ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
Qantas is increasing capacity on trans-Tasman routes while Air New Zealand reduces services, reshaping seat supply on the Australia–New Zealand market. The change highlights how carriers are rebalancing networks amid demand and cost pressures that have already driven Air New Zealand to flag weaker results and trim capacity.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) will sell and leaseback three A330-900Ns to First Commercial Bank Leasing and Taishin Daan Leasing for up to USD345 million in total, or no more than USD115 million per aircraft.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: As non-geostationary satellite services disrupt the inflight connectivity sector, Boeing is providing the necessary specs to enable airlines to retrofit their Boeing twinjets with next-gen IFC.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: American Airlines isn’t expected to resume flights to either Tel Aviv, Israel, or Doha, Qatar, until January 2027 due to the continuing security situation in the Middle East and uncertainty over whether a lasting peace deal can be struck with Iran.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The pilots of an Emirates Boeing 777-300 with as many as 328 passengers on board declared a low-fuel ‘mayday’ distress signal after two attempts to land at Miami International Airport (MIA) on Sunday morning ended in failure.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Twinjet bound for Frankfurt apparently hits signboard as it veers onto grass. One of Croatia Airlines’ Airbus A220-300s has suffered a runway excursion while aborting take-off from Split.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A brand new British Airways flight attendant on his second only flight accidentally activated an emergency evacuation slide on a Boeing 777-200, preparing for a transatlantic flight from London Heathrow to Washington Dulles on Saturday afternoon.
The Air Current
• Will Guisbond
By The Air Current: Investors were rattled by confusion over potential landmark 200-jet sale as Boeing hints of deals to follow after safety and geopolitical freeze.
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