Leeham News
• Scott Hamilton
Leeham News
• Scott Hamilton
Today In Aviation
Last Updated: Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, 10:57 PM PDT
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Airline Weekly
Latam’s Unit Costs Remain Stagnant at Pre-Pandemic Levels
By Airline Weekly: Will someone in South America please check the calendar? Is it still 2019? Latam, South America’s largest airline group, is paying a remarkably low 4.8 U.S.
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Aviation Source
• Len Varley
LATAM B787-8 Returns to Los Angeles with RAT Deployed
By Aviation Source: LATAM Airlines flight LA603, a B787-8 departing for Santiago, Chile, returned to Los Angeles with the RAT deployed on 31 July 2025.
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ch-aviation
S Korea's Parata Air takes delivery of its first A330-200
By ch-aviation: Interested in Commercial Aviation/Business Aviation? Unlock exclusive news such as “S Korea's Parata Air takes delivery of its first A330-200” today!.
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Wall Street Journal
• Gunjan Banerji
How Flying on a Private Jet Became the No. 1 Marker of Real Wealth
By Wall Street Journal: Demand is up for private aviation, the luxury that separates the 1% from the 0.1%.
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Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Porter Airlines partners with APiJET to deploy Digital Winglets for fuel-efficient flight paths
By Aviation Source: Porter Airlines has partnered with APiJET to implement Digital Winglets, an advanced flight path optimization (FPO) solution.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Air Incheon Rebrands Asiana Airlines' Cargo Division as Air Zeta
By Aviation Source: Air Incheon has officially rebranded its newly acquired Asiana Airlines’ cargo division as Air Zeta. The name change came into effect 1 August.
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Flightradar24
• Ian Petchenik
Boeing Conducts 18-Hour ETOPS Test Flight of 787-10 with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN
By Flightradar24: At 15:38 local time N7874, the fourth 787 built, departed Boeing Field in Seattle for an 18-hour, 22 state test flight. The crew spent the overnight hours above the United States performing ETOPS testing on the new Rolls Royce Trent 1000 TEN engine, which will power the 787-10.
