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“We’re not gonna not have a chief,” Meink said during a roundtable with reporters after being asked about the potential vacancy of the service’s top two uniformed positions.Allvin surprised many in August when he announced he would retire in November, about halfway through his four-year term as the service’s 23rd chief of staff. Allvin said he would remain chief of staff until his successor is nominated and confirmed.Meink declined to comment about the likelihood of a chief of staff nomination coming soon, saying the process has to work its way through the administration. But he reiterated that he and Allvin…

The CAEW-type aircraft might be pitched to Taiwan to replace its five E-2K Hawkeyes, after it could not acquire the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. L3Harris appears to be pitching its AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) aircraft concept at the TADTE 2025 exhibition in Taiwan, images from Sep. 20, 2025, showed. Based on the proven Bombardier Global 6500 carrier aircraft, the CAEW (Conformal Airborne Early Warning)-type aircraft would see L3Harris integrating conformal radar arrays on the sides of the fuselage, rather than systems mounted on the top fuselage. The CAEW sensors and radar are developed by IAI (Israeli Aerospace Industries)/ELTA. L3Harris…

Brazil’s Azul Airlines has filed a reorganization plan in a US bankruptcy court in New York, detailing how it plans to slash more than $2 billion in debt with new equity, reworked aircraft leases, and fleet reductions after months of financial strain.  The airline, formed in 2008 by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, grew rapidly by connecting secondary Brazilian cities with low-cost fares and a modern fleet of Embraer regional jets. That expansion gave Azul a commanding share of Brazil’s domestic market, but it also left the carrier heavily exposed to dollar-denominated lease and debt obligations that have become harder to sustain.  Azul’s bankruptcy plan,…

The International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Renewable Energy Agency have launched an investment portal to connect sustainable aviation fuel decarbonization projects with investors.  The portal is part of ICAO’s Finvest Hub, which aims to accelerate global deployment of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). The Energy Transition Accelerator Financing (ETAF) platform, led by the International […] source

Delta Air Lines’ current widebody fleet consists of 176 aircraft. According to ch-aviation.com, it has 38 Airbus A350-900s, 38 Boeing 767-300ERs, 37 A330-900s, 31 A330-300s, 21 767-400ERs, and 11 A330-200s. In comparison, United Airlines has 228 twin-aisles. But given its much stronger long-haul dominance, that’s unsurprising. All 11 A330-200s were inherited from Northwest, and all the frames are active. They each have 223 seats: 34 in Delta One (1-2-1), 21 in Premium Select (2-3-2; 38″ pitch), 24 in Comfort+ (2-4-2; 34″), and 144 in Main (2-4-2; 32″). Where Delta’s A330-200s Will Operate In October Credit: GCMap The map above shows all…

China has shown for the first time its newest naval aircraft launching and recovering aboard the catapult-equipped Fujian carrier. The PLA (People’s Liberation Army) Navy’s CNS Fujian (CV-18) carrier, an EMALS (Electro-Magnetic Launch System) configured flattop, attained a major milestone on Sep. 22, 2025. The service released images of its carrier-based CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted TakeOff But Arrested Recovery) aircraft – the J-35, the J-15T and the KJ-600 AEW&C – “successfully completing take-off and landing trials on the flight deck.” More than one aircraft of each type were launched and recovered, the full nearly nine minute-long official footage shows. The flattop,…

Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) will shut down all passenger flights for 36 hours from the evening of September 23, 2025, until September 25, 2025, as the city prepares for the arrival of ‘super typhoon’ Ragasa. The unprecedented 36-hour shutdown is the longest in HKIA’s recent history, surpassing the 20-hour and 13-hour closures for previous typhoons in recent years. The airport’s home-based airline, Cathay Pacific, has said it will be forced to cancel over 500 flights during this period as a result of the typhoon, with tens of thousands of passengers due to be affected by the stoppage. Super Typhoon…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Air Force must focus its limited maintenance resources on aircraft that are capable of surviving in a contested environment, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday.In a keynote address at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air Space Cyber conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Meink highlighted the service’s lackluster aircraft readiness as one of its major challenges.“We have some of the best aircraft,” Meink said, citing the F-22 and F-35 fighters and the B-2 bomber as examples.The scope of the readiness challenge “surprised me a bit,” Meink said.“I knew there was a readiness challenge,”…

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Russia is calling on the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO) to lift sanctions on spare parts and overflights, citing safety concerns. The plea comes ahead of the 42nd ICAO Assembly in Montréal, Canada. Russia is dismissing a largely global response to the war in Ukraine, saying that “unlawful coercive measures” violate people’s right to free movement. Since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, Russia has been left without direct access to Western-made parts to support the country’s Airbus and Boeing fleets. As such, Russian carriers have been forced to find creative ways to import spare parts.…