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Last Updated: Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, 3:52 AM PST
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Russia and European states contest custody of suspected coordinator of 2024 DHL air‑cargo parcel bomb plot
By Washington Post: A Russian national, now in Azerbaijan, is suspected of coordinating a 2024 parcel plot targeting air cargo planes in Europe.
Emirates’ airshow mega-order funds 777-10 feasibility study; Airbus responds with stretched A350 study
By The Air Current: Airbus follows with its own stretched A350 study.
Dubai Airshow 2025: e‑Smart Group orders five BETA ALIA CTOL electric aircraft, with rights for 15 more
By eVTOL Insights: e‑Smart Group has ordered five of BETA Technologies’ electric ALIA CTOL aircraft, with the agreement to include purchase rights for.
Pittsburgh International Opens Right‑Sized Terminal as Hub Era Fades
By Cranky Flier: When the PIttsburgh International Airport built its brand new terminal in the early 1990s, it was preparing for a future as a major hub for USAir. Things have not gone quite as planned.
Urban-Air Port and Hangzhou Starports Tech partner to develop vertiports in China
By eVTOL Insights: UK-based Urban-Air Port (UAP), a pioneer in vertiport infrastructure design and development, and Hangzhou Starports Tech, a Chinese innovator in.
Hit single: Airbus’s A320 finally leaves Boeing’s 737 in its wake
By FlightGlobal: Airbus's commercial aircraft chief, Christian Scherer, is quietly satisfied about the A320 family's landmark achievement in overtaking the Boeing 737, its primary rival, in terms of deliveries.
AerCap leases three 737 MAX and two 737‑NGs to South Africa’s FlySafair
By aercap.com: DUBAI, UAE, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AerCap Holdings N.V. ("AerCap" or the "Company") (NYSE: AER) today…...