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EU mandates 2% SAF uplift for flights departing bloc airports

The EU will require aircraft departing from its airports to use a minimum 2% blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), marking a binding uplift mandate designed to create guaranteed demand. The rule formalises a policy lever intended to accelerate SAF procurement and reshape airport fuelling and offtake arrangements.

2025-10-31T21:36:00.995975-07:00

Flying Magazine

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Breaking Defense

After 50 years, ESA poised to assume defense and military space responsibilities

2025-10-31T11:31:59.620806-07:00

Bloomberg Law

United, American CEOs to Meet VP Vance as Shutdown Enters Day 30 and Controllers Miss Paychecks

2025-10-30T08:40:34.590488-07:00

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politico.eu

Tony Blair urges UK to accelerate net-zero aviation policy Former prime minister Tony Blair, through his policy body, has urged the UK government to accelerate net-zero aviation policy, marking his third intervention on green policy this year. The recommendation calls for faster regulatory action and investment to decarbonize aviation and mobilize low‑carbon fuels and infrastructure.

2025-11-02T19:54:24.187264-08:00

Tony Blair urges UK to accelerate net-zero aviation policy

AINonline

U.S. DOT Rescinds 2022 'Deceptive Practices' Definitions, Leaving Airlines in Regulatory Uncertainty The U.S. Department of Transportation has rescinded the 2022 definitions of "deceptive practices," injecting uncertainty into airlines' compliance frameworks and potentially changing how carriers handle advertising, refunds and customer-facing policies. The action raises immediate questions about enforcement and carriers' obligations under federal consumer rules.

2025-11-02T16:20:55.102374-08:00

U.S. DOT Rescinds 2022 'Deceptive Practices' Definitions, Leaving Airlines in Regulatory Uncertainty

bisnow.com

US Navy reportedly scraps land‑swap that would have enabled Redbrick LMD’s 15‑acre waterfront museum and mixed‑use development The US Navy has reportedly canceled a proposed land‑swap that would have conveyed a 15‑acre waterfront parcel and enabled a ground‑lease to Redbrick LMD for a museum and mixed‑use development, halting the developer’s plans and removing authorization for the site transfer.

2025-11-02T11:13:59.336853-08:00

US Navy reportedly scraps land‑swap that would have enabled Redbrick LMD’s 15‑acre waterfront museum and mixed‑use development

ch-aviation

US DOT extends Essential Air Service (EAS/AEAS) funding through mid‑4Q25 The U.S. Department of Transportation has extended funding for the Essential Air Service (EAS) and Alternative Essential Air Service (AEAS) programs through mid‑fourth‑quarter 2025. The extension maintains federal subsidy payments that support commercial air service to rural and remote communities and regional carriers.

2025-11-01T03:33:17.305644-07:00

US DOT extends Essential Air Service (EAS/AEAS) funding through mid‑4Q25

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EU mandates 2% SAF uplift for flights departing bloc airports The EU will require aircraft departing from its airports to use a minimum 2% blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), marking a binding uplift mandate designed to create guaranteed demand. The rule formalises a policy lever intended to accelerate SAF procurement and reshape airport fuelling and offtake arrangements.

2025-10-31T21:36:00.995975-07:00

EU mandates 2% SAF uplift for flights departing bloc airports

Associated Press

Two nuclear‑rated airmen plead guilty to false statements in deadly base shooting; Air Force suspends Sig Sauer M18 use Two nuclear‑rated airmen at a Wyoming U.S. Air Force base pleaded guilty to making false statements about the deadly shooting of a third airman, officials said. The Air Force has suspended use of the Sig Sauer M18 sidearm as the shooting and related weapons procedures remain under review.

2025-10-31T17:55:12.818355-07:00

Two nuclear‑rated airmen plead guilty to false statements in deadly base shooting; Air Force suspends Sig Sauer M18 use

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US DOT extends EAS and AEAS funding for two weeks The U.S. Department of Transportation has extended funding for the Essential Air Service (EAS) and Alaska Essential Air Service (AEAS) programs for two weeks, preventing an immediate lapse in subsidies that support flights to rural and remote communities. It preserves service while Congress resolves funding.

2025-10-31T12:40:37.481588-07:00

US DOT extends EAS and AEAS funding for two weeks

Breaking Defense

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After 50 years, ESA poised to assume defense and military space responsibilities After five decades of a strictly civilian mandate, the European Space Agency is poised to assume formal defense and military space responsibilities, marking a fundamental change in its institutional role. The announcement represents a major policy departure for an organisation that has long shunned military involvement.

2025-10-31T11:31:59.620806-07:00

After 50 years, ESA poised to assume defense and military space responsibilities

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