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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines launched three-times-weekly flights between Taipei Taoyuan and Prague Václav Havel on Aug. 1, 2026, marking the carrier’s first European route and its entry into the continent’s long-haul passenger market.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Heart Aerospace's X1 demonstrator completed its first flight on Wednesday, August 12, at Plattsburgh International Airport in New York, a major test of the technologies under development for the company's ES-30 hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Associated Press
• Josh Funk, Rio Yamat
By Associated Press: Investigators say broken engine parts shattered a window on a Ryanair plane shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, causing a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: The Chinese government has renewed its five-year plan for civil aviation, which sets a goal for the sector's safety, service capacity, and infrastructure to reach world-class standards by 2030.
FlightGlobal
• Graham Rapier
By FlightGlobal: Carrier also announces service to San Diego from Austin, Texas. Delta Air Lines plans to launch a daily nonstop flight from Austin, Texas, to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in March 2027.
View from the Wing
Reuters
By Reuters: Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Group said on Thursday it expects to cut third-quarter capacity by 20% to 25% from a year earlier to safeguard profitability, before gradually rebuilding capacity to "pre-war levels" in the fourth quarter.
Bloomberg Law
• Sabrina Willmer
By Bloomberg Law: A Delaware judge tossed a shareholder lawsuit accusing Boeing Co. directors of ignoring safety before the blowout of a door plug on a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines in 2024.
ch-aviation
• Luciano Braganca
By ch-aviation: Cirrus Aircraft (Knoxville McGhee Tyson) has secured a Brazilian civil aviation authority (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil - ANAC) type certificate for the Vision Jet G3.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
AINonline
• Matt Thurber
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
