ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
Latvia’s airBaltic says it has no A220 aircraft grounded with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine issues in Q1 2026. The airline had previously reported reduced availability from the powerplant woes, with up to 13 A220s grounded on average across Q1 2025.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Air New Zealand turboprop's pilot reduced rotation rate to avoid possible bird-strike.Investigators have determined that a misunderstanding between the pilots of a De Havilland Dash 8-300 resulted in the aircraft aborting its take-off roll during rotation.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
By AeroTime: A FAA program to equip all its airport vehicles with transponders has been accelerated following the Air Canada Express crash at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
Bloomberg
• Kirsi Heikel
By Bloomberg: Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near Helsinki, in the early hours of Friday.
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
By AirInsight: Maeve Aero, the Dutch startup that is working on a hybrid-electric 90-seater together with MHIRJ, is on the verge of winding down.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: This article is only available with a subscription for Commercial Aviation News, Operator & Airport Data.
Bloomberg
• Allyson Versprille
By Bloomberg: A group of Democratic senators is pressing major US airlines for information on increases in airfares and luggage fees in response to the war in the Middle East.
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: Airline group will ramp up its European operations in the second half of the year. Singapore Airlines Group expects to grow its capacity in the near term, as it sees travel demand “holding up” despite near-term headwinds brought about by war in the Middle East.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
