Today In Aviation
Last Updated: Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, 10:03 AM PDT
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Washington Post
• Ian Duncan
MedStar copter unit changed protocols after Post report on collision alerts
By Washington Post: The FAA did not notify Metro Aviation that its helicopters had been triggering alerts with jets bound for National, a manager testified during an NTSB hearing.
AeroTime
• Goda Labanauskaite
Socata TBM 700 crashes into parked aircraft at Kalispell City Airport in Montana. No casualties
By AeroTime: A Socata TBM 700 carrying four people went off the runway at Kalispell City Airport in Montana and crashed into a parked jet, causing a large fire to ignite.
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Urban Air Mobility News
North Carolina and Georgia to Create First Interstate Advanced Air Mobility Corridor
By Urban Air Mobility News: The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation and Georgia Department of Transportation are joining forces to study the creation of the nation’s first interstate advanced air mobility (AAM) corridor to improve air mobility.
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Flying Magazine and
Unmanned Airspace
Reuters
WestJet resumes flights after system outage triggered brief ground stop
By Reuters: WestJet Airlines said on Tuesday a return to normal operations was underway after a temporary system outage had forced the Canadian carrier to briefly halt all departures.
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CTV News
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FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
German Aviation Association Calls for Tax Relief Amid 30% Fleet Shortfall
By FlightGlobal: German airline representatives are claiming that point-to-point carriers have not restored their fleets stationed in the country to pre-pandemic levels, and that recovery has stagnated over government-imposed costs.
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Reuters
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
Brussels Airlines Sees 12% YoY Increase in Passenger Demand to Scandinavia
By Breitflyte: Brussels Airlines has today reported a noticeable increase in customers traveling to cooler destinations, including a 12 percent year-over-year increase in passengers traveling to Scandinavia.
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Aviation24 and
Airline Economics
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
El Al Files Complaint Over French ATC ‘Free Palestine’ Comment
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The Israeli flag carrier El Al claims a French air traffic controller at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport uttered the words “Free Palestine” to the pilots of one of its planes shortly after takeoff on Monday.
