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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Airbus cuts China’s 20-year single-aisle forecast by 470 aircraft as high-speed rail gains share

Airbus now expects China to require 470 fewer new single-aisle aircraft over the next 20 years than previously forecast, citing the expanding high-speed rail network’s growing competition with domestic air travel. The revision highlights rail’s increasing influence on airline fleet demand and network planning in the world’s largest aviation growth market.

2026-09-09T01:35:10.680160-07:00
ATC   Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management   Airlines  
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Reuters • Sam Tobin, Sarah Young

UK summons air traffic boss after major outage as flights slowly resume

By Reuters: Flights from British airports resumed on Wednesday after a major air traffic failure, but questions mounted about ‌the reliability of Britain's aviation systems and ministers called in the flight control boss to explain the shutdown.

Also: New York Times, The Independent and thesouthafrican.com
2026-09-08T23:36:18.776800-07:00
MRO   Discover Airlines   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives   Airbus A330   Lufthansa  
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FlightGlobal • Dominic Perry

Film star: how Lufthansa Technik is bringing AeroShark coating to A330

By FlightGlobal: Discover Airlines, a Lufthansa subsidiary, has provided an Airbus widebody for the certification campaign, which should conclude later this year.

2026-09-09T01:06:05.196214-07:00
Supply Chain   M&A   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)  
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The Air Current • Jon Ostrower, Julie Johnsson

Larry Culp explains what’s behind GE's mega acquisition of a key castings supplier

By The Air Current: GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp is initiating a potentially tectonic shift for aerospace with an $11.75 billion acquisition that takes aim at a critical supply-chain chokepoint: shortages of engine parts designed to withstand punishing, blast-furnace-like conditions.

2026-09-08T22:05:25.587916-07:00
M&A   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Air India   Airlines  
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Reuters • Julie Zhu, Yantoultra Ngui

EXCLUSIVE: Singapore Airlines to seek tougher terms for any fresh Air India funding, sources say

By Reuters: Singapore Airlines , backed by state investor ​Temasek, is expected to seek greater influence over management and stronger governance rights before approving a capital injection into Air India, ‌said two people familiar with the matter.

Also: CNA and Economic Times
2026-09-08T22:28:48.360762-07:00
NTSB   Air Cargo & Freight Logistics   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
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Reuters • David Shepardson

Pilots considered aborting landing after touchdown in Miami cargo crash, NTSB says

By Reuters: The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that evidence recovered from a flight data recorder suggested the pilots of an ​Amazon Prime Air cargo plane involved in a deadly crash considered aborting the landing ‌after the aircraft touched down.

Also: The Independent
2026-09-08T19:05:12.025894-07:00