AINonline
• Curt Epstein
Syzygy Plasmonics will build its first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Uruguay after signing an offtake agreement. The move establishes the company’s first commercial-scale plant and creates a South American production foothold to supply contracted buyers.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: Silicon Valley entrepreneur Greg Mercer is backing Skytron, a four-seat fly-by-wire aircraft aimed at reducing pilot workload and human-error accidents.
Skift
• Adriana Lee
By Skift: Travel agents are currently caught in a paradox: They’re drowning in too many systems, but fear the tools that could help them will eventually replace.
AINonline
By AINonline: Aircraft received FAA certification in November 2025.
Reuters
• Tim Hepher
By Reuters: Airbus is closing in on a deal to sell around 100 A220 jets to AirAsia , marking the budget airline's first foray into regional narrowbody aircraft, industry sources said.
Flying Magazine
• Zach Vasile
By Flying Magazine: A coalition of manufacturers, trade associations, and labor unions is throwing its support behind a transportation appropriations bill in Congress.
AINonline
• Chad Trautvetter
By AINonline: Sarasota complex will also eventually house a 110,000-sq-ft aircraft manufacturing plant.
FAA
By FAA: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is formalizing permanent restrictions for helicopters and powered-lift from operating in certain areas near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), unless these aircraft are conducting essential operations.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
