APEX
The airline passenger experience association has joined aviation leaders calling on Congress to fund the $30 billion Modern Skies Act. The proposed investment would modernize the U.S. air traffic control system and improve the passenger experience.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: British Airways has resumed the rollout of free ultra-fast Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi after pausing the program for nearly four months over the height of the summer travel rush.
ch-aviation
• Hilka Birns
By ch-aviation: An official committee of unsecured creditors has been announced as part of airBaltic's Chapter 11 restructuring process, according to documents filed with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
AINonline
• Amy Wilder
By AINonline: Rule as proposed addresses only Part 121 carriers.
Reuters
• Alexander Cornwell, Rami Amichay
By Reuters: The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengers subdued him while other pilots landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.
Airline Geeks
Flying Magazine
Reuters
By Reuters: Ethiopian Airlines on Wednesday signed a deal to buy 10 Boeing cargo planes, and its chief executive said the state-owned airline had the option to buy eight more.
Flying Magazine
• Peter Garrison
By Flying Magazine: It wasn't that important for one Georgia pilot to get it right on the approach.
DefenseNews.com
• Linus Höller
By DefenseNews.com: The company behind these planes, Aviacon Zitotrans, has been sanctioned by the United States, Canada and Ukraine for its support in Russia’s war effort.
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AeroTime
• Miquel Ros
FlightGlobal
• Kerry Reals
