Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
Avianca has restored two daily flights between Bogotá and Caracas using 180-seat Airbus A320s. The added service brings the Abra Group airline’s Venezuela schedule, including Valencia and Maracaibo, to 28 weekly frequencies.
Bloomberg
• Brendan Murray
By Bloomberg: US fees on Chinese ships are delayed for two months while Greer complains again about EU’s Airbus loan Expand The Xin Fei Zhou container ship docked at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, US, on Sunday, April 27, 2025.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Trade representative urges quick resolution to concerns about support to European airframer. Ripples are emerging in the transatlantic truce over large aircraft subsidies, after US trade representative Jamieson Greer queried the status of a €3 billion ($4 billion) European Union loan to Airbus.
eVTOL Insights
• Thomas Sleightholm
By eVTOL Insights: Airspeeder has announced the first three pilots for its inaugural International Series, naming competitors from Australia, the United States and New Zealand ahead of an opening private race scheduled for Adelaide in November 2026.
eVTOL Insights
• Thomas Sleightholm
By eVTOL Insights: Florida Polytechnic University has taken delivery of a Jetson ONE single-seat electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for its police department, which plans to assess potential applications in public safety, emergency response and aerospace research.
ch-aviation
• Vanja Popovic
By ch-aviation: Discover more news on Polaris Airlines at ch-aviation, the leading aviation news and data provider.
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg: US orders for durable goods rose in September by the most in five months, on stronger bookings for aircraft and other business equipment, adding to evidence of momentum in manufacturing.
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• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
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The Daily Debrief
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FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
