Cranky Flier
• Andrew Bashuk
Allegiant reported $158 million in EBITDA for the second quarter, its first earnings release since completing the merger with Sun Country on May 13. The results provide the first financial snapshot of the combined carrier following the transaction.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: The U.S. Senate voted on Friday to confirm David Cummins, a senior vice president of Serco , to head the Transportation Security Administration as the Trump administration pushes to privatize screeners at smaller airports.
AINonline
• Amy Wilder
By AINonline: Combined fleet would top 500 managed aircraft.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: The US Treasury Department has lifted sanctions on Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad and two Boeing 737s two years after imposing counterterrorism restrictions.
ch-aviation
• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
By ch-aviation: This article is only available with a subscription for Commercial Aviation News, Operator & Airport Data.
AINonline
• Amy Wilder
By AINonline: Rescheduling created what FAA calls a dual-status gap.
Runway Girl
• Becca Alkema
By Runway Girl: Radia chief Engineer Bruno Bachinger touts the dual-use capability of WindRunner, an in-development aircraft that would be the world’s largest.
AINonline
• Charles Alcock
By AINonline: Russia widely believed to have gotten an explosives-carrying drone into the German airport.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Bloomberg
• Danny Lee, Mihir Mishra, Rachel Gamarski
eVTOL Insights
• Thomas Sleightholm
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski