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Supply Chain Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation Orders Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airbus

Reuters • Julie Zhu

Airbus sees no softening in demand or deliveries despite geopolitical and supply-chain headwinds

Airbus’ Asia-Pacific president said the company does not see weakening demand or delivery momentum despite geopolitical tensions and supply-chain challenges. The comments underscore the manufacturer’s confidence that market appetite for new aircraft remains resilient amid broader uncertainty affecting aerospace production and trade.

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2026-09-14T21:04:56.202687-07:00

Farnborough Airshow Sustainability & Climate Initiatives

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FlightGlobal

What Farnborough revealed about the next phase of aircraft electrification

By FlightGlobal: Hybrid-electric flight demonstrations at the Farnborough International Airshow 2026 showed how quickly aircraft electrification is moving from research into real-world development.

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2026-09-14T23:05:17.012540-07:00

Orders Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Boeing

ch-aviation • Vanja Popovic

Kazakhstan’s Air Astana expects delayed B787s from 4Q26

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2026-09-14T22:05:29.268110-07:00

Aircraft Finance & Leasing Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

US-Bangla Airlines eyes $4-5bn aircraft lease deal

By ch-aviation: US-Bangla Airlines (BS, Dhaka) plans another aircraft leasing programme worth USD4-5 billion "within the next 60 days", or by November 2026, managing director Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun said.

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2026-09-14T20:35:18.163217-07:00

ATC NTSB Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation

Reuters • David Shepardson

US NTSB says one-third of FAA answers to safety recommendations are 'unacceptable'

By Reuters: The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said responses by the Federal Aviation Administration to 11 of 33 recommendations made by the board after a 2025 mid-air collision killed 67 people near Washington were "unacceptable" and failed to address safety ‌concerns.

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2026-09-14T15:35:40.265456-07:00

ALPA Airlines

FlightGlobal • Graham Rapier

Breeze pilots request mediation as contract talks stall

By FlightGlobal: The Air Line Pilots Association represents the discount airline’s pilots.

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2026-09-14T15:35:40.638903-07:00

777X Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Workforce & Skills Development Boeing Boeing 737

Leeham News • Howard Hardee

Working to Avoid Strike, Boeing Advances Another SPEEA Offer

By Leeham News: In the interest of protecting the slow ramp-up of 737 Max production across its facilities and ensuring that certification progress continues on the Max 10 and 777X programs, Boeing is highly motivated to avoid a workers’ strike.

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2026-09-14T12:36:04.863904-07:00

UAV Development & Drone Programs AI Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Textron

Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Cessna SkyCourier UX explores autonomous military cargo role with new loading design

By Air Data News: Concept removes the conventional cockpit to study a forward-loading architecture for distributed Textron Aviation has unveiled a concept for an autonomous version of the Cessna SkyCourier in which the absence of a conventional cockpit could make room for a new forward cargo-loading architecture.

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2026-09-14T14:16:13.135584-07:00

Airbus sees no softening in demand or deliveries despite geopolitical and supply-chain headwinds

What Farnborough revealed about the next phase of aircraft electrification

Kazakhstan’s Air Astana expects delayed B787s from 4Q26

US-Bangla Airlines eyes $4-5bn aircraft lease deal

US NTSB says one-third of FAA answers to safety recommendations are 'unacceptable'

Breeze pilots request mediation as contract talks stall

Working to Avoid Strike, Boeing Advances Another SPEEA Offer

Cessna SkyCourier UX explores autonomous military cargo role with new loading design

What Farnborough revealed about the next phase of aircraft electrification

Kazakhstan’s Air Astana expects delayed B787s from 4Q26

Airbus sees no softening in demand despite geopolitical headwinds

US-Bangla Airlines eyes $4-5bn aircraft lease deal

Breeze pilots request mediation as contract talks stall

US NTSB says one-third of FAA answers to safety recommendations are 'unacceptable'

FAA’s fast-track ATC overhaul risks disruptions and cost overruns, report warns

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