Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
KLM expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in late August and plans to launch the aircraft on commercial service between Amsterdam and Toronto. The Canadian city will serve as the launch destination for the airline’s newest long-haul widebody.
Bloomberg
• Hayley Warren, Jack Wittels, Tom Fevrier
By Bloomberg: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz raised questions about the resilience of jet fuel supplies, so Bloomberg crunched the numbers to look at where the vulnerabilities lie.
Bloomberg
• Siddharth Philip
By Bloomberg: The US Federal Aviation Administration issued several airworthiness directives Friday for Boeing Co. jets, including 737 Max aircraft and 787 Dreamliners, operating in Canadian airspace that could face interference from 5G radio waves.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Delta Air Lines plans to go head-to-head with JetBlue and United Airlines after it announced plans on Friday to launch new non-stop flights between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning on April 12, 2027.
Airline Geeks
The Points Guy
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Video captured manoeuvre at Horseshoe Bay involving twinjet modified for Qatar Airways Cargo. US FAA investigators are to probe a controversial low-height flypast carried out by a converted Boeing 777-200LR freighter as it undertook final tests before delivery to Qatar Airways.
ch-aviation
• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
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Associated Press
• SIMINA MISTREANU
By Associated Press: A small aircraft crashed into Beijing’s tallest building, the global flight tracking service provider Flightradar24 confirms, following witness accounts and evacuations in the city’s business district.
One Mile at a Time
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said Embraer should "think twice" before entering the narrowbody aircraft market, arguing that competing against Airbus, Boeing and COMAC would be a difficult and costly undertaking.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
