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Europe   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Aircraft Finance & Leasing   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   airBaltic   Airlines  
FlightGlobal • Graham Dunn

airBaltic targets smaller A220 fleet and up to €325 million recapitalisation in restructuring plan

Latvia’s airBaltic plans to reduce its Airbus A220-300 fleet by roughly one-third, concentrating its network around Riga and expanding ACMI flying as it seeks to restore financial health. The carrier is pursuing an initial €225 million interim recapitalisation, with total funding needs reported at up to €325 million.

Also: Aviation24, AeroTime, Aviation Week, Airline Economics, Aviation24 and aviator.aero
2026-08-11T06:35:55.747652-07:00
PaxEx   Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection)   Delta Air Lines  
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Hackers Allegedly Disrupt Delta Flight’s Wi-Fi and Broadcast Fake Login Page

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The alleged incident happened on Delta flight DL-591, which departed Las Vegas Harry Reid Airport at around 8:30 am on Monday, after being delayed overnight from Sunday.

Also: View from the Wing
2026-08-11T06:50:18.545780-07:00
Orders   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Embraer  
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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Long waits for larger jets are opening opportunities for Embraer E2, CEO says

By Air Data News: Airbus and Boeing have more than 12,000 A320neo-family and 737 MAX aircraft awaiting delivery, although the smaller E2 cannot replace them on delivery lead times for larger single-aisle aircraft are creating new sales opportunities for Embraer's E-Jets E2 family , according to Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto .

2026-08-11T06:51:31.714685-07:00
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eVTOL Insights • Jason Pritchard

Hyde County in North Carolina Becomes First in USA to Deploy eVTOL Aircraft for Emergency Medical Response

By eVTOL Insights: A flight-trained paramedic piloting Pivotal's eVTOL aircraft arrived to a 911 emergency call in North Carolina approximately 20 minutes before a ground ambulance, in what has been described as a national first which could reshape emergency medical response in rural America.

Also: Aviation Week
2026-08-11T04:20:50.124212-07:00
MRO   Africa   ATR  
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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Kenya's Jambojet lands first third-party MRO customer

By ch-aviation: Jambojet (JM, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has secured Ghanaian airline PassionAir as its first third-party MRO customer, resulting in DHC-8-Q400, 9G-BPD (msn 4204), arriving for C-check heavy maintenance at Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta after being ferried from Accra via Bangui between August 5-6, ADS-B data confirms.

2026-08-11T05:36:07.000568-07:00