ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
Italy is considering a concept for launching long-haul flights in an all-business-class format from Milan Linate (LIN). The proposal would use the city-airport for long-haul premium-focused flying, challenging the airport’s conventional short-haul positioning and testing demand and operational fit for Linate-based itineraries.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Wake turbulence from a massive Emirates Airbus A380 superjumbo injured four people on a Eurowings plane that was underneath the double-decker aircraft, according to information received by the trusted aviation accident reporting site, the Aviation Herald.
AINonline
• Matt Thurber
By AINonline: Opens opportunities for sales in Brazil and Europe.
Skift
• Deepthi Nair
By Skift: Riyadh Air will take delivery of its first two Boeing 787s this week and aims to connect 100 cities within five years of first delivery.
Aviation Week
• Graham Warwick
By Aviation Week: Dutch electric aircraft developer Maeve Aerospace has been declared bankrupt after failing to raise additional funding.
Flying Magazine
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Sister companies in Avia Solutions Group bear the brunt of losses caused by carrier's closure. Shuttered UK wet-lease specialist Ascend Airways has a total deficiency of over $51 million, including more than $30 million owed to sister companies in Avia Solutions Group (ASG), newly released documents disclose.
FlightGlobal
• Kerry Reals
By FlightGlobal: Castlelake must decide by 26 June whether to make a firm offer for EasyJet or walk away. EasyJet has described US investment firm Castlelake’s potential offer for the carrier as “highly opportunistic”, but says its board would “consider any proposal”, should one materialise.
Runway Girl
• Becca Alkema
By Runway Girl: Major European ANSPs DFS, DSNA, EUROCONTROL MUAC and Skyguide have inked pacts with ESSP, the Iris Service Provider, to drive adoption of next-gen satellite-enabled ATM datalink communication across Europe.
