ch-aviation
• Luciano Braganca
TAG Aviation San Marino has retired a Gulfstream GVII-G600 and added a second G700 to its fleet. The update marks a change in the operator’s business-jet lineup; the available report does not disclose the timing or reasons for the aircraft changes.
eVTOL Insights
• Thomas Sleightholm
By eVTOL Insights: Samson Sky has appointed commercial real estate advisory firm Cresa to help identify a location for its first US production facility for the Switchblade roadable aircraft, following the company's announcement of an $80 million investment from Matin Group.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: eVTOL aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has said a newly awarded quality certification matches the standard used by Airbus and Boeing.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: easyJet Group has confirmed it is consulting on proposed redundancies at its London Luton headquarters, with up to 50 positions potentially affected, or around 2% of its reported 2,300-strong head-office workforce.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Crew executed go-around despite activating reverse thrust upon arrival from Leipzig. UK investigators believe back-pressure on the control column and the pitch-up effect of spoiler extension resulted in an Airbus A300-600F’s tail-strike at London Heathrow last year.
Bloomberg
• Kate Duffy
By Bloomberg: Wizz Air Holdings Plc’s chief executive officer said Europe needs a coordinated approach for handling bomb threats, such as those last week that forced carriers to divert planes and militaries to deploy fighter jets.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: Boeing saw a slide in its 737 MAX deliveries in October 2026, hampering recent progress made by the US planemaker following the summer.
Inflight Online
• Keith Mwanalushi
By Inflight Online: RAVE Aerospace and Paradox Cat have launched the flight stretch app, bringing guided wellbeing exercises to airline passengers.
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FlightGlobal
• Graham Dunn