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United Airlines planning for oil to reach record $175/barrel, cutting 5% capacity theaircurrent.com/intel/united-a… (via TAC/Intel)

Drone tech company Swarmer expands focus beyond Ukraine with sensational IPO theaircurrent.com/defense/drone-… (via @elanhead) #staycurrent

FAA clears Boeing 777-9 to begin first part of TIA Phase 4 certification trials theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

Understanding U.S. eVTOL developers’ long trudge through certification (via ⁦@elanhead⁩) #staycurrent theaircurrent.com/aircraft-devel…

DATA VIZ: Half a century of jet fuel: U.S. airline consumption, capacity & efficiency since 1977 theaircurrent.com/fuel-us-airlin… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

The collision avoidance tool that could help prevent the next midair disaster theaircurrent.com/aviation-safet… (via @willguisbond) #staycurrent

SCOOP: NTSB board member J. Todd Inman abruptly departs safety watchdog theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @willguisbond & @jonostrower) #staycurrent

With Iran strikes, geopolitical chaos again haunts commercial aviation theaircurrent.com/analysis/us-ir… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

Hyundai eVTOL subsidiary Supernal lays off most of its staff in major retrenchment theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @elanhead) #staycurrent

How clashes between Sean Duffy and Bryan Bedford intensified FAA’s year of turmoil theaircurrent.com/regulation/bed… (via @willguisbond) #staycurrent

Xcert AI wants to save human experts time, not replace them theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @elanhead) #staycurrent

Boeing retires final 787 test aircraft after 16 years theaircurrent.com/aircraft-devel… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

Newcomer ERC, now flight testing, keeps Germany’s eVTOL dreams alive theaircurrent.com/aircraft-devel… (via @elanhead) #staycurrent

How a Solar Impulse spinoff cleared a major battery certification hurdle theaircurrent.com/aircraft-devel… (via @elanhead) #staycurrent

ATR’s ‘massive investment’ targets a 2029 decision for hybrid Evo theaircurrent.com/aircraft-devel… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

ATR maps out the rest of its decade theaircurrent.com/industry-strat… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

UPDATED: White House claims Trump de-cert threat won’t impact Canadian-made aircraft in service theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @willguisbond & @willguisbond) #staycurrent

Trump threatens ‘decertifying’ all Canadian-made aircraft theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @willguisbond & @jonostrower) #staycurrent

What to watch for as NTSB determines D.C. midair crash probable cause theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @willguisbond) #staycurrent

FAA moves to codify existing DCA helicopter restrictions into law theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @willguisbond) #staycurrent