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SAF   Europe   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives   Airlines  
Bloomberg • Ben Elgin

IAG Bought More Sustainable Aviation Fuel Than All U.S. Airlines Combined Last Year

International Airlines Group, the owner of British Airways, Aer Lingus and Iberia, purchased more sustainable aviation fuel last year than all U.S. airlines combined. The comparison highlights a widening gap between Europe and the U.S. and Asia in the airline industry’s adoption of lower-carbon jet fuel.

2026-08-13T03:21:08.255505-07:00
ATC   Helicopter   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management  
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Wall Street Journal • Andrew Tangel

FAA Plans Antennas, Communications Fixes After Incident With Helicopter Carrying Trump

By Wall Street Journal: Federal aviation officials are planning to move air-traffic control antennas and implement new procedures to avoid a repeat of last week’s safety incident with Marine One near a busy Washington, D.C., airport.

2026-08-13T01:05:47.235397-07:00
North America   Aircraft Finance & Leasing   Orders   Policy & Regulation   Airlines  
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New York Times • Andrea Fuller, David A. Fahrenthold, Hamed Aleaziz, Julie Tate, Nicholas Nehamas

Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.

By New York Times: The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.

2026-08-13T03:05:08.575354-07:00
Europe   M&A   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines  
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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Pegasus Airlines gets Turkish approval for Smartwings deal

By ch-aviation: Pegasus Airlines (PC, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) has secured approval from the Turkish competition authority (Rekabet Kurumu) for its planned acquisition of the Smartwings Group, under a July 23, 2026 decision.

Also: AeroTime and FlightGlobal
2026-08-13T01:05:48.556834-07:00
Routes   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Air India   Airlines  
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ch-aviation • Paul Ash

Air India to restore most int'l flights by late 3Q26

By ch-aviation: Air India (AI, Delhi International) plans to bring back most of its international services from September 1, 2026, while also adding frequencies on certain major long-haul routes, amid ongoing efforts to restore flights it had temporarily reduced during July and August as a result of sharply rising fuel prices.

Also: Economic Times
2026-08-12T23:13:44.349164-07:00
Supply Chain   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Russia’s United Engine starts delivering serial PD-8 engines for SJ-100 programme

By FlightGlobal: Powerplant secured approval in June but import-substituted twinjet yet to receive certification. Russia’s United Engine has started delivering serially-produced Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplants to the Yakovlev SJ-100 programme.

Also: Air Data News
2026-08-13T00:35:07.431723-07:00