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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

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

Qantas is reviewing tool-control procedures and evaluating new technology after a maintenance work light was inadvertently left inside an Airbus A380 wing. The aircraft was released to service without the missing tool being detected and subsequently operated two long-haul sectors before the issue came to light.

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2026-08-18T00:05:19.747514-07:00

MRO BizAv Europe

ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

Germany's Aero-Dienst mulls Malta AOC, MRO expansion

By ch-aviation: Aero-Dienst Managing Director Oliver Kosing,.

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2026-08-17T22:35:14.675054-07:00

eVTOL Sustainability & Climate Initiatives Airlines Beta Technologies

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.

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

China Orders Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines COMAC

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

China's Shenzhen Airlines and Loong Air eye C919s

By ch-aviation: Shenzhen Airlines (ZH, Shenzhen) and Loong Air (GJ, Hangzhou) have expressed interest in adding C919s, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported, citing statements by executives from both airlines at an aviation forum in Guangzhou.

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2026-08-17T20:20:08.713804-07:00

Routes Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines

FlightGlobal • Alfred Chua

Vietjet to boost Philippines operations in latest network expansion

By FlightGlobal: Airline to launch three new routes linking Vietnam and Philippines. Vietjet is to launch five new international routes, focusing on flights to the Philippines amid stronger tourism demand.

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2026-08-17T19:49:56.708403-07:00

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Bloomberg Law • James Nani

Google Aims to Boost AI With Purchase of Spirit Airlines Data

By Bloomberg Law: Google LLC won a bankruptcy auction for a trove of deindentified business data, software code, and operations records from collapsed low-cost carrier Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc., saying it plans to use the assets to improve its artificial intelligence.