The Air Current
• Jon Ostrower
The FAA’s chief administrative officer is departing the agency, the latest in a broader run of senior executive exits. The move underscores continued churn in top FAA leadership as the agency pursues operational modernization and technology-enabled approaches.
APEX
• APEX Staff
By APEX: SimpliFlying CEO Shashank Nigam used his keynote at APEX FTE EMEA to highlight agentic AI as the next big shift in airline distribution.
AINonline
• Kerry Lynch
By AINonline: Office is co-located at Jet Aviation Singapore.
politico.eu
• Joana Lehner, Jürgen Klöckner
By politico.eu: Die Straße von Hormuz ist blockiert, der Iran-Krieg treibt die Kerosinpreise an und die deutsche Luftfahrtbranche steht womöglich vor einem schwierigen Winter.
Reuters
• Gabriel Araujo
By Reuters: Brazilian planemaker Embraer said on Thursday its commercial aviation unit has a backlog of more than $15 billion and that the main engine issues affecting its next-generation E2 jets have now been resolved.
New York Times
• San Francisco
By New York Times: As co-chief executive of the start-up Prometheus, the Amazon founder is using A.I. to improve how devices ranging from computers to jet engines are made.
FlightGlobal
• Kerry Reals
By FlightGlobal: The Qatari carrier will operate daily flights on the route from 1 August. Qatar Airways will reinstate flights between Doha and Philadelphia in August, after Oneworld alliance partner American Airlines confirmed it would not return to the Qatari capital.
The Points Guy
ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
By ch-aviation: Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) will restart limited domestic services from Helsinki Vantaa to Turku and Tampere in October 2026, moving away from a strategy of serving these cities only with buses, which has been in place since 2022-2023.
Reuters
• Abhijith Ganapavaram, David Shepardson
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
