Commercial Aviation
- Boeing pilotless air taxi lifts off the ground, but passenger service is years away – Source: Seattle Times
- Airbus sets quantum computing challenge to explore solutions for aircraft life cycle – Source: Intelligent Aerospace
- Boeing’s high capacity 737 MAX 8 makes first flight – Source: Air Transport World
- FAA imposes more ETOPS restrictions on more Trent 1000 engines – Source: Air Transport World
Business Aviation
- JetSuite looks to double ERJ-135 fleet by year end – Source: Flight Global
Airlines
- Air Tahiti Nui wants to launch the world’s longest flight…there’s just one problem. Source: One Mile at a Time
- ANA in talks on acquiring stake in Philippine Airlines, but “no definite agreement” has been reached – Source: Blue Swan
Airports
- Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 is stuck on tarmac at Logan Airport – Source: Air Live
Defense
- ‘New” Tu-22 crashes in Russia – Source: AvWeb
Post of the Day
- Boeing’s famous trijet 727 makes last commercial flight – Source: 9News Australia
