Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
British Airways has put its ultra-fast Starlink Wi-Fi fleet rollout on hold until at least the end of October because it lacks operational slack to keep aircraft on the ground long enough to install the hardware without disrupting its schedule. BA currently has only five planes equipped.
Wall Street Journal
• Bojan Pancevski
By Wall Street Journal: Moscow’s Vnukovo airport is home to a sleek white Bombardier Global 7500—a $75 million Western-built jet that caters to the world’s wealthy and business elites.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 diverted back to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport on Thursday after the pilots reported problems with the right-hand engine of the 21-year-old aircraft.
The Air Current
• Julie Johnsson
By The Air Current: Boeing is studying raising production of its cash-cow 737 family to a 70-jet monthly rate, although it hasn’t yet made any firm plans to do so, CEO Kelly Ortberg said Friday, confirming a report by The Air Current.
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Bloomberg
• Siddharth Philip
By Bloomberg: Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., one of the world’s largest air cargo operators, is considering an order for Boeing Co.’s latest 777X freighter even after the company placed a sizable aircraft order with rival Airbus SE.
One Mile at a Time
• Ben Schlappig
By One Mile at a Time: Qatar Airways plans to resume flights between Doha (DOH) and Philadelphia (PHL), after cutting the route in 2023. Here's what we know so far.
Reuters
• Allison Lampert, Tim Hepher
By Reuters: Airbus is wavering over when to launch a larger A220 jet due to a muted response from powerful leasing companies and a debate over range and performance, six industry sources said.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Baseline powerplant to be installed on SJ-100 as replacement for Superjet's SaM146. United Aircraft’s development of the Yakovlev SJ-100 has advanced after federal regulator Rosaviatsia formally certified its Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplant.
