ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
Hainan Airlines Holding has agreed to back a $3.7mn credit facility for HNA Technic, supporting the maintenance provider’s financing needs. The move ties the airline group’s financial support directly to its broader aircraft sustainment ecosystem.
Reuters
By Reuters: A European proposal that would impose new carbon costs on some international flights would leave carriers being hit twice, the president of Emirates said on Tuesday, as more airlines lined up behind a single global deal to curb pollution.
Flying Magazine
• Zach Vasile
By Flying Magazine: Officials from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), and the FAA's Air Traffic Organization (ATO) convened at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Tuesday to call for an additional $20 billion to complete the Trump's administration's ongoing air traffic control (ATC) system.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: United Airlines is once again targeting flight attendants who it thinks are using their seniority to bid for trips to coveted international destinations without any intention of working the flights, and selling them to junior coworkers who would otherwise be stuck on reserve or working domestic trips.
AINonline
• Curt Epstein
By AINonline: In a first-half market report, the executive noted inventory pressure.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
By Breitflyte: BARIG has today announced that Maersk Air Cargo has become the association’s newest member. The airline is Denmark’s first all-cargo carrier and part of A.P.
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
By AirInsight: Emirates President Sir Tim Clark is again pushing aircraft and engine OEMs to be more innovative. Initiatives seem to be coming from airlines.
FlightGlobal
• Murdo Morrison
By FlightGlobal: As L-39NG orders and deliveries pick up the manufacturer is homing in on prospects in Europe, Africa, Asia and USA. Aero Vodochody has experienced more twists and turns than a pilot of one of its aerobatic trainers in the 36 years since the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
Reuters
• David Shepardson, Tim Hepher
