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The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved airBaltic to access $162 million… Boost for airBaltic as US bankruptcy court approves access to financing appeared first on AeroTime.

US bankruptcy court approves initial €140 million in finance to support Latvian carrier’s Chapter 11 restructuring. Air Baltic has secured court approval for the critical funding it requires to maintain operations as it embarks on its US Chapter 11 restructuring process. The company has been been authorised to access the initial tranche of a €350… The post Air Baltic secures access to critical funding as it details brush with ‘liquidity cliff’ first appeared on FlightGlobal.

Airbus' New Chinese Final Assembly Line Rolls Out First A320neo Airbus has rolled out the first Airbus A320neo from its second A320 final assembly line in Tianjin, China. guy.ferneyhoug… Wed, 09/16/2026 - 09:39 Author Chen Chuanren Content source Aviation Daily Primary Category Manufacturing & Supply Chain

FlyDubai Plans MAX Cabin Retrofit As Fleet To Surpass 100 Aircraft FlyDubai is rolling out a new cabin retrofit program this month for some 737 MAX aircraft to install lie-flat seats, while its fleet should surpass 100 aircraft by year-end. guy.ferneyhoug… Wed, 09/16/2026 - 08:50 Author Kurt Hofmann Content source Aviation Daily Primary Category Interiors & Connectivity

New budget airline’s services to major cities in the kingdom to begin on 20 September. Air Arabia’s new Saudi carrier is to open services within days, operating initially to three domestic destinations from Dammam. It will serve Riyadh and Jeddah twice-daily, and Medinah daily, with flights commencing on 20 September. Air Arabia is part of… The post Air Arabia’s Saudi carrier to initiate flights on key domestic routes first appeared on FlightGlobal.

At Tokyo Haneda Airport, Japan Airlines is testing humanoid robots to move cargo containers. The image looks like aviation's future. In reality, it may be a distraction from the more consequential transformation taking place underneath the terminal floor. Airports are becoming increasingly intelligent, but not because robots are suddenly replacing people. The more profound change is the emergence of an airport as a connected operating system in which artificial intelligence, biometrics, sensors, automation, digital twins and real-time data increasingly influence decisions across the passenger journey and the physical infrastructure. CAPA - Centre for Aviation's latest research publication, 'I, Robot: The Adoption of Technology in the Airport Business in 2026', shows an industry investing heavily in this transition, but also exposes an uncomfortable gap between technological ambition and operational maturity. SITA data reinforces the point: airports spent USD14.8 billion on IT in 2025,

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will bring aviation safety and operations professionals together in Istanbul, Türkiye, from 6 to 8 October for the 2026 World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC). The conference will be held under the theme “Performance Through People: Driving Safety, Operational Agility, and Crisis Response”, with discussions focused on the role […] The post IATA focuses on human performance and aviation safety at WSOC 2026 appeared first on MRO Business Today, Latest Aerospace News.

Asia-Pacific expected to account for 45% of global aircraft deliveries over the next two decades as India’s domestic aviation market growth forecast rises to 9.3% Airbus continues to see strong demand for new aircraft and no significant softening in customer readiness to take deliveries despite ongoing geopolitical and supply-chain challenges, according to Anand Stanley, President, […] The post Airbus sees no slowdown in aircraft demand despite supply-chain and geopolitical pressures appeared first on MRO Business Today, Latest Aerospace News.

Boeing 737 MAX deliveries, lie-flat Business Class upgrades and larger overhead bins form part of airline’s next phase of fleet and product development flydubai is set to take its fleet beyond the 100-aircraft mark in 2026, while simultaneously investing in the upgrade of its existing Boeing 737 MAX fleet as the Dubai-based carrier enters its […] The post flydubai crosses 100-aircraft milestone as fleet growth and retrofit programme accelerate appeared first on MRO Business Today, Latest Aerospace News.