming sales of the smallest remaining member of its original narrowbody family.
AINonline
• David Jack Kenny
By AINonline: Business Aircraft Accident Reports: June 2026 Preliminary and final accident reports, June 2026 Accidents NTSB: Drug Detection Up among Pilots Killed in Accidents Study examined toxicology results from 2018 through 2022 Accidents U.S.
FlightGlobal
• Edward Russell
By FlightGlobal: Houston-based budget carrier will be the launch operator at McKinney National airport near Dallas. Avelo Airlines will launch five routes from McKinney airport this autumn, making it the debut carrier at the new facility.
Airline Economics
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
By eVTOL Insights: ANRA Technologies' Mission Manager X (MMX) platform, which provides UAS Traffic Management (UTM) capabilities for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) and other advanced drone operations, now enables more than 55,000 commercial drone operations each month across the United States.
