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Last Updated: Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, 11:21 PM PDT
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FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
ATSB probes DHL Boeing 767F for descent below minimum safe altitude on approach to Sydney
By FlightGlobal: The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has opened investigations into a Boeing 767 freighter that flew below minimum safe altitude as it approached Sydney airport.
ch-aviation
• Paul Ash
Royal Jordanian retires final Embraer E195 as it phases out regional jets
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Reuters
• Gursimran Kaur
Spirit to cut November capacity by 25% and implement job cuts amid financial strain, memo says
By Reuters: Spirit Airlines is set to cut jobs as the airline plans to reduce capacity by 25% year-on-year in November, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Wednesday, deepening woes for the low-budget carrier.
ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
IranAir appeals EU sanctions, pursuing legal challenges across member states
By ch-aviation: IranAir (IR, Tehran Mehrabad) plans to continue seeking legal recourse against sanctions imposed on it by the European Union and has appealed against them to individual member...
Aviation Week
• Kurt Hofmann
Ryanair CEO: We Want 737-10s — Won’t Take More 737-8-200s If 737-10 Isn’t Certified
By Aviation Week: Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary said that if Boeing cannot certify the 737-10, he has no interest in taking more 737-8-200s.
Reuters
• Jonathan Stempel
Families of Air India Flight 171 victims sue Boeing and Honeywell over alleged faulty fuel cutoff switch
By Reuters: The families of four passengers killed in the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787 said in a lawsuit that the accident resulted from allegedly faulty fuel switches, which the U.S.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
AirAsia X to launch A321-200NX narrowbody operations in 2026, planning up to 12 aircraft
By ch-aviation: AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur International) is planning to begin narrowbody operations in 2026 with six narrowbodies, either A321-200NX or A321-200NX(LR)s,...
