Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways, KLM and other European carriers abruptly canceled or suspended flights to Israel and several Gulf states Friday amid security concerns tied to escalating U.S.–Iran tensions and the prospect of a U.S. strike on Iran. KLM said it had halted all Middle East services until further notice.
Wall Street Journal
• Becky Peterson, David Cabrera
By Wall Street Journal: Morgan Stanley’s former autos analyst has big ideas in his new gig covering the robot economy.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: Silicon Valley entrepreneur Greg Mercer is backing Skytron, a four-seat fly-by-wire aircraft aimed at reducing pilot workload and human-error accidents.
Reuters
• Tim Hepher
By Reuters: Airbus is closing in on a deal to sell around 100 A220 jets to AirAsia , marking the budget airline's first foray into regional narrowbody aircraft, industry sources said.
FAA
By FAA: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is formalizing permanent restrictions for helicopters and powered-lift from operating in certain areas near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), unless these aircraft are conducting essential operations.
AINonline
• Curt Epstein
By AINonline: Syzygy Plasmonics’ first production facility will be in Uruguay.
Skift
• Adriana Lee
By Skift: Travel agents are currently caught in a paradox: They’re drowning in too many systems, but fear the tools that could help them will eventually replace.
Economic Times
By Economic Times: Heathrow Airport has eased liquid and electronics rules following a £1 billion scanner upgrade, allowing up to two-litre liquid containers and no longer requiring laptop removal.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
