The Air Current
• Elan Head
In its full‑year results on Jan. 27, UPS said it accelerated fleet modernization and completed retirement of its MD‑11 freighter fleet in Q4 2025, taking a $137 million after‑tax charge to write off the type, which had been grounded earlier for inspection.
Reuters
• Dan Catchpole, Nathan Gomes
By Reuters: Boeing swung to a fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, driven by the sale of its digital aviation services provider, as well as rising jet output and stronger deliveries.
Reuters
• Steven Scheer
By Reuters: Boeing and Israel's Technion university said on Tuesday they were beginning to develop Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from feedstocks including green hydrogen and carbon dioxide to enable the aviation sector's long-term growth.
New York Times
• Karoun Demirjian
By New York Times: Jennifer Homendy, the outspoken chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, is reclaiming the spotlight at a meeting on Tuesday about the Washington, D.C., crash that killed 67.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: American Airlines flight attendants are outraged by a meager 0.3% profit-sharing bonus amid an ongoing operational crisis.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Brazilian investigators have disclosed the sequence of events that led to the ditching of an Airbus Helicopters H160 off the coast of Brazil in early January, although are yet to reach a conclusion for the fatigue failure of a critical part of the main rotor assembly.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: While investigators have yet to draw any conclusions about the Bombardier Challenger 600 crash in Bangor, the type - and its derivatives - have previously been the subject of scrutiny owing to the sensitivity of their wings to contamination.
AirInsight
• Addison Schonland
By AirInsight: The MAX 8-200 quietly crosses 100 ASM/gallon. DOT data shows why Boeing’s high-density narrowbody is a serious LCC weapon.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
