Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
The FAA has proposed a $65,000 civil penalty against Avelo Airlines after finding the carrier failed to include ten flight attendants in its required random drug-and-alcohol testing program. The agency says those excluded crew performed safety‑sensitive duties between April and November 2024.
Skift
• Ashab Rizvi
By Skift: New Skift Research shows how global travel flows rely on three airlines — and how shocks can expose the risks of that concentration.
FlightGlobal
By FlightGlobal: Latvian carrier Air Baltic cut its full-year net loss by 40% in 2025 to €44.3 million ($51.2 million) during a year in which it expanded its wet-lease operations.
Vertical Mag
By Vertical Mag: The Memorial Hermann H160 on display at the Airbus booth at Verticon serves as the conforming aircraft for Metro Aviation’s EMS interior STC program.
ch-aviation
By ch-aviation: Interested in Commercial Aviation/Business Aviation? Unlock exclusive news such as “Boeing records 15 net orders in February 2026” today!.
Delta Air Lines
By Delta Air Lines: Delta TechOps becomes first North American Airline MRO with full LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B capability With demand for narrowbody jets continuing to surge, Delta TechOps has expanded its CFM International LEAP engine portfolio to become the first and only North American airline maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider licensed to support both the CFM LEAP-1A and CFM LEAP-1B engines.
AINonline
• Kerry Lynch
By AINonline: Private flight provider is streamlining fleet with more Challenger and Phenoms jets.
Vertical Mag
By Vertical Mag: The partnership will integrate EHang’s EH216-S pilotless eVTOL with Argela’s UTM system and Türk Telekom’s 5G infrastructure to support AAM operations in Turkey.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
Vertical Mag
• Brent Bundy, March
Reuters
• Ilona Wissenbach, Joanna Plucinska
