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AI   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Spirit Airlines  
Bloomberg Law • James Nani

Spirit Flight Attendants Object to Google’s $10 Million Purchase of Crew Data

A flight attendants’ union is seeking to block Google’s proposed $10 million purchase of deidentified Spirit Airlines crew and operational data in the carrier’s bankruptcy sale, arguing that removing names may not adequately protect individual employees’ privacy as Google plans to use the records to train artificial intelligence.

Also: The Independent
2026-08-19T08:20:05.320387-07:00
Space Exploration & Science Missions   Boeing   Boeing 737   NASA  
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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

NASA reveals new colors of Boeing 737 with secretive Air Force past

By Air Data News: The 13-year-old 737-700 spent years as a classified USAF flying testbed before being transferred to NASA for a very has unveiled the new paint scheme of a Boeing 737-700 that is being converted into a reduced-gravity research aircraft, opening a new chapter for an airframe whose previous mission with the U.S.

2026-08-19T07:53:22.648223-07:00
eVTOL   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Policy & Regulation   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives  
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FlightGlobal • Dominic Perry

Dovetail upbeat on European certification path for electric powertrain

By FlightGlobal: Developer buoyed by first firm customer agreement and battery industrialisation pact. Dovetail Electric Aviation is confident that it can reach an agreement with Europe's civil aviation regulator by year-end on the certification basis of its DovePower propulsion system.

2026-08-19T08:05:24.499985-07:00
eVTOL   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives  
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AeroTime • Miquel Ros

Electra tests ultra-STOL aircraft as feeder for major airports

By AeroTime: Electra, a startup developing an ultra-short takeoff and landing (STOL) hybrid-electric aircraft, announced on August 18, 2026, that it has conducted a series of demonstration flights testing the capability of this novel aircraft to operate as a feeder for major airports.

Also: Flying Magazine
2026-08-19T07:50:10.563956-07:00
Sustainability & Climate Initiatives   Airlines  
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Skift • Tasmin Lockwood

Why American Paused a Climate Trial When Fuel Prices Spiked, Hopes to Resume This Fall

By Skift: cut aviation’s impact on the environment — but even marginal costs mount when jet fuel prices spike. When fuel prices spiked this spring, airlines moved to cut costs, and at American Airlines, one of the targets was a contrail-avoidance trial that had only just begun the month prior.

2026-08-19T07:50:09.217069-07:00