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Reuters

Flydubai Flight Diverts to Saudi Arabia After Pilot Allegedly Attacks Co-Pilot

Flydubai flight FZ1073, traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, made an emergency landing at Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Airport after an alleged cockpit attack involving the pilots. Both crew members were hospitalized, while Israeli officials investigated whether the incident represented an attempted attack and a replacement aircraft was arranged.

Bloomberg

Air France-KLM and Lufthansa improve final bids for a 44.9% stake in TAP as Portugal nears partner selection

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.

Paddle Your Own Kanoo

British Airways Resumes Free Starlink Wi‑Fi Rollout, Prioritizing Airbus A350s

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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Unsecured creditors’ committee named in airBaltic Chapter 11

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.

AINonline

Industry coalition urges FAA to extend proposed duty-and-rest rules beyond Part 121 carriers

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.

FlightGlobal

Avelo expands McKinney base with four routes and a third 737-800

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.

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Wizz Air to Keep Belgrade Base After Serbia Delays Rules Restricting Foreign Airlines

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.

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Air Austral to wet-lease two ASL Airlines France 737-800s during A220-to-A320neo transition

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.