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Skift • Gordon Smith

IAG launches advertising business using Starlink-connected passenger data across five airlines

IAG is creating IAG Media, a new advertising business that will use Starlink Wi-Fi and passenger data to generate revenue across the group’s five airlines. The initiative puts onboard connectivity and customer information at the center of a new commercial operation.

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2026-11-12T11:34:27.550276-08:00

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AINonline • Neelam Mathews

Nepal Investigators Probe Everest Helicopter Collision

By AINonline: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is investigating a November 3 collision of two Airbus AS350 helicopters while landing at Pheriche, a 14,340-foot mountain helipad in Solukhumbu district along the Everest Base Camp trekking route.

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2026-11-12T10:05:14.854215-08:00

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Runway Girl • Mary Kirby

Fast-growing Astronics identifies memory board crunch

By Runway Girl: With memory in high demand with data centers, Astronics is seeing lead times "stretch out" and price escalation for the modules it builds into some components.

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2026-11-12T11:00:39.098173-08:00

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Skift • Rashaad Jorden

Air Canada Exec: Airline Needs Reliability to Be Fully Premium

By Skift: Air Canada has spent years building what it calls North America’s original premium airline, but its COO said it lacks one piece.

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2026-11-12T11:34:27.420304-08:00

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Skift • Dan Marcec

Prioritizing Premium and Loyalty as Competition Intensifies with American Airlines' CCO

By Skift: Airlines competing for premium travelers face a difficult investment test as more carriers pursue the same customers.

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2026-11-12T11:34:27.977088-08:00

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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Air Tanzania grounds most A220s amid ongoing P&W engine woes

By ch-aviation: Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) has warned of flight delays, schedule changes, disruptions, and aircraft substitutions until November 14, 2026, following the early removal of engines from some of its A220-300s.

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2026-11-12T11:35:07.446931-08:00

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ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

Jet Linx launches shared-services model, PCJ first partner

By ch-aviation: Jet Linx Aviation (JL, Omaha Eppley) has launched Operator Alliance, a shared-services programme allowing independent charter operators to use Jet Linx's operational infrastructure while retaining their own brands and local management.

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2026-11-12T12:05:17.285916-08:00

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AINonline • Charlotte Bailey

TransMedics Selects Gogo Galileo HDX for Phenom Fleet

By AINonline: By mid-2027, TransMedics believes it will be the first and only organ transplant company to roll out Gogo Galileo across its entire fleet—a capability it intends to extend to its European aircraft in 2028.

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2026-11-12T12:05:22.381064-08:00

IAG launches advertising business using Starlink-connected passenger data across five airlines

Nepal Investigators Probe Everest Helicopter Collision

Fast-growing Astronics identifies memory board crunch

Air Canada Exec: Airline Needs Reliability to Be Fully Premium

Prioritizing Premium and Loyalty as Competition Intensifies with American Airlines' CCO

Air Tanzania grounds most A220s amid ongoing P&W engine woes

Jet Linx launches shared-services model, PCJ first partner

TransMedics Selects Gogo Galileo HDX for Phenom Fleet

EASA Approves Universal Avionics Connected FMS

Send Solutions Oasis CMS Receives FAA PMA Nod

Air Force unveils T-19A, a new aerobatic plane to train future pilots

TransMedics Selects Gogo Galileo HDX for Phenom Fleet

Jet Linx launches shared-services model, PCJ first partner

Air Canada Exec: Airline Needs Reliability to Be Fully Premium

EASA Approves Universal Avionics Connected FMS

Send Solutions Oasis CMS Receives FAA PMA Nod

Mexicana to add predictive maintenance to its Embraer E2 fleet

United-JetBlue merger would ‘make sense’: David Neeleman

Cathay adds 46 A320neo-family and A330neo aircraft; Magnifica Air orders 10 ACJ220-300s

United restricts third-party AI agents from booking flights on its digital platforms, citing security and regulatory concerns

USAF relocates tankers from RAF Mildenhall amid reported Iran-linked threat

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