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• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
Portugal’s Grupo SATA has received six bids for its handling unit, according to the report. The number of offers establishes multiple parties are seeking the business, though the bidders, proposed valuations and next steps were not disclosed.
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Portugal’s Grupo SATA has received six bids for its handling unit, according to the report. The number of offers establishes multiple parties are seeking the business, though the bidders, proposed valuations and next steps were not disclosed.
British Airways has begun its winter 2026 schedule with Colombo and Melbourne among its new long-haul destinations, alongside fleet upgrades and more frequent service in Europe. The changes signal adjustments across the carrier’s long-haul network and capacity deployment for the season.
Ryanair plans to reduce service at Brussels National and Brussels Charleroi by 20 routes and 1.1 million seats in the 2026/2027 winter season. The airline’s announcement also includes a call for the US and China to impose a tax, though the available report provides no further details.
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A study of European flight crew found that more than three-quarters of pilots had unintentionally fallen asleep during a flight, while nearly one in four had gone to work feeling too exhausted to fly. The findings also point to reluctance among some pilots to report fatigue and declare themselves unfit for duty, amid concern about the consequences.
The UK’s Strategic Defence Review places space alongside land, sea and air as a warfighting domain, marking a shift in how the government frames orbital security. The next challenge is turning that vocabulary into a playbook for military operations and capability priorities.
Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said Poland sees substantial scope to deepen cooperation with Germany in the space sector. He emphasized the need for sovereign technology to bolster security amid external pressures, framing closer bilateral collaboration as part of a broader effort to strengthen national capabilities.
LiveEO co-founder Daniel Seidel discusses a new alliance with Airbus and IBM Germany, using satellite data to generate 3D terrain in minutes. The initiative is framed against Germany’s gap in sovereign imagery capability; the available report does not detail the partners’ commitments or the system’s operational status.
Poland’s state strategic reserves agency has awarded Austria’s Air Ambulance Technology a PLN32.2 million ($8.2 million) contract to install medical evacuation equipment on four Embraer E195s operated by LOT Polish Airlines. The aircraft will gain a medevac role, adding a government-backed medical transport capability to the airline’s fleet.
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