North America   M&A   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Policy & Regulation  
Bloomberg • Maya Averbuch

Viva Aerobus and Volaris merge holdings to form Mexican low-cost airline group, targeting 2026 launch

Mexico's two largest low-cost carriers, Viva Aerobus and Volaris, have agreed to merge their holding companies to create a single Mexican Airline Group. The transaction, planned to launch in 2026, aims to lower fleet costs and expand point-to-point domestic and international routes.

Also: Aviacionline and travelandtourworld.com
2025-12-18T22:52:40.949076-08:00
PaxEx   Europe   Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management   Policy & Regulation  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Europe’s new border rules could trigger airport chaos and three‑hour delays for non‑EU travellers

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: New immigration rules in Europe threaten to cause significant delays and chaos at airports for third-country travelers.

2025-12-18T22:44:00.552338-08:00
UAV Development & Drone Programs   Europe  
Unmanned Airspace • Philip Butterworth-Hayes

Open Skies Network and NHS to launch medical drone delivery service in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly in 2025

By Unmanned Airspace: The UK’s Open Skies Network and Cornwall Partnership National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust have announced an agreement for the adoption of an NHS medical drone delivery service in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, in the southwest of the UK.

Also: dronelife.com and Flyer.co.uk
2025-12-18T02:05:19.264287-08:00
Supply Chain   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

United Aircraft unveils newly built Tu-214 at Kazan plant after first flight

By FlightGlobal: United Aircraft has shown off a newly-built Tupolev Tu-214, the twinjet type which is part of the strategy to address Russian airline capacity demand. The company says the aircraft "recently took off for the first time" from its manufacturing site in Kazan.

2025-12-18T23:49:12.863271-08:00
Supply Chain   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
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Leeham News • Leehamcoeu; Bjorn Fehrm

Bjorn's Corner — Part 21: Accelerating Large-Aircraft Development Through Certification Implementation

By Leeham News: December 19, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than..

2025-12-19T00:05:20.391189-08:00