Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Inflight connectivity has evolved from a passenger amenity into a core airline product over the past 20 years. Rising bandwidth and reliability demands are pushing IFC developers to design multi‑orbit satellite networks, reshaping supplier strategies, retrofit planning and airborne communications architectures.
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: All Nippon Airways (ANA) has reduced its orders for Boeing 787-10s, opting to convert some of them to the smaller -9 variant. The Japanese carrier switched three of 11 787-10s – initially ordered in 2020 – to the -9s.
Runway Girl
• Becca Alkema
By Runway Girl: Anuvu has kicked off a substantial performance upgrade of inflight connectivity services on over 100 Turkish Airlines narrowbody aircraft.
AINonline
By AINonline: FAA Administrator expects some broken glass along the way.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Boeing has reached a key production milestone on the first 777-8 Freighter, with the aircraft entering final assembly at its Everett facility in Washington.
Aviation Source
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: Ireland is set to strengthen air travel security by expanding the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data on intra-EU flights.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: China Eastern Airlines has agreed to acquire 101 Airbus A320neo family aircraft in a deal valued at about $15.8 billion at list prices, according to a stock.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Afghanistan-based carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines has confirmed that one of its aircraft suffered a runway excursion at Kabul. Images from the scene purportedly showing the aftermath identify the jet involved as a Boeing 737-400 registered YA-PIC, an airframe formerly operated by carriers including Turkish Airlines.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
