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PaxEx Airports Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management Policy & Regulation

Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

FAA awards $870 million for airport infrastructure, safety and passenger upgrades

The FAA is awarding $870 million for airport improvements, with funding directed toward infrastructure upgrades, safety enhancements and more family-friendly features. The grants underscore continued federal investment in airport facilities and passenger-facing infrastructure, though the announcement provides no further breakdown of recipients or individual project amounts.

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2026-08-04T11:35:08.278318-07:00

Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Airbus A320 Air India Airlines

Bloomberg • Vikram Kumar

India Probes Air India Flight After Altitude Loss Injures 17

By Bloomberg: India’s civil aviation regulator has launched a probe after Tata Group-owned Air India Ltd.’s Phuket-Delhi flight lost altitude, leaving 17 people injured, before safely landing in the country’s capital.

Live From A Lounge

Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi hits severe clear-air turbulence, injuring passengers and crew

FL360aero

Air India Flight AI2379 Suffers Severe Turbulence, Injuring 17 Passengers

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2026-08-04T08:59:52.085227-07:00

Airline Industry & Market Trends Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Embraer

AirInsight • Addison Schonland

Scope Clause Keeps Regional Aviation Stuck in the Past

By AirInsight: Four efficiency variables, every major US regional jet. The index gap versus single-aisles is the Scope Clause in numerical form. Mitsubishi is watching closely.

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2026-08-04T10:59:23.911774-07:00

North America Aircraft Finance & Leasing Airlines

ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

US’s Allegiant Air lines up $408.5mn in aircraft financing

By ch-aviation: Discover more news on Allegiant Air at ch-aviation, the leading aviation news and data provider.

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2026-08-04T12:14:49.547745-07:00

BizAv Aircraft Finance & Leasing

AINonline • Amy Wilder

Heavy Jets Lead Preowned Bizjet Market Rebound in Second Quarter 2026

By AINonline: Overall preowned transactions rose 11.2% in second quarter.

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2026-08-04T10:44:45.915048-07:00

Aviation Safety & Regulation

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

UK regulator concerned over rise in decisions to continue unstable approaches

By FlightGlobal: Civil Aviation Authority safety notice highlights risks including hard landings and tail-strikes. UK regulators are highlighting the importance of executing a go-around if an approach becomes unstable, after finding an upward trend in decisions to continue.

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2026-08-04T09:45:20.602367-07:00

BizAv Aviation Safety & Regulation Policy & Regulation

AINonline • Kerry Lynch

NBAA Welcomes Changes to Radio Altimeter Rule

By AINonline: Deadlines were pushed, and rebate program offered.

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2026-08-04T10:34:52.485849-07:00

North America Policy & Regulation Airlines

Bloomberg Law • Nojoud Al Mallees

Employers, Unions Battle Over Canada’s Labor Code Review

By Bloomberg Law: Employers are urging Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to allow the labor minister to preemptively limit strike action in sectors such as airlines, railroads and ports if the minister believes it threatens the national public interest — a move unions fiercely oppose.

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