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Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   airBaltic   Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

airBaltic removes airsickness bags and cockpit trash bags as cost-cutting continues under Chapter 11

airBaltic is removing airsickness bags from seat-back pockets and trash bags from cockpits as the airline intensifies cost-cutting. The changes affect both passengers and crews and come as the carrier continues operating under a Chapter 11 restructuring process.

2026-09-26T07:05:12.149618-07:00
Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Boeing   Boeing 737  
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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Boeing 737 MAX 7 may take months to enter service despite FAA certification

By Air Data News: Southwest Airlines expects first deliveries only near the end of 2026 as Boeing prepares 27 previously Boeing 737 MAX 7 has finally received regulatory approval in the United States, but passengers may have to wait several more months before flying on the smallest member of the MAX family.

2026-09-26T01:21:19.949954-07:00
Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airlines   Boeing 737  
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Mystery Odor Sickens Seven Flight Attendants on Flight to Honolulu

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Seven flight attendants on an Alaska Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu reported being sickened by a mystery odor on Thursday, although the cause of the smell hasn’t been publicly revealed and the plane has already been returned to service.

2026-09-25T09:35:57.822084-07:00
Africa   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Tracep L-410 fatally crashes in western DR Congo

By FlightGlobal: Investigation authority indicates no survivors after turboprop came down near Kenge. Congolese investigators state that there are no survivors from a Let Aircraft Industries L-410UVP which crashed on 25 September.

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2026-09-25T11:20:01.008662-07:00
MRO   Air Cargo & Freight Logistics   Safran   777X   Supply Chain   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airbus A350   Boeing  
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FlightGlobal • Joseph Dainty

HAECO secures maintenance deals with ANA, JAL and Garuda Indonesia

By FlightGlobal: HAECO and All Nippon Airways (ANA) signed a new landing-gear overhaul agreement through 2030 at MRO Asia-Pacific in Singapore HAECO Hong Kong-based MRO provider has signed agreements with All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines and Garuda Indonesia, covering base maintenance, engine services and landing-gear overhauls.

2026-09-25T09:05:15.259331-07:00