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Last Updated: Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, 9:40 AM PDT
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European aviation regulators tell airlines to avoid flying over Israel and Lebanon due to ‘high risk’ to airliners from rockets and missiles
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: European aviation regulators have told airlines to avoid flying over Israel and Lebanon at all altitudes until the end of October due to the “overall intensification of air strikes and degradation in the security situation” following Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a series of airstrikes on Beirut on Friday.
EASA Urges Flights Suspensions to/from Israel, Lebanon
EU recommends airlines avoid Lebanese, Israeli airspace
A chartered helicopter crash due to engine failure kills 6 in northwest Pakistan
By ABC News: A Pakistan policeman says a helicopter crash due to engine failure has killed six people and injured eight others in the country's northwest.
US fines Air Canada over flights over prohibited Iraqi airspace
By Reuters: The U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday it had fined Air Canada $250,000 for operating flights in 2022 and 2023 in prohibited Iraqi airspace.
Delta Announces First Salt Lake City-Seoul Nonstop
By Airways Magazine: Delta will introduce its first nonstop service from Salt Lake City to Seoul on June 12, 2025.
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Boeing wage talks break off without progress to end strike, union says
By Reuters: The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said late on Friday that its pay deal talks with Boeing had broken off and that there were no further dates scheduled for negotiations at this time.
Chimes Aviation Academy expands fleet with Tecnam
By GlobalAir.com: Tecnam and Chimes Aviation Academy have announced the purchase of four P2010 TDI aircraft, powered by the Continental CD170 engine. This new acquisition will allow Chimes Aviation Academy to enhance its pilot training and provide students with a modern platform.
US judge to hold hearing on family objections to Boeing plea deal
By Reuters: U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor said Friday he will hold a hearing on Oct. 11 to consider objections from relatives of those killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes to the planemaker's agreement to plead guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy.