Aviation Week
• Chen Chuanren
Aviation Week reports: The Laotian government has agreed to sell a 49% stake in Lao Airlines to China’s Comac.; the state will retain the remaining 51% share of the flag carrier.
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Bloomberg
• Myles Miller
By Bloomberg: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced $10,000 bonus checks for Transportation Security Administration officers who worked without pay during the six-week government shutdown, calling the payments a reward for “exemplary service” under strain.
Textron
• News Release
By Textron: Ajdovčina, Slovenia, November 12, 2025 Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that Transport Canada has validated the type certificate for the currently produced Pipistrel Explorer, Velis Club and Velis Electro.
Aviation Week
• Robert Wall; Ben Goldstein
By Aviation Week: Abu Dhabi-based Lodd has begun flight trials of its autonomous Hili cargo aircraft which is designed to replace the trucks and aircraft that are linking logistics hubs with distribution centers.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: United Aircraft has flown the latest, fully import-substituted Yakovlev MC-21 prototype to the test centre at Moscow Zhukovsky from Irkutsk, to join the certification fleet.
AINonline
• Curt Epstein
By AINonline: Based aircraft counts are also a factor in grant determination.
Virgin Atlantic
• News Release
By Virgin Atlantic: Senior financing of London Heathrow slots portfolio will fund fleet investment and further strengthen Virgin Atlantic’s balance sheet LONDON and NEW YORK, Nov.
Airline Economics
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: Singapore Airlines Group saw its second-quarter net profit impacted by loss-making associate Air India, despite seeing an increase in its revenues from strong travel demand.
Alaska Airlines
• News Release
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
