FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
Canada’s Snowbirds will end Canadair CT-114 Tutor jet demonstrations after the 2026 season and replace the aging turbofan fleet—operating for more than 60 years and facing rising airworthiness costs—with CT-157 Siskin II turboprops based on the Pilatus PC-21.
Business Wire
• For more information
By Business Wire: Next-generation hybrid-electric system begins testing ahead of flight tests First all-electric Valo battery manufactured on upgraded production line at Vertical Energy Centre.
Urban Air Mobility News
Bloomberg
• Jack Wittels, Will Kubzansky
By Bloomberg: A global supply crunch has US refineries producing jet fuel at a record pace while skewing output away from gasoline, setting up a potential transport fuels production clash during the peak summer travel period.
AINonline
• Hanneke Weitering
By AINonline: Start-up eyes firefighting, skydiving, military markets.
AINonline
• Kerry Lynch
By AINonline: Graham was approved for another NTSB term, Edwards for an assistant secretary position.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Air France, British Airways, and the Lufthansa Group have extended their respective flight suspensions to a slew of destinations across the Middle East, with Lufthansa now not expected to return to Dubai until September 13 at the earliest.
AINonline
• Charles Alcock
By AINonline: Airlines are improving operational efficiency but not cutting total carbon.
Bloomberg
• Allyson Versprille, Cailley LaPara
By Bloomberg: A US safety investigator said United Parcel Service Inc. decided not to take further action after reviewing a 2011 service letter from Boeing Co. that flagged failures of a key structural component in the type of plane that later crashed in Louisville, Kentucky.
Reuters
• Abhijith Ganapavaram, Aditya Kalra
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
