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Last Updated: Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, 9:28 AM PDT
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LTA Research Uses A-60 Airship to Train Pilots for All-Electric Pathfinder 1
By Flying Magazine: Experimental aircraft company LTA Research is using an A-60 airship to train pilots for its all-electric Pathfinder 1.

Government forces Air Canada and flight attendants back to work and into arbitration
By Associated Press: Canada’s government has forced Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants into arbitration after a work stoppage stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer.

Jobs Minister Uses Section 107 to Restart Air Canada Talks

Airbus Is About to Eclipse a Record That Boeing Held for Decades
By Bloomberg: In 1981, the year Airbus SE announced it would build a new single-aisle jetliner to take on Boeing Co., the 737 ruled the roost.

Mozambique's LAM to take delivery of DHC-8-Q400
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Spirit Airlines Struggles with Hidden Costs After Quick-Fix Bankruptcy
By Bloomberg: On its first day in bankruptcy court last November, Spirit Airlines had a simple message for its employees, customers and creditors: Nothing would change for “99.9%” of them, as company lawyer Marshall Huebner put it.

Platinum Equity Advisors to Acquire 100% of In-Flight Connectivity Provider Anuvu
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United Flight UA446 Declares Emergency, Diverts to Denver
By Aviation Source: United Airlines flight UA446, a B737 MAX 8 enroute to Las Vegas from New York, declared an emergency and diverted to Denver on 14 August.