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eVTOL   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives  
AeroTime • Miquel Ros

Electra tests hybrid-electric ultra-STOL aircraft as a potential major-airport feeder

Electra says it has completed a series of demonstration flights with its ultra-short takeoff and landing hybrid-electric aircraft, testing a potential feeder role for major airports. The demonstrations assess whether the aircraft’s short-field capability can support new regional connectivity models around existing airport infrastructure.

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2026-08-19T07:50:10.563956-07:00
Space Exploration & Science Missions   Boeing   Boeing 737   NASA  
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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

NASA reveals new colors of Boeing 737 with secretive Air Force past

By Air Data News: The 13-year-old 737-700 spent years as a classified USAF flying testbed before being transferred to NASA for a very has unveiled the new paint scheme of a Boeing 737-700 that is being converted into a reduced-gravity research aircraft, opening a new chapter for an airframe whose previous mission with the U.S.

2026-08-19T07:53:22.648223-07:00
eVTOL   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Policy & Regulation   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives  
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FlightGlobal • Dominic Perry

Dovetail upbeat on European certification path for electric powertrain

By FlightGlobal: Developer buoyed by first firm customer agreement and battery industrialisation pact. Dovetail Electric Aviation is confident that it can reach an agreement with Europe's civil aviation regulator by year-end on the certification basis of its DovePower propulsion system.

2026-08-19T08:05:24.499985-07:00
AI   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Spirit Airlines  
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Bloomberg Law • James Nani

Spirit Data Sale to Google Prompts Flight Attendants’ Objection

By Bloomberg Law: A flight attendants’ union raised privacy concerns in response to the proposed sale of Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc.'s deindentified business data and operations records to Google LLC, which plans to use the information to train its artificial intelligence.

2026-08-19T08:20:05.320387-07:00
Satellite   PaxEx   Europe   Airbus A320   Airlines   Lufthansa  
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FlightGlobal • Kerry Reals

Lufthansa’s first Starlink-equipped aircraft enters service

By FlightGlobal: German airline group is installing the SpaceX in-flight wi-fi service on all of its carriers’ aircraft. Lufthansa Group has installed SpaceX’s Starlink in-flight wi-fi service on its first aircraft, kicking off a programme that will see 850 jets operated by all of its airlines equipped with the system by 2029.

2026-08-19T05:20:07.033196-07:00