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China Orders Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) COMAC

Leeham News • Karl Sinclair

COMAC’s 1,100-aircraft backlog puts commercial market-share challenge in focus

COMAC’s reported backlog of 1,100 aircraft underscores the scale of its commercial aviation ambitions, but an order book alone does not secure market share. Converting that backlog into a durable position in the industry remains a difficult industrial undertaking.

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2026-10-05T10:05:01.486593-07:00

Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Airlines

Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

British Airways Flight to Chicago Loses Cabin Pressurization, Deploys Oxygen Masks

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Passengers on board a transatlantic British Airways flight to Chicago O’Hare raced to put on oxygen masks that dropped from the ceiling on Monday afternoon after the aircraft failed to pressurize as it flew at 9,000 feet over Ireland.

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2026-10-05T10:15:21.329641-07:00

Europe Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation airBaltic Airlines

FlightGlobal • Joseph Dainty

Air Baltic to slash hundreds of jobs under restructuring

By FlightGlobal: Latvian carrier is preparing to cut up to 23% of its workforce across the Baltic region as part of restructuring efforts following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

Aviation A2Z

airBaltic Pilot Salary in 2026

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2026-10-05T08:49:53.367267-07:00

BizAv Accident

Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

6 Presumed Dead After Coast Guard Ends Search for Missing G100 Passengers

By Flying Magazine: Operator Latitude Air Ambulance said it must “face the heartbreaking reality” that six people are presumed dead after Coast Guard suspends search.

2 Sources

2026-10-05T08:50:22.128931-07:00

BizAv Airbus

Corporate Jet Investor • Yves Le Marquand

Family offices relying ‘more heavily’ on business aviation, finds Airbus study

By Corporate Jet Investor: Increasingly international family offices are relying more heavily on business aviation to support global growth, according to new research from Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ).

Also: AINonline and Corporate Jet Investor

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2026-10-05T05:20:16.263058-07:00

BizAv M&A

ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

Solairus closes Clay Lacy management, charter units takeover

By ch-aviation: Solairus Aviation (TWY, Novato) has completed the acquisition of the aircraft management and charter divisions of Clay Lacy Aviation (CLY, Van Nuys) as of October 1, 2026.

1 Source

2026-10-05T10:15:21.559048-07:00

BizAv Middle East Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact

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AINonline • PETER SHAW-SMITH

Business Aviation in the Gulf Pushes Ahead after Iran War Disruption

By AINonline: Gulf Bizav Pushes Ahead after Iran War Disruption.

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2026-10-05T10:34:50.761231-07:00

Orders Airbus United Airlines

ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

United takes first GTF Advantage-powered A321XLR

By ch-aviation: United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) has taken delivery of its first A321-200NY(XLR) extra long-range aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF Advantage engines, marking the first delivery of an aircraft equipped with the upgraded engine variant.

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2026-10-05T08:49:54.982878-07:00

COMAC’s 1,100-aircraft backlog puts commercial market-share challenge in focus

British Airways Flight to Chicago Loses Cabin Pressurization, Deploys Oxygen Masks

Air Baltic to slash hundreds of jobs under restructuring

airBaltic Pilot Salary in 2026

6 Presumed Dead After Coast Guard Ends Search for Missing G100 Passengers

Family offices relying ‘more heavily’ on business aviation, finds Airbus study

Solairus closes Clay Lacy management, charter units takeover

Business Aviation in the Gulf Pushes Ahead after Iran War Disruption

United takes first GTF Advantage-powered A321XLR

Business Aviation in the Gulf Pushes Ahead after Iran War Disruption

Family offices relying ‘more heavily’ on business aviation, finds Airbus study

British Airways Flight to Chicago Loses Cabin Pressurization, Deploys Oxygen Masks

Solairus closes Clay Lacy management, charter units takeover

About That 1,100-Aircraft Comac Backlog

Air Baltic to slash hundreds of jobs under restructuring

Mumbai Airport Plans to Move a Third of Terminal 2's International Departures. Airlines Are Pushing Back

Binter seeks financing and plans to receive nine more Embraer E195-E2 jets

Wizz Air pushes back Abu Dhabi return as EASA updates security advice

Air Canada completes purchase of shares worth $561mn

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Medical Gulfstream G100 carrying six disappears en route from Bermuda to Boston; Coast Guard searches off Nantucket

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U.S. airlines resist Boeing’s latest 737 MAX software versions amid FAA safety review

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