Reuters
• Tim Hepher
Airbus is close to selling about 100 A220 aircraft to AirAsia, industry sources say, a deal that would mark the Malaysian budget carrier’s first move into regional narrowbodies. The agreement, if finalised, shifts AirAsia’s fleet strategy toward smaller, fuel-efficient single-aisle jets.
AINonline
• Chad Trautvetter
By AINonline: Sarasota complex will also eventually house a 110,000-sq-ft aircraft manufacturing plant.
Flying Magazine
• Zach Vasile
By Flying Magazine: A coalition of manufacturers, trade associations, and labor unions is throwing its support behind a transportation appropriations bill in Congress.
Bombardier
By Bombardier: Bombardier Global 8000, World’s Fastest Business Jet, Receives Certification from European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
aeroroutes.com
By aeroroutes.com: Published at 1200PST / 2000GMT 22JAN26 SWISS (Swiss International Air Lines) today (22JAN26) announced planned aircraft changes on Zurich – Seoul Incheon route, where the airline schedules Airbus A350-900 aircraft from 29MAR26, replacing A340-300.
FAA
By FAA: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is formalizing permanent restrictions for helicopters and powered-lift from operating in certain areas near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), unless these aircraft are conducting essential operations.
AINonline
• Stuart Kipp Lau
By AINonline: How to calculate an aircraft fuel load that is just right.
Vertical Mag
By Vertical Mag: The guide is intended to expand access to structured HUMS practices for organizations that have never had a formal program framework, while supporting safer, and more effective use of health monitoring across diverse fleets.
AINonline
• Charlotte Bailey
