AINonline
• Charles Alcock
A McKinsey report finds that, as airline growth slows, carriers may be able to operate through aircraft delivery delays without immediate operational disruption. The shift points to a recalibration of capacity planning assumptions and how airlines manage fleet inflow versus demand growth.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: Kuwait closed its airspace after renewed Iranian missile and drone attacks, forcing Kuwait Airways to cancel most flights.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Both aircraft were at same cruise altitude on bidirectional airway in Canaries airspace. Spanish investigators are probing an indecent in which a Boeing 787-9 and an Airbus A321XLR took evasive action while travelling head-on along the same airway at the same cruise altitude.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will once again let Boeing mark its own homework after it told the Chicago-headquartered aircraft manufacturer that it is free to issue its own airworthiness certificates for all newly manufactured 737MAX jets and 787 Dreamliners.
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
By AirInsight: Boeing guides 43.625 new deliveries through 2045, just 25 more than in last year's Commercial Market Outlook, reflecting the 'echo' from the Gulf war.
aviationnews.eu
Aviation Source
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: The FAA accepted new standards that allow manufacturers to certify larger and more capable light-sport aircraft.
New York Times
• Niraj Chokshi
By New York Times: The company recently opened a new production line to keep up with strong demand for its 737 Max, though orders for its new planes lag rival Airbus.
View from the Wing
Cranky Flier
• Andrew Bashuk
By Cranky Flier: Review United Reports $805 Million Profit United Airlines’s Q2 earnings were released Wednesday after the close of the market, and the carrier earned a profit of $805 million on $17.7 billion in gross revenue.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
