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Bombardier Global 8000 Enters Service as Mach 0.95 Business Jet Delivered to Chartright

Bombardier delivered the first Global 8000 to launch customer Chartright, marking the type's entry into service after a handover at its Mississauga assembly centre. The four‑zone, ultra‑long‑range business jet reached Mach 0.95 in tests; Transport Canada certification is in place, with FAA and EASA approvals pending.

2025-12-08T10:24:07.136916-08:00

Reuters

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

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

Economic Times

DGCA issues show‑cause notices to IndiGo CEO and COO after mass cancellations tied to pilot‑duty rule change

2025-12-06T10:33:06.345814-08:00

FlightGlobal

India caps fares, orders refunds and opens probe after IndiGo cancels 385 flights and 1,000+ disruptions

2025-12-05T09:49:56.723643-08:00

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IndiGo's operational meltdown grounds hundreds of flights and exposes duopoly risk IndiGo spent the past week scrambling to contain a cascading operational collapse that produced hundreds of cancellations and widespread network disruption. The carrier blames new pilot duty‑time rules and crew shortages; India's regulator has opened probes and ordered mitigation as IndiGo races to stabilise schedules.

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

IndiGo's operational meltdown grounds hundreds of flights and exposes duopoly risk

Runway Girl

Malaysia selects Aireon space-based ADS-B to boost oceanic surveillance over Kuala Lumpur FIR The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has signed a strategic collaboration with Aireon LLC to deploy Aireon’s space-based ADS‑B data for air traffic surveillance across the oceanic sector of the Kuala Lumpur Flight Information Region, extending continuous aircraft tracking where radar coverage is limited.

2025-12-09T09:15:41.524219-08:00

Malaysia selects Aireon space-based ADS-B to boost oceanic surveillance over Kuala Lumpur FIR

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Azul Embraer E195 lands on wrong runway at Rio’s Santos Dumont after parallel runway lights switched off Brazilian investigators were unable to determine why runway lights at Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont airport were switched off for several minutes, during which an Azul Embraer E195 arriving from São Paulo inadvertently landed on the parallel, illuminated runway at night. Investigators continue to probe the sequence of events.

2025-12-09T08:36:17.705738-08:00

Azul Embraer E195 lands on wrong runway at Rio’s Santos Dumont after parallel runway lights switched off

AINonline

TSB: Midspan tensile fractures in PT6A blades led to PC‑12 engine failure and sea‑ice landing near Rankin Inlet Canada's Transportation Safety Board found midspan tensile fractures in blades of a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A‑67B, triggering an engine failure and Pilatus PC‑12 sea‑ice landing near Rankin Inlet; all three occupants were uninjured. The TSB's metallurgical findings focus the probe on blade integrity and inspection regimes.

2025-12-09T07:24:02.877772-08:00

TSB: Midspan tensile fractures in PT6A blades led to PC‑12 engine failure and sea‑ice landing near Rankin Inlet

Flying Magazine

FAA approves environmental assessment for 31 short-term safety and efficiency projects at Sea‑Tac The FAA has approved an environmental assessment covering 31 short-term safety and efficiency projects at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. The package is intended to improve operational safety and throughput across Sea‑Tac’s airfield and terminal areas, clearing a regulatory step toward implementation.

2025-12-09T07:22:27.009303-08:00

FAA approves environmental assessment for 31 short-term safety and efficiency projects at Sea‑Tac

AeroTime

Antonov An‑22 military transport crashes in Ivanovo region; seven aboard presumed dead A Russian Antonov An‑22 military transport crashed into a reservoir in the Ivanovo region, roughly 250 km northeast of Moscow, during a test flight, with seven crew aboard; initial searches indicate no survivors. The turboprop Antey involved was reported to be among the last airworthy An‑22s.

2025-12-09T03:03:43.638191-08:00

Antonov An‑22 military transport crashes in Ivanovo region; seven aboard presumed dead

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Malawi start-up Flytech seeks CAA approval for inaugural international passenger services Malawian start‑up Flytech, based at Lilongwe International, is awaiting clearance from the Malawi Civil Aviation Authority to begin international passenger flights. If approved, the move would allow the carrier to commence scheduled cross‑border services from Lilongwe, marking its first announced step into international operations.

2025-12-09T02:03:36.406338-08:00

Malawi start-up Flytech seeks CAA approval for inaugural international passenger services

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U.S. Navy recovers F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk from 400 ft after Oct. 26 crashes off USS Nimitz The U.S. Navy on Dec. 5 recovered an F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Seahawk that sank after separate crashes during carrier operations off USS Nimitz on Oct. 26. The two aircraft crashed roughly 30 minutes apart and were retrieved from about 400 feet on the seafloor.

2025-12-08T20:33:56.491830-08:00

U.S. Navy recovers F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk from 400 ft after Oct. 26 crashes off USS Nimitz

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