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04:05ACFVietravel Airlines Signs Letter of Intent for 50 Airbus Jets, Including Vietnam's First A220sJUST IN04:05AIRSpiceJet's Market Share Craters to 1.6% as Government Confirms It Is Watching the Airline's FinancesUPDATED04:05AIRFrontier Airlines Enters South America for the First Time With Three New Orlando-Colombia RoutesNEW04:05SAFA Supplier's Bad Bushing Technique Just Triggered an FAA Order on 29 A320-Family JetsNEW
Vietravel Airlines Signs Letter of Intent for 50 Airbus Jets, Including Vietnam's First A220s
Vietravel Airlines signed a letter of intent in Paris for 50 Airbus aircraft — 20 A220s and 30 A321-family jets including the A321XLR — as the five-plane Vietnamese carrier plans a rapid leap toward international long-haul-adjacent routes.
Rajkumar Agarwal · 12 September 2026
Airlines
SpiceJet's Market Share Craters to 1.6% as Government Confirms It Is Watching the Airline's Finances
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Frontier Airlines Enters South America for the First Time With Three New Orlando-Colombia Routes
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A Supplier's Bad Bushing Technique Just Triggered an FAA Order on 29 A320-Family Jets
Vietravel Airlines Signs Letter of Intent for 50 Airbus Jets, Including Vietnam's First A220s
Vietravel Airlines signed a letter of intent in Paris for 50 Airbus aircraft — 20 A220s and 30 A321-family jets including the A321XLR — as the five-plane Vietnamese carrier plans a rapid leap toward international long-haul-adjacent routes.
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SpiceJet's Market Share Craters to 1.6% as Government Confirms It Is Watching the Airline's Finances
India's civil aviation minister told Parliament the government and DGCA are closely tracking SpiceJet's finances and operations, as new data shows the carrier's domestic market share has slid to just 1.6% while staff say salaries have gone unpaid for months.
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A Supplier's Bad Bushing Technique Just Triggered an FAA Order on 29 A320-Family Jets
The FAA has ordered inspections of 29 US-registered A318/A319/A320/A321 aircraft after tool-mark damage was found in main landing gear support rib lug bores, traced to a supplier's improper bushing-removal technique during assembly.
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American Airlines Reverses Course, Puts Seatback Screens Back on Every Narrowbody Seat
American Airlines will install 4K seatback screens at every seat across its narrowbody fleet and grow premium seating from about 25% to 40% of departures, nine years after it began stripping the screens out.
12 September 2026
Adani Airports Raises $1 Billion From Temasek and BlackRock at $18 Billion Valuation
Adani Airport Holdings has signed binding agreements to raise roughly $1 billion in primary equity from Temasek, BlackRock funds, Alpha Wave Global and Premji Invest, valuing India's largest airport operator at $18 billion as it targets 200 million annual passengers.
12 September 2026