ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
China’s Colorful Guizhou is reportedly pursuing five COMAC C909 regional jets while selling two Embraer E190 aircraft. The mix signals a targeted fleet refresh toward China’s C909—paired with divestment of existing E190 capacity.
ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
By ch-aviation: American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has added four new gates at its busiest hub, Dallas/Fort Worth, following the opening of a new pier at its Terminal C.
Airline Geeks
ch-aviation
• Luciano Braganca
By ch-aviation: Brazil's civil aviation authority (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil - ANAC) has suspended all aircraft certification actions, and pilot and flight attendant examinations as part of a broader 40% reduction in inspection activities following a BRL24 million reais (USD4.6 million) freeze on federal funding.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
By FlightGlobal: Court fight set to rumble on ever as judge's order dismisses claims and counterclaims from the two eVTOL developers. A federal judge has dismissed Archer Aviation's claims involving allegations that competitor Joby Aviation committed fraud by concealing business ties with China.
airlinergs.com
• Eddie Saunders
By airlinergs.com: American Airlines and Google today announced a record-breaking agreement for sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc), representing the largest publicly announced SAFc agreement between an airline and a single corporate customer to date.
Reuters
• Joanna Plucinska
By Reuters: Dubai's Emirates expects to receive its long-delayed first Boeing 777X by June next year, but has yet to see progress on Rolls-Royce engine improvements that would allow it to order the competing Airbus A350-1000 , its president said.
Skift
• Gordon Smith
By Skift: Cathay Pacific CEO Ronald Lam tells Skift the airline is holding full capacity through the fuel price spike as summer demand stays strong.
ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
By ch-aviation: JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) is focused on an "organic plan" for growth but would "never say never" to exploring merger-and-acquisition opportunities if they were in the interest of shareholders, chief executive officer Joanna Geraghty said.
