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Last Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 6:05 PM PST
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Aviation Week
• Michael Bruno
Boeing’s financial outlook improves as production and deliveries accelerate; company eyes ambitious cash‑flow targets
By Aviation Week: Financial outlook tracking with improved production, delivery performance, prompting talk of hitting lofty cash-flow targets.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
British Airways Flight BA1443 (A320) Declares Emergency, Returns to Edinburgh After Landing Gear Fails to Retract
By Aviation Source: British Airways flight BA1443, an A320-200 departing for London, declared an emergency and returned to Edinburgh after landing gear failed to retract on 8 December.
Aviation Week
• Lori Ranson
Embraer and Airbus Make Headway in Latin America with Small Narrowbody Orders
By Aviation Week: Embraer and Airbus are rounding out 2025 by making inroads with their smaller narrowbody offerings in Latin America.
Cargo Facts
• Jeff Lee
Afcom to lease Nauru Airlines 737-800SF, becoming India’s first operator of AEI’s 737NG conversion
By Cargo Facts: Afcom Holdings will expand its fleet by leasing a 737-800SF from Nauru Airlines to become the first Indian operator of AEI’s 737NG conversion.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Archer Completes First Phase to Acquire Control of Hawthorne Airport
By Aviation Source: Archer Aviation has completed the first phase of transactions to acquire control of Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Los Angeles.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
American Airlines Avoids $16.1M DOT Fine by Investing in Wheelchair-Handling Equipment
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: American Airlines will avoid a $16.1 million fine by investing in equipment to enhance wheelchair handling for disabled passengers.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
Pratt & Whitney Canada refiles FAA exemption requests for PT9A-11 turboprop and PW220A turboshaft
By FlightGlobal: Pratt & Whitney Canada has refiled regulatory exemption requests with the FAA for its new PT9A-11 turboprop and PW220A turboshaft engines, describing both powerplants as more efficient successors to existing product lines.
