AINonline
• Charles Alcock
Merlin has raised $200 million in a SPAC IPO to fund development of systems to convert existing civil and military aircraft to uncrewed operations. The company will develop autonomy software and retrofit integration packages aimed at enabling crewless missions across commercial and defense markets.
Reuters
• Jonathan Stempel
By Reuters: A federal judge certified a shareholder class action accusing Boeing of concealing safety deficiencies in its 737 MAX planes before two crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019.
Reuters
• Dan Catchpole, Nathan Gomes
By Reuters: Boeing expects its commercial airplane division to turn a profit in 2027, not this year as previously expected due to higher-than-expected costs of its purchase of parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems, its chief financial officer said on Tuesday, in a new setback for the U.S.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
By Breitflyte: Frontier Airlines has today announced the launch of four new routes across seven U.S. airports for Spring 2026, including service between Fort Lauderdale and Washington Dulles, between Nashville and Las Vegas, from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark, and more.
AINonline
• Hanneke Weitering
By AINonline: Program targets first transition flight later this year.
Vertical Mag
• Brent Bundy, March
By Vertical Mag: At Verticon 2026, Metro Aviation used its annual press briefing to highlight a mix of operational expansion, new aircraft completions, and emerging technologies shaping the future of air medical aviation.
CNBC
• Natasha Abellard
By CNBC: The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET.
Skift
• Dennis Schaal
By Skift: Capital One is making a "payout" to Hopper to acquire the Hopper tech and more than 100 employees that built Capital One Travel.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
