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Last Updated: Saturday, May 24, 2025, 11:19 AM PDT
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Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
airBaltic Opens One of the Baltics’ Largest and Most Advanced Cargo Facilities
By Breitflyte: airBaltic has announced the official opening of the ‘Baltic Cargo Hub’, one of the Baltics’ largest and most advanced cargo facilities. The new facility was officially opened during a dedicated ceremony at Riga Airport on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
Aer Lingus to Launch New Direct Flights Between Dublin and Cancún
By Breitflyte: From January 2026, Aer Lingus will start new nonstop service between Dublin and Cancún, Mexico. The route will operate three times weekly with an Airbus A330-300, with service from January 6th through April 2026.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
Air Transat Launches New Service From Toronto to Medellín via Cartagena
By Breitflyte: Air Transat has announced the launch of new twice weekly service between Toronto and Medellín via Cartagena, connecting Canadian’s with one of Colombia’s most dynamic and mountainous cities, while improving access to Cartagena. .
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Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
Delta Air Lines Launches New Nonstop Service Between New York-JFK and Catania in Sicily
By Breitflyte: Delta has launched new direct service between New York-JFK and Catania, marking the carrier’s first-ever flights to Sicily, and the only nonstop service between the U.S.
Skift
• John Walton
Tetris at 35,000 Feet: Airlines Reshape Business Class to Fit More Seats
By Skift: To make the most of complex cabin shapes, seatmakers are doubling down on their focus to optimize business class seats for specific aircraft, as John Walton explains. .
Reuters
• Dan Catchpole
Striking workers at Pratt & Whitney to vote on revised contract offer
By Reuters: About 3,000 striking workers at RTX's Pratt & Whitney are slated to vote on a contract offer from the engine maker next week, the company and the union representing the workers announced on Friday, one day after negotiations resumed.
Flying Magazine
Pratt & Whitney Resumes Talks With Striking Workers
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Reuters
• David Shepardson,
US Justice Department reaches deal with Boeing to allow planemaker to avoid prosecution
By Reuters: Boeing will avoid being branded a convicted felon, dealing a blow to families who lost relatives in the crashes.
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