Aviation News

ATC Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management Policy & Regulation

Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

FAA Administrator Disputes GAO Finding That ATC Modernization Lacks Cost Estimate and Master Schedule

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the agency has developed both a cost estimate and master schedule for its air traffic control modernization effort, directly challenging a Government Accountability Office report that questioned the program’s planning and execution readiness.

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2026-09-16T08:06:26.879177-07:00

Airline Industry & Market Trends Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Boeing Boeing 757

AirInsight • Addison Schonland

Boeing’s Next Airplane: Why a 757 Replacement May Be a Single-Aisle Jet

By AirInsight: Airbus features in the 250-seat replacement debate, but Boeing's data-driven mission analysis favors a single-aisle solution that aligns with market realities.

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2026-09-16T06:50:06.328185-07:00

Europe Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation Aircraft Finance & Leasing airBaltic Airlines

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Air Baltic secures access to critical funding as it details brush with ‘liquidity cliff’

By FlightGlobal: US bankruptcy court approves initial €140 million in finance to support Latvian carrier's Chapter 11 restructuring. Air Baltic has secured court approval for the critical funding it requires to maintain operations as it embarks on its US Chapter 11 restructuring process.

Aviation24

airBaltic secures court approval to continue operations under Chapter 11

ch-aviation

US court approves airBaltic Chapter 11 relief request

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11 Sources

2026-09-16T04:35:26.379235-07:00

Air Cargo & Freight Logistics Aircraft Finance & Leasing Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Embraer

Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Four years after program launch, Embraer E190F gains its second operator

By Air Data News: BermudAir will lease a single converted freighter. Program has only 25 firm orders and two aircraft BermudAir will become the second airline to operate Embraer's E190F converted freighter , more than four years after the Brazilian manufacturer launched a program that initially targeted a market of hundreds of aircraft.

Airline Economics

BermudAir to become first Embraer E-Freighter operator in Americas

AirInsight

BermudAir Adds E190F |

7 Sources

2026-09-16T06:35:04.906480-07:00

Honeywell Supply Chain Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)

FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

Honeywell Aerospace rethinks outsourcing strategy, considers taking back some work

By FlightGlobal: Aerospace firms increasingly view insourcing as a means of addressing supply chain problems. In what appears an increasingly common trend, Honeywell Aerospace may look to take back some manufacturing it previously outsourced.

1 Source

2026-09-16T06:35:50.298122-07:00

777X Orders Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines Boeing Boeing 737

Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Korean Air locks in 103-jet Boeing order led by 737 MAX and 777X

By Air Data News: Record order for 103 aircraft converts a commitment announced in 2025 into a firm deal valued at US$36.2 Korean Air has finalized its order for 103 Boeing aircraft , converting a preliminary agreement announced in August 2025 into the largest aircraft order in the South Korean carrier's history.

Also: Aviation Week

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2026-09-16T03:36:30.248300-07:00

GA Helicopter North America Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Airlines

New York Times • Yan Zhuang

News Helicopter Crash and Bus Accident in Los Angeles Leave at Least 5 Dead

By New York Times: The accidents occurred back to back when an S.U.V. broadsided a bus and then a local news helicopter covering the story crashed and burst into flames.

AeroTime

Three killed as NBC helicopter crashes in LA while covering fatal bus collision

Washington Post

3 dead after L.A. news helicopter goes down while covering crash

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56 Sources

2026-09-15T20:35:48.791888-07:00

Europe M&A Airlines TAP Air Portugal Lufthansa

Bloomberg • Albertina Torsoli, Henrique Almeida

Air France-KLM Said to Offer Shares in TAP as Part of Its Bid

By Bloomberg: Air France-KLM is willing to offer Portugal a stake in the airline group as part of its bid for TAP SA, according to a person familiar with the matter, as it seeks an edge over a rival overture from Deutsche Lufthansa AG.

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2026-09-16T04:35:38.432680-07:00

FAA Administrator Disputes GAO Finding That ATC Modernization Lacks Cost Estimate and Master Schedule

Boeing’s Next Airplane: Why a 757 Replacement May Be a Single-Aisle Jet

Air Baltic secures access to critical funding as it details brush with ‘liquidity cliff’

airBaltic secures court approval to continue operations under Chapter 11

US court approves airBaltic Chapter 11 relief request

Four years after program launch, Embraer E190F gains its second operator

BermudAir to become first Embraer E-Freighter operator in Americas

BermudAir Adds E190F |

Honeywell Aerospace rethinks outsourcing strategy, considers taking back some work

Korean Air locks in 103-jet Boeing order led by 737 MAX and 777X

News Helicopter Crash and Bus Accident in Los Angeles Leave at Least 5 Dead

Three killed as NBC helicopter crashes in LA while covering fatal bus collision

3 dead after L.A. news helicopter goes down while covering crash

Air France-KLM Said to Offer Shares in TAP as Part of Its Bid

FAA Administrator Pushes Back on Watchdog’s ATC Modernization Report

Boeing’s Next Airplane: Why a 757 Replacement May Be a Single-Aisle Jet

Honeywell Aerospace rethinks outsourcing strategy, considers taking back some work

Four years after program launch, Embraer E190F gains its second operator

FAA seeks public input on transporting firefighters using restricted category aircraft

Air France-KLM Said to Offer Shares in TAP as Part of Its Bid

Aegean to speed up retirement of older jets as it passes peak of A320neo groundings

FAA seeks public input on transporting firefighters using restricted category aircraft

Air Astana to resume Dubai services in October

‘Polluter pays’: UK climate advisers say airlines should fund Heathrow expansion emissions

airBaltic files for U.S. Chapter 11 after seeking high-cost financing to restructure debt

Amazon pauses 21 Air operations after fatal Miami 767 freighter overrun killed five

Etihad to add four-suite First Class cabin to Airbus A330neo fleet from 2027

Etihad to add four-suite First Class cabin to Airbus A330neo fleet from 2027

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