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Thai cargo startup Pattaya Airways announced Aug. 8 that it had attained its air operator certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand.

A Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 en route to São Paulo went down northwest of the city center; local reports said all 61 people on the aircraft were killed.

Boeing is steadily increasing 777-9 production from a slow pace when final assembly re-started in late 2023 to the current rate of about one per month

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The U.S. Energy Department’s research arm is studying whether it can launch a program to modify a regional jet into a flying testbed for the propulsion systems.

NASA and Boeing are setting up for a round of key wind tunnel tests of the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator.

Recent personnel developments include changes at airlines in South America, the U.S. and Iceland, as well as air freight companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Delta is pursuing legal claims against the cybersecurity company as well as Microsoft to recover damages for an outage with cascading consequences.

Nigerian carrier Arik Air has had a grounding order on several of its aircraft lifted, following the resolution of a court case.

Thai Airways reported a reduced net profit in the second quarter (Q2), as the carrier targets the completion of its capital restructuring process.

Russia’s Ural Airlines will strip down its Airbus A320 that has been stuck in a wheat field near Novosibirsk, Siberia, since making an emergency landing in 2023

Many foreign airlines have temporarily suspended flights to Israel, creating pressure for the El Al fleet which is operating at its maximum.

Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways intends to continue expanding its route network for the remainder of 2024.

Planned routes to Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius have been pulled by flydubai ahead of their launch.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at how the largest four U.S. low-cost carriers (LCCs) are faring compared to 2019.

Frontier Airlines dropped the Airbus A321XLR from its fleet plan because the aircraft’s performance fell short of the carrier’s expectations.

The global average jet fuel price fell 3.1% last week to $95.65/bbl, compared to $98.68/bbl the previous week

Kelly Ortberg’s first-day steps suggests he intends to prioritize building a stronger link between front-line workers who build and design Boeing’s products.

Founded in 2020, Denver-based H3X closed the oversubscribed Series A round on Aug. 6.

Phoenix Aviation Capital said it would use $242 million of asset-backed debt to finance a portfolio of seven new Boeing 737-8s across two lessees.

Archer Aviation has released new details about its planned air taxi network in Los Angeles, one of the startup’s key launch cities, which it says can become operational as soon as 2026.

Revenue increased 11% year-on-year in the June quarter to $785 million.

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Copa Airlines is trimming its capacity guidance for 2024 after cutting flights to Venezuela amid the country’s political turmoil.