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• Mateusz Maszczynski
British Airways has restarted its rollout of free, ultra-fast Starlink in-flight Wi‑Fi after a nearly four-month pause during the peak summer travel period. Airbus A350s are now among the aircraft being equipped first, providing an updated view of the airline’s installation priorities.
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Air France-KLM and Deutsche Lufthansa submitted improved final offers for a strategic stake in TAP Air Portugal, intensifying competition as Portugal moves closer to choosing a partner for the airline’s reprivatization.
British Airways has restarted its rollout of free, ultra-fast Starlink in-flight Wi‑Fi after a nearly four-month pause during the peak summer travel period. Airbus A350s are now among the aircraft being equipped first, providing an updated view of the airline’s installation priorities.
An official committee of unsecured creditors has been formed in airBaltic’s Chapter 11 restructuring, according to documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The committee gives unsecured claimants a formal role in the carrier’s court-supervised restructuring process.
An industry coalition is pressing the FAA to broaden the scope of its proposed duty-and-rest rule, which currently applies only to Part 121 carriers. The appeal raises questions about whether fatigue-management requirements should cover additional commercial aviation operations.
Avelo Airlines is expanding its planned McKinney National Airport base in Texas ahead of its commercial launch, adding four U.S. destinations and a third Boeing 737-800. The expansion increases the carrier’s initial footprint at the new operating base and broadens connectivity from the Dallas-area airport.
Wizz Air will maintain its aircraft base at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport through the 2026/27 winter season after Serbian authorities postponed revised rules governing foreign airlines. The six-month delay removes, for now, a measure that could have effectively prevented the Hungarian low-cost carrier from basing aircraft in Serbia.
Air Austral has signed an ACMI agreement with ASL Airlines France to operate two Boeing 737-800s from November 2026 through March 27, 2027. The temporary capacity will bridge the airline’s planned A220 phase-out and the arrival of its Airbus A320neos.
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Armenia’s largest airline has finalized a direct order for two Airbus A321neo aircraft, its first such purchase from the manufacturer. Configured with 239 seats and LEAP engines, the jets will support FLYONE Armenia’s fleet modernization and network expansion across Europe, the Middle East and former Soviet states.
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