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Aircraft Finance & Leasing   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airlines  
ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

US-Bangla Airlines targets $4–5 billion aircraft leasing program by November 2026

US-Bangla Airlines plans to launch another aircraft leasing program valued at $4–5 billion within the next 60 days, Managing Director Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun said. The proposed transaction would follow the Bangladeshi carrier’s recently announced plan to acquire 21 Boeing aircraft worth approximately $1.5 billion.

2026-09-14T20:35:18.163217-07:00
ATC   NTSB   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
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Reuters • David Shepardson

US NTSB says one-third of FAA answers to safety recommendations are 'unacceptable'

By Reuters: The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said responses by the Federal Aviation Administration to 11 of 33 recommendations made by the board after a 2025 mid-air collision killed 67 people near Washington were "unacceptable" and failed to address safety concerns.

2026-09-14T15:35:40.265456-07:00
ALPA   Airlines  
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FlightGlobal • Graham Rapier

Breeze pilots request mediation as contract talks stall

By FlightGlobal: The Air Line Pilots Association represents the discount airline's pilots. Pilots at Breeze Airways requested a federally appointed mediator as contract negotiations remain deadlocked.

2026-09-14T15:35:40.638903-07:00
777X   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Workforce & Skills Development   Boeing   Boeing 737  
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Leeham News • Howard Hardee

Working to Avoid Strike, Boeing Advances Another SPEEA Offer

By Leeham News: In the interest of protecting the slow ramp-up of 737 Max production across its facilities and ensuring that certification progress continues on the Max 10 and 777X programs, Boeing is highly motivated to avoid a workers’ strike.

2026-09-14T12:36:04.863904-07:00
UAV Development & Drone Programs   AI   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Textron  
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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Cessna SkyCourier UX explores autonomous military cargo role with new loading design

By Air Data News: Concept removes the conventional cockpit to study a forward-loading architecture for distributed Textron Aviation has unveiled a concept for an autonomous version of the Cessna SkyCourier in which the absence of a conventional cockpit could make room for a new forward cargo-loading architecture.

2026-09-14T14:16:13.135584-07:00
Saudi Arabia   Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management   Airlines  
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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Air Arabia’s new Saudi budget carrier obtains air operator’s certificate

By FlightGlobal: Kingdom's civil aviation regulator grants approval to Dammam-based airline. Saudi Arabian regulators have granted an air operator’s certificate to Air Arabia’s new budget carrier for the kingdom.

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2026-09-14T11:20:09.272006-07:00