PaxEx   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines   United Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

United grounds flights for major IT upgrade as critical systems go offline

United Airlines temporarily grounded flights and took key customer and operational systems offline to perform a major IT upgrade. The planned outage affected bookings, check‑in, baggage and other critical services, producing a controlled carrier‑wide disruption while the airline implemented software and infrastructure changes.

2026-02-04T00:47:18.355796-08:00
Supply Chain   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Embraer  
FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

Pratt & Whitney: GTF recovery expected by end of decade; Embraer E2 AOGs to be cleared by end-2026

By FlightGlobal: Pratt & Whitney expects its recovery from the PW1000G geared turbofan recall to continue through the end of this decade, though the engine manufacturer says Embraer E-Jet E2 operators should see their aircraft-on-ground issues resolved by year-end 2026.

2026-02-03T22:53:42.614004-08:00
Middle East   M&A   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines  
ch-aviation

Etihad to be folded into Abu Dhabi’s consolidated L'imad sovereign investment fund overseen by Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed

By ch-aviation: Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) will be folded into the portfolio of a new sovereign investment entity overseen by Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed,...

2026-02-03T22:33:25.839226-08:00