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Last Updated: Friday, June 6, 2025, 7:43 PM PDT
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Wall Street Journal
• Sharon Terlep
New York to Paris in Under Four Hours? Inside the Effort to Build the Next Concorde. Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl wants to bring back flights that break the sound barrier
By Wall Street Journal: Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl wants to bring back flights that break the sound barrier. Now he just needs to figure out whether airlines and travelers will buy in.
The Air Current
• Jon Ostrower
U.S. engine and component ban poised to cripple China’s commercial aircraft manufacturing
By The Air Current: New restrictions for Comac cover C909 regional jet as well as Honeywell and Collins Aerospace components.
Reuters
• Luciana Novaes Magalhaes
Gol exits Chapter 11 with plans to add new routes and expand fleet
By Reuters: Brazilian airline Gol formally exited its bankruptcy proceedings in the United States on Friday, setting the stage for fleet expansion and new flights and routes within Brazil and other countries, Chief Executive Officer Celso Ferrer said.
ch-aviation
• Vanja Popovic
WestJet completes Sunwing integration, signals potential IPO
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
EU Lawmakers Advance Overhaul of Airline Compensation Rules, Raising Delay Threshold to Four Hours
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: European lawmakers have moved a step closer to overhauling generous airline compensation rules for delayed or canceled flights, and the proposed revisions are bad news for passengers.
One Mile at a Time
Europe Flight Delay Compensation Reform Coming, And It's Bad News
The Independent
• Andrew Feinberg
US President Trump Opens U.S. Airspace to Supersonic Flights, Lifting Decades-Old Sonic Boom Ban
By The Independent: The U.S. has banned faster-than-sound air travel over the interior of the country for more than a half-century.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
American Airlines Temporarily Shelves Seven-Flight-Attendant Plan for Ultra-Premium 787 Dreamliners
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: American Airlines has abandoned a controversial plan to have its brand new Boeing 787-9 in an ultra-premium configuration certified so that just seven working flight attendants have to be onboard… at least temporarily.
