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Aviation Daily, December 16, 2025

VOL. 442 NO. 53 December 16, 2025
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Airlines

Spirit Airlines A320
article

Spirit Airlines In ‘Active Negotiations’ On Possible Outcomes

Dec 15, 2025
Spirit Airlines is nearing a critical juncture in its now three-month long restructuring process, with additional funding contingent on next steps.
Frontier CEO Barry Biffle
article

Frontier Airlines Announces CEO Transition, Replacing Barry Biffle

Dec 15, 2025
Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle will move into an advisory role, the company announced Dec. 15, a transition that takes immediate effect.
Malaysia Airlines A330
article

MAG Sets Ambitious Targets For Revenue, Capacity Growth

Dec 15, 2025
Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) is aiming to grow its capacity by 50% over the next five years as one of the goals of a new strategic plan.
Braathens ATR 72-600
article

Austrian Airlines Terminates Braathens Wet Lease

Dec 15, 2025
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has suspended its Braathens Regional Airways wet-lease cooperation with immediate effect.
Air Antilles aircraft
article

Air Antilles Temporarily Halts Flights After Operating License Suspended

Dec 15, 2025
Caribbean regional carrier Air Antilles has temporarily halted its flights after French authorities suspended its operating license.
Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka
article

Kenya Airways Pursues Secondary Hub Strategy Within Africa

Dec 12, 2025
Kenya Airways is eyeing the launch of secondary hubs within the African continent, with Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport in Accra as a first example.
Air Transat A321neo
article

Transat Sets Shareholder Meeting To Discuss Proposed Board Shakeup

Dec 15, 2025
Transat has scheduled a special shareholder meeting per a request by shareholder Financiere Outremont, which cited the company’s financial underperformance.

The Daily Memo

A320 final assembly line in Mobile
article

Daily Memo: Supplier Confidence Grows With Air Transport Production

Dec 15, 2025
Suppliers to Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft programs expect to be running at significantly higher monthly production levels starting in 2026.

Air Navigation

a generic aircraft inflight
article

Eurocontrol Refines Flight-By-Flight Fuel Burn Estimates

Dec 15, 2025
Eurocontrol is fine-tuning the fuel burn calculation model it applies to every flight, thanks to flight data-based validation.

Regulatory/Legislative

IndiGo cancellations on flight board on Dec. 5, 2025
article

India’s DGCA Terminates Airline Inspectors

Dec 15, 2025
India’s aviation regulator has cut four people from its FOI ranks as the fallout from the IndiGo network disruption in early December continues.
Boeing 737-10
article

FAA Codifies Boeing 737 MAX Safety Retrofit Oversight Plan

Dec 15, 2025
The FAA has codified its plan for overseeing Boeing's required rollout of safety improvements being introduced on the 737-10.
Kenya Airways Boeing 787-8
article

Free Route Airspace Now Operational Across West And Central Africa

Dec 09, 2025
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has confirmed the full operational deployment of Free Route Airspace in the Western and Central Africa (WACAF) region.

Industry Data

GOL MAX 8 front part
article

Carbon Analysis: Abra Group Rapidly Improving Efficiency

Dec 15, 2025
Carbon Analysis looks at Abra Group's efficiency as its Latin American competitors invest in Embraer E2s and Airbus A220s.