PaxEx   Airports   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Emirates A380 wake turbulence injures 5 on Eurowings A320; incident highlights risk under superjumbo flight paths

Wake turbulence from an Emirates Airbus A380 that passed overhead injured five people aboard a Eurowings A320 flying underneath, according to reporting from The Aviation Herald. The cluster underscores how A380 wake effects can translate into passenger injuries for smaller aircraft operating in the same airspace.

2026-06-01T10:12:34.562979-07:00
eVTOL   Europe   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives  
Aviation Week • Graham Warwick

Hybrid-Electric Regional Startup Maeve Enters Insolvency

By Aviation Week: Dutch electric aircraft developer Maeve Aerospace has been declared bankrupt after failing to raise additional funding.

Also: FlightGlobal
2026-06-01T02:27:30.422587-07:00
Air Cargo & Freight Logistics   Europe   M&A   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Airlines  
FlightGlobal • Dominic Perry

Ascend Airways’ total deficiency tops $50 million

By FlightGlobal: Sister companies in Avia Solutions Group bear the brunt of losses caused by carrier's closure. Shuttered UK wet-lease specialist Ascend Airways has a total deficiency of over $51 million, including more than $30 million owed to sister companies in Avia Solutions Group (ASG), newly released documents disclose.

2026-06-01T08:29:00.538856-07:00
M&A   Airlines   easyJet  
FlightGlobal • Kerry Reals

EasyJet responds to ‘opportunistic’ interest from Castlelake as market awaits next move

By FlightGlobal: Castlelake must decide by 26 June whether to make a firm offer for EasyJet or walk away. EasyJet has described US investment firm Castlelake’s potential offer for the carrier as “highly opportunistic”, but says its board would “consider any proposal”, should one materialise.

2026-06-01T06:00:33.648661-07:00