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ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

DOT Clears JetBlue-United ‘Blue Sky’ Partnership After Review

The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved JetBlue Airways and United Airlines’ Blue Sky collaboration, clearing the way for reciprocal loyalty earning and cross-booking from fall. The phased roll-out includes seven daily round-trips at New York JFK and signals intensified competition in the Northeast market.

2025-07-30T13:48:37.487390-07:00

AeroTime

EU–US Deal Restores Zero Tariffs on Aircraft and Components

2025-07-28T01:58:58.481652-07:00

Space.com

NASA Chiefs, Employees and Lawmakers Blast 47% Science Funding Cut

2025-07-25T04:39:04.891877-07:00

Reuters

Turkey, UK Sign Preliminary Eurofighter Typhoon Sale After Germany Lifts Export Veto

2025-07-23T01:59:26.566974-07:00

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DOT Clears JetBlue-United ‘Blue Sky’ Partnership After Review The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved JetBlue Airways and United Airlines’ Blue Sky collaboration, clearing the way for reciprocal loyalty earning and cross-booking from fall. The phased roll-out includes seven daily round-trips at New York JFK and signals intensified competition in the Northeast market.

2025-07-30T13:48:37.487390-07:00

DOT Clears JetBlue-United ‘Blue Sky’ Partnership After Review

Space Intel Report

Oman Secures 73.5°E ITU Slot to Anchor High-Throughput GEO Satellite Oman has secured an ITU coordination filing at the 73.5° East orbital slot, preserving rights to deploy a temporary and later full-scale high-throughput geostationary satellite. The move ensures legal claim over spectrum and orbital position, underpinning the sultanate’s plans to expand sovereign broadband capabilities.

2025-07-30T06:44:55.052312-07:00

Oman Secures 73.5°E ITU Slot to Anchor High-Throughput GEO Satellite

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Brazil Asks US to Exempt Embraer Jets from 50% Tariffs Brazil has asked the US to exempt Embraer aircraft and key food products from a planned 50% tariff on Brazilian exports that takes effect August 1. The appeal seeks to shield Embraer’s commercial and defense sales pipeline from steep duties and avert a major supply-chain shock.

2025-07-29T13:12:02.327894-07:00

Brazil Asks US to Exempt Embraer Jets from 50% Tariffs

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US-EU trade deal exempts aircraft and parts from new 15% tariffs, secures Airbus Alabama expansion A landmark US-EU agreement exempts aircraft and component orders from a proposed 15% tariff on European goods, preserving critical investment at Airbus’s Mobile, Alabama facility and averting potential supply-chain disruptions for carriers and manufacturers across both continents.

2025-07-29T12:39:47.096272-07:00

US-EU trade deal exempts aircraft and parts from new 15% tariffs, secures Airbus Alabama expansion

Space Intel Report

Regulators Decline Norway’s Extension Request for Viasat Pending Airbus Software-Defined Satellite Details International regulators have refused Norway’s request to extend the deadline for approving Viasat Inc.’s planned operations, citing insufficient information on Airbus’s software-defined satellite status. The decision preserves the original timeline and underscores rising scrutiny of high-tech satcom platforms and export compliance.

2025-07-29T09:59:36.235621-07:00

Regulators Decline Norway’s Extension Request for Viasat Pending Airbus Software-Defined Satellite Details

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JetBlue Q2 Loss Narrows as Demand Recovers and Groundings Ease JetBlue Airways posted a second-quarter net loss of $74 million on $2.4 billion in revenue as cost-cutting measures and rebounding U.S. travel demand narrowed its adjusted loss and delivered an operating profit. The carrier expects fewer Pratt & Whitney GTF groundings to support single-digit capacity growth through 2030.

2025-07-29T08:23:34.983800-07:00

JetBlue Q2 Loss Narrows as Demand Recovers and Groundings Ease

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Five-Nation Pact Seeks to Streamline eVTOL Certification for Global Access Regulators from Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand have agreed to harmonize eVTOL certification standards, creating a joint framework to streamline approvals and eliminate redundant tests. The alignment aims to accelerate global market access for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and reduce development costs.

2025-07-29T07:35:46.644592-07:00

Five-Nation Pact Seeks to Streamline eVTOL Certification for Global Access

SpaceNews.com

Sleepwalking into Risk: Managing Traffic Above 60,000 Feet As the aerospace sector eyes increasing operations in the 60,000-foot flight level—from high-altitude drones and stratospheric platforms to prospective hypersonic and suborbital vehicles—air traffic control and safety regulators face a growing challenge in monitoring and deconflicting traffic in an airspace long considered largely dormant.

2025-07-28T06:09:54.142505-07:00

Sleepwalking into Risk: Managing Traffic Above 60,000 Feet

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