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FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

FAA proposes directive for Boeing 737 Max elevator bearing manufacturing defect

The FAA is proposing an airworthiness directive covering 95 U.S.-registered Boeing 737 Max aircraft after identifying a manufacturing problem affecting elevator bearings. The agency’s action targets a potential flight-control risk and would require operators to address the affected components.

2026-09-22T06:05:28.374560-07:00
Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Policy & Regulation   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airbus   Airlines   Boeing  
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AirInsight • Addison Schonland

India Wants China’s Aviation Status. Its Airlines Don’t.

By AirInsight: India has lobbied Airbus and Boeing for years to build final assembly lines. Its own airline market keeps giving them reasons to wait. DGCA isn't looking great.

2026-09-22T05:50:21.516531-07:00
Antitrust   Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Policy & Regulation   Air India   Airlines  
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Bloomberg • Mihir Mishra

India Weighs Plan to Let Mumbai, Delhi Airports Own Carriers

By Bloomberg: India is discussing a proposal to waive a rule that bars New Delhi and Mumbai airport operators from owning more than a 10% stake in airlines, Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said, as the government aims to tackle the IndiGo-Air India duopoly.

2026-09-22T06:05:42.366333-07:00
Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Airlines  
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Reuters

India's aviation regulator places SpiceJet under operational, financial scrutiny

By Reuters: India's aviation ministry has placed troubled carrier SpiceJet under operational and financial scrutiny following ​its long-running cash flow troubles, worsened by ‌the ongoing Middle East conflict, a government official said on Tuesday.

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2026-09-22T03:28:19.441714-07:00
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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Kenya's Jubba Airways resumes international operations

By ch-aviation: Jubba Airways (Kenya) (JBW, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has relaunched international operations with the induction into service of its first B737-300, 5Y-JAB (msn 26851), purchased from Sideral Linhas Aéreas earlier this year, ch-aviation research shows.

2026-09-22T02:51:19.631666-07:00