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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
AirBorneo says it will more than double its narrowbody fleet from two to five aircraft by the end of 2026, with additional aircraft scheduled to arrive in October, November and December, CEO Megat Ardian Aminuddin told Channel NewsAsia.
eVTOL Insights
• Thomas Sleightholm
By eVTOL Insights: Dovetail Electric Aviation, an Australian-Spanish company developing electric and hybrid-electric propulsion systems for regional and general aviation, has signed its first binding launch customer agreement with Norway’s Ludens Aviation AS for the conversion of a Cessna Caravan to electric power.
FlightGlobal
• Klaas-Jan van Woerkom
By FlightGlobal: Stakeholders from the two countries are looking at how electric aircraft could make the hop more sustainable.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: A340 freight operator largely relied on inbound China-UK services for revenues. Administrators for the UK-based freight carrier European Cargo are still assessing the prospects for rescuing the company as a going concern, but state that it has “significant” levels of debt which would need to be restructured.
FlightGlobal
• Greg Waldron
By FlightGlobal: No height rules were in place when Coulson 737 crashed into rising terrain after downslope retardant drop in early 2023.
The Air Current
• Will Guisbond
By The Air Current: Data-driven reporting and analysis on the strategy and technology of flying., Data-driven reporting and analysis on the strategy and technology of flying.
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: Chinese operator Xizang Airlines is the type's launch customer, with 40 examples on order. The high-altitude variant of Comac’s C919 narrowbody has completed its first test flight at Shanghai’s Pudong international airport.
The Air Current
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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong International) has postponed the resumption of passenger flights from Hong Kong International to Dubai International and Riyadh amid the re-escalating conflict in the Middle East.
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