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• Paul Ash
Etihad Airways and Abra Group have agreed a memorandum of understanding covering ACMI cooperation and a codeshare collaboration. The MoU links aircraft capacity via ACMI with commercial integration through codeshare, aiming to support coordinated network and operating planning.
Bloomberg
• Dorothy Ma, Reshmi Basu
By Bloomberg: JetBlue Airways Corp.’s bonds sank ahead of its second-quarter earnings release next week, as investors grew jittery again amid mounting economic pressures.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: Carriers are either cutting capacity more aggressively or raising airfares. American is taking a different approach.
ch-aviation
• Vanja Popovic
By ch-aviation: Airline lobby groups have denounced the European Commission’s proposed revamp of the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS), arguing that it ambition to cover flights beyond the EU amounts to extraterritorial and unilateral approach.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Carrier obtained its own air operator's certificate in March this year. Nigerian carrier Enugu Air has confirmed that one of its Embraer regional jets has suffered a runway excursion while landing in Benin City.
CNBC
• Leslie Josephs
By CNBC: Southwest hired a ship this spring to send fuel from Houston to Los Angeles in case of supply shortages.
Skift
• Gordon Smith
By Skift: IATA has named World Economic Forum executive Saadia Zahidi as its next director general, breaking a four-decade run of airline operators leading the trade body.
Air Cargo News
ch-aviation
• Luciano Braganca
By ch-aviation: Saudi Arabia-based, PIF - Public Investment Fund-backed The Helicopter Company has signed a letter of intent to finalise a firm order for 12 Bombardier Business Aircraft, comprising five Challenger 3500s, five Global 5500s, and two Global 8000s, alongside options for a further 48 jets across the three platforms.
Reuters
• Abhijith Ganapavaram, Aditya Kalra
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
