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Reuters • Giulia Segreti, Tim Hepher

Airbus investigates coatings glitch affecting 500 A321neo jets

Airbus and Leonardo are investigating a quality issue at a privately held coatings supplier that triggered an alert affecting about 500 A321neo aircraft. Airbus has developed a repair plan intended to limit operational disruption as the manufacturers assess the scope and remedy of the flaw.

2026-09-28T01:05:06.970466-07:00
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Reuters

Boston-bound Delta flight makes emergency landing in Portugal due to smoke in cabin

By Reuters: A Delta flight from Barcelona to Boston made ​an emergency landing on Sunday ‌afternoon in Porto, Portugal, the airline operator said.

2026-09-27T15:06:05.018707-07:00
ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Qantas joins carriers backing Midway ETOPS ahead of ULR ops

By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print Commercial Aviation brief Illustration of Qantas Airbus A350-1000, © Airbus By Dirk Andrei Salcedo 28Sep2026 LinkedIn X Facebook Copy news link RSS Feed Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith ) has joined carriers including ZIPAIR and WestJet in calls to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to retain Midway Island airport as an Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards (ETOPS) option, stressing that losing it would increase costs and disrupt transpacific operations.

2026-09-27T18:35:11.877454-07:00