AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
Sri Lankan lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa faces 24 charges over an alleged bribe linked to SriLankan Airlines’ purchase of Airbus aircraft. The allegations concern a historic aircraft deal; the charges have not been established in court.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: American Airlines pilots have been told to stay clear of a tiramisu dessert on their crew meal trays while flying out of Phoenix Sky Harbor after it was discovered that the iconic Italian sweet treat had been accidentally laced with alcohol by local caterers at the airport.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: Three people died when a Robinson R22 training helicopter and an Airbus AS350B3 collided near McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon.
Bloomberg
• Kateryna Kadabashy
By Bloomberg: What was already destined to be a bad year for Middle East airlines got even worse in October when missiles pummeled the Saudi capital’s airport, killing more than a dozen people and prompting authorities to suspend the hub’s operations.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: Passenger rights group FlyersRights is suing DOT over a rule it says shifts flight delay costs from airlines to travelers.
Flying Magazine
• Matt Leighton
By Flying Magazine: Volunteer Angel Flight pilots bridge the healthcare gap for families in remote communities.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Commercial service for six-passenger Delta-class vehicle intended in second quarter of 2027. Virgin Galactic has transported the first of its new generation of spaceplane to its operations base in New Mexico, showing off the craft’s livery.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Swiss flight aborted take-off roll after poor co-ordination between controllers. US investigators have attributed a runway incursion involving four separate aircraft – which forced an Airbus A330 to abort take-off – to poor co-ordination between two tower controllers at New York JFK.
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Cranky Flier
• Andrew Bashuk
