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Last Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 10:36 AM PST
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Skift
• Ajay Awtaney
IndiGo Meltdown: How an Operational Collapse Grounded India’s Biggest Airline and What Comes Next
By Skift: IndiGo, India’s largest airline, has spent the past week scrambling to contain a cascading operational meltdown.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Azul Embraer E195 lands on wrong runway at Rio’s Santos Dumont after parallel runway lights switched off
By FlightGlobal: Brazilian investigators have been unable to determine precisely why runway lights at Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont airport were switched off for several minutes, during which time an Azul Embraer 195 inadvertently landed on the illuminated parallel runway.
AINonline
• Matt Thurber
Robinson Helicopter and Lake Fusion Develop Lidar Obstacle-Detection System for Visibility-Challenged Helicopter Operations
By AINonline: Lidar-based system can improve safety in visibility-challenged environments.
eveairmobility.com
Eve Lists in Brazil, Secures $40M BNDES Loan to Fund eVTOL Integration and Certification Testing
By eveairmobility.com: - Funding will support the integration phase of the electric propulsion system and testing of the certification prototype - New credit line strengthens the company’s cash position as it advances toward aircraft certification SÃO PAULO, Brazil – December 9, 2025 – Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX, EVEXW; B3: EVEB31), a company dedicated to developing solutions for the Urban Air Mobility (UAM).
Urban Air Mobility News
Eve Air Mobility secures BNDES financing to support Brazil listing and commercialisation
AINonline
• Amy Wilder
XO Launches Corporate Membership To Meet Demand for Flexible Bizav Travel
By AINonline: Multi-user accounts offer simultaneous flight capability.
Runway Girl
• Becca Alkema
Malaysia selects Aireon space-based ADS-B to enhance oceanic surveillance over Kuala Lumpur FIR
By Runway Girl: The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) and Aireon LLC today announced a strategic collaboration to deploy Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) data for air traffic surveillance across the oceanic sector of the Kuala Lumpur Flight Information Region (FIR).
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
Etihad cancels 16 Boeing widebody orders as it expands long‑haul fleet with A330-900 and A350
By FlightGlobal: Etihad Airways cancelled orders for 16 Boeing widebody aircraft in November, the same month the Abu Dhabi carrier revealed plans to significantly expand its Airbus long-haul fleet with new A330-900 and A350 orders.
