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Last Updated: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, 1:21 PM PST
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FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
Rolls‑Royce launches Trent 1000 XE standard — parts double time-on-wing and include TotalCare support
By FlightGlobal: Rolls-Royce has revealed a new build standard for the Trent 1000 engine, the XE, which incorporates improved parts that will double time on wing, alongside inclusion of the manufacturer's TotalCare support package.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
Boeing to invest $1bn to expand 787 assembly in South Carolina, boosting monthly output above 10 aircraft
By FlightGlobal: Boeing has begun expanding its South Carolina 787 production facility with a $1bn investment aimed at increasing monthly output beyond 10 aircraft to meet strong market demand.
FlightGlobal
• Howard Hardee
Allegiant names CFO Robert Neal president, filling post vacant since April 2023
By FlightGlobal: Allegiant disclosed the move earlier this week, filling a role has been vacant since Scott Sheldon resigned as president and chief operating officer in April 2023.
Bloomberg Law
• Lara Sanli
Spirit Airlines Reaches Tentative Agreements with Pilots and Flight Attendants; Senior Leadership Agrees to Matched Pay Cuts
By Bloomberg Law: Spirit’s senior leadership has committed to taking a salary reduction at a percentage not less than the pilot group’s reduction upon ratification of a tentative agreement with pilots.
AINonline
• Matt Thurber
Canada Budget Eliminates Punitive Luxury Tax on Aircraft, Boats
By AINonline: 10% assessment resulted in fewer aircraft sales in the country.
AINonline
• Amy Wilder
Business Aviation Experts Warn of Risks from Illegal Charter and Jet-Sharing
By AINonline: Panel urges unity across legal operators.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
Sora advances 30‑passenger S‑1 electric tiltrotor; full‑size propulsion ground tests due 2026, first flight targeted 2028
By FlightGlobal: UK start-up Sora Aviation is progressing towards critical milestones on its 30-passenger S-1 electric tiltrotor, with ground tests of its full-size propulsion system due to begin next year.
