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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

SWISS to replace two Geneva-based A220s with larger A320neos for Heathrow

SWISS will move two 180-seat Airbus A320neos to its Geneva-Cointrin base for summer 2027, replacing two A220-300s and increasing capacity on the airline’s busy Geneva–London Heathrow route. The fleet reshuffle represents a targeted upgauging of capacity rather than network expansion.

2026-08-18T02:05:06.404105-07:00
MRO   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Qantas A380 flew two long-haul sectors with maintenance lamp inadvertently left in wing

By FlightGlobal: Control procedures under scrutiny after missing tool undetected before aircraft released back to service. Australian carrier Qantas has initiated work on using new technology for tool control, and revised its tool procedures, after an incident in which a maintenance lamp was left inside an Airbus A380 wing.

2026-08-18T00:05:19.747514-07:00
Leadership   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines  
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FlightGlobal • Alfred Chua

Australia’s Alliance Aviation picks ex-Flyadeal chief as new leader

By FlightGlobal: Steven Greenway joins the carrier ahead of planned restructuring to "right-size operations". Former Flyadeal chief executive Steven Greenway has been appointed to lead Australia's Alliance Aviation, as the operator prepares to reorganise its operations.

2026-08-18T01:50:01.996374-07:00
ATC   Policy & Regulation   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives  
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FlightGlobal • Dominic Perry

UK launches first airspace-scale contrail avoidance trials

By FlightGlobal: Operation Blue Skies consortium to carry out testing in Shanwick oceanic airspace from later this year. Operational evalutions are set to begin later this year of an airspace-scale contrail avoidance trial through a 30-month project part-funded by the UK government.

2026-08-18T02:35:10.032576-07:00
eVTOL   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives   Airlines   Beta Technologies  
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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Air New Zealand says ALIA too small to be cost-effective

By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print Commercial Aviation Air New Zealand Beta Technologies ALIA CX300, © Air New Zealand By Dirk Andrei Salcedo 18Aug2026 LinkedIn X Facebook Copy news link RSS Feed Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland International ) has asked Beta Technologies ( Burlington, VT ) to examine a larger battery-electric aircraft after concluding that the ALIA CX300 used in its recent demonstrator programme was too small to be cost-effective, chief executive officer Nikhil Ravishankar told New Zealand news outlet Newsroom.

2026-08-17T18:13:26.048992-07:00