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DGCA places oversight team at IndiGo HQ as regulator tightens scrutiny after mass cancellations

India's aviation regulator, the DGCA, has deployed a nine‑member oversight team to IndiGo's corporate office in Gurugram to monitor the carrier's network recovery and operations after widespread flight cancellations and delays. The move includes direct regulator presence and scheduled meetings with the airline's leadership.

2025-12-10T08:37:52.789105-08:00

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IndiGo admits misjudgement as DGCA 48‑hour rest rule triggers pilot shortage and mass cancellations

2025-12-09T09:29:00.971924-08:00

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Boeing completes roughly $4.7B takeover of Spirit AeroSystems, brings 737 MAX fuselage work in-house

2025-12-08T05:57:58.126094-08:00

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Two more arrested after suspected pepper‑spray attack at Heathrow Terminal 3 that injured 21

2025-12-08T20:33:13.721793-08:00

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Transport Canada halts new FOAC applications for ex-military and restricted-category aircraft Transport Canada has suspended consideration of new Foreign Air Operator Certificate (FOAC) applications for operators seeking to use experimental or ex‑military aircraft certified in the restricted category for specialty air services. The pause immediately stops new entries while regulators review policy and safety implications.

2025-12-10T14:54:23.733613-08:00

Transport Canada halts new FOAC applications for ex-military and restricted-category aircraft

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Electra files Part 23 type‑cert application for nine‑seat EL9 hybrid‑electric Ultra‑STOL Electra has submitted a Part 23 type‑certification application to the FAA for its nine‑seat EL9 hybrid‑electric Ultra‑Short aircraft, seeking approval for commercial and military operations. The filing shifts the EL9 from technology development into formal FAA certification review under rules for aircraft with 19 or fewer passengers.

2025-12-10T13:53:17.993010-08:00

Electra files Part 23 type‑cert application for nine‑seat EL9 hybrid‑electric Ultra‑STOL

Aviation Week

France's ARCC pushes clearer post-accident notification and response France’s Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Center (ARCC) has stepped up outreach to the aviation community and official agencies to clarify post-accident notification lines and first-response contacts, reporting measurable progress in awareness of who to call after an accident as authorities seek faster, better‑coordinated responses.

2025-12-10T13:53:15.790685-08:00

France's ARCC pushes clearer post-accident notification and response

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Space Force boosts counter‑drone defenses at Cape Canaveral Eastern Range The U.S. Space Force has strengthened counter‑drone defenses across Cape Canaveral’s Eastern Range to protect launch operations, replacing fragmented 'pockets' of coverage with more integrated surveillance and mitigation assets. "It's giving me a holistic coverage over the Cape," Launch Delta 45 Commander Col. Brian Chatman said.

2025-12-10T12:13:25.795033-08:00

Space Force boosts counter‑drone defenses at Cape Canaveral Eastern Range

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DGCA places oversight team at IndiGo HQ as regulator tightens scrutiny after mass cancellations India's aviation regulator, the DGCA, has deployed a nine‑member oversight team to IndiGo's corporate office in Gurugram to monitor the carrier's network recovery and operations after widespread flight cancellations and delays. The move includes direct regulator presence and scheduled meetings with the airline's leadership.

2025-12-10T08:37:52.789105-08:00

DGCA places oversight team at IndiGo HQ as regulator tightens scrutiny after mass cancellations

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Boeing completes ecoDemonstrator trials on United 737‑8 testing modernized flight‑deck data communications Boeing completed flight trials of a modernized, internet‑based flight‑deck data communications system aboard a United Airlines 737‑8 ecoDemonstrator, conducting sorties in Europe and the U.S. The tests, run with regulators, suppliers and communications providers, aim to improve flight‑deck–ATC information flow, operational efficiency and fuel/emissions performance.

2025-12-10T06:49:05.186649-08:00

Boeing completes ecoDemonstrator trials on United 737‑8 testing modernized flight‑deck data communications

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NASA to flight‑test Reliable Robotics' autonomous Cessna 208B Caravan to inform UAS airport‑integration standards NASA has contracted Reliable Robotics to conduct flight tests of its automated Cessna 208B Caravan in and around U.S. airports. Flight data from the pilotless Caravan trials will be used by NASA and regulators to inform performance standards and procedures for uncrewed aircraft systems and airport integration.

2025-12-10T06:38:19.316874-08:00

NASA to flight‑test Reliable Robotics' autonomous Cessna 208B Caravan to inform UAS airport‑integration standards

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DOT says airlines not required to rebook or compensate passengers after A320 emergency AD The U.S. Department of Transportation ruled airlines are not obliged to rebook, provide hotels, meals or other compensation to passengers disrupted by the post-Thanksgiving emergency airworthiness directive that affected roughly 6,000 Airbus A320-family jets. The guidance was issued more than a week after the AD grounded thousands.

2025-12-10T04:50:13.114935-08:00

DOT says airlines not required to rebook or compensate passengers after A320 emergency AD

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