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French civil aviation authority DGAC asks French airlines not to enter Venezuelan airspace, but allows them to continue flights to the West Indies and French Guyana. Delays and diversions could happen, so that airlines should carry additional fuel, it warns.

7:42 UTC airspace snapshot over Venezuela

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Eurostar suspend jusqu’à nouvel ordre tous ses trains en provenance ou à destination de Londres en raison de problèmes techniques « Tous les trajets en provenance ou à destination de Londres sont suspendus jusqu’à nouvel ordre en attente d’un déblocage », a annoncé une porte-parole de l’entreprise après un double incident techni...

No good news for travelers: Eurostar stops all trains to and from London due to technical problems. Hope they can resolve the issues quickly!

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French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) grounded all planes belonging to Caribbean airline Air Antilles after suspending its operating license, following significant safety concerns raised during a recent regulatory audit.

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Starke Ergebnisse für europäische Airlines erwartet | Börsen-Zeitung Die IATA rechnet trotz Lieferengpässen mit weltweitem Rekordgewinn und steigenden Frachteinnahmen für die Branche.

European airlines will deliver the highest profits in 2025 and 2026, overtaking for the first time in more than a decade their Northamerican peers, predicts IATA. But airlines from the Middle East will be strongest in terms of margins and profit per passenger.
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Qatar Airways leadership suddenly changes as Hamad airport executive named new chief Qatar Airways Group has named a new chief executive, appointing Hamad Ali Al-Khater who succeeds Badr Mohammed Al-Meer with immediate effect. The Gulf carrier has not elaborated on the sudden change i...

Sudden leadership change at Qatar Airways.

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Airbus delivered only 72 aircraft in November, even a little less than expected. So it has to deliver 133 planes in December to reach the lowered delivery target of around 790 this year.

Airbus lowers its delivery target for this year from around 820 aircraft to around 790 after quality problems with fuselage panels delivered by one supplier for the A320 became public Monday.

Airbus asks A320-operators to implement a software and/or hardware protection immediately after a recent event with a A320-family-aircraft revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.

Mehr Geld für Europas Rolle im All | Börsen-Zeitung Der ESA-Ministerrat hat in Bremen eine deutliche Steigerung des Budgets beschlossen, damit Europa im Wettlauf ums All nicht zurückfällt.

With the decision to increase ESA budget for the three coming years to €22.1 billion member countries follow the recommendations of ESA director general Josef Aschbacher who warned that Europe can't afford to fall behind even more in the global space race.
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Europas Herausforderungen im All | Börsen-Zeitung Die ESA-Ministerratstagung in Bremen muss die Grundlagen für eine gemeinsame Verteidigungsstrategie im All legen.

European Space Agency's ministerial council in Bremen this week has to lead the way for the future and make sure that Europe's space sector does not lag behind, while competition is heating uo. It must also lay the foundations for a common defence strategy. 🛰️🚀🛰️
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OHB arbeitet mit Dassault an Spaceshuttle | Börsen-Zeitung Der Bremer Raumfahrtkonzern arbeitet zusammen mit dem französischen Flugzeugbauer an Vortex, einem wiederverwendbaren Spaceshuttle.

German space group OHB works together with Dassault Aviation from France on a project for Vortex, a reusable spaceplane. They discussed the partnership at Paris Air Show in June, OHB CEO Marco Fuchs told me.
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Rentabler Nischenmarkt | Börsen-Zeitung La Première ist für Air France ein Aushängeschild für luxuriöse französische Lebensart. Sie ist bei drei Gruppen von Kunden gefragt.

Why Air France sticks to its First Class La Première and what different kind of clients it attracts.
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If they could deliver them rapidly, it would help them. But it will take some time to get the gliders ready for delivery after receiving the engines. So there still will be a lot of pressure. We‘ll see!

French president Macron proposes to nominate his former Prime Minister Castex as CEO of rail operator SNCF.

"5% de chance qu'Airbus atteigne les 810 livraisons cette année" : le constructeur doit mettre les bouchées doubles pour atteindre ses objectifs Chez Airbus, il va falloir mettre les bouchées doubles. Le constructeur d'avions européen s'était fixé comme objectif de livrer 820 avions cette année. Mais quelques problèmes ont émergé et l'avionneu...

With only 434 this year till end of August, Airbus has to deliver 386 to reach its goal of 820 deliveries in 2025, more than 96 aircraft per month. Experts consider the chance the planemaker can achieve that only 5%.
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European planemaker Airbus reports 67 deliveries for July, 10 less than July last year. Despite a big number of gliders, it still
sticks to its plan to deliver around 820 aircraft this year. So far it delivered 373 in 2025.

#Airbus has 60 gliders - planes without engines - at the moment due to persistent engine supply issues on the A320 program, CEO Faury told reporters. Majority of it lack CFM engines, but some also Pratt & Whitney ones. Airbus only had more gliders in 2018 when there were 100 at this time of the year

Bundesregierung prüft Einstieg bei Panzerschmiede KNDS | Börsen-Zeitung Die Bundesregierung prüft nach Informationen der Börsen-Zeitung einen Einstieg beim deutsch-französischen Panzerbauer KNDS. Grund ist der geplante Rückzug der deutschen Eigentümerfamilien.

The German government considers taking a stake in French-German tank maker #KNDS as the German owner families Bode and Braunbehrens want to withdraw from the company.
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En direct, discours d’Emmanuel Macron aux armées : le président de la République annonce des efforts budgétaires pour la défense de 3,5 milliards d’euros en 2026 et 3 milliards en 2027 « C’est le double du budget dont les armées disposaient en 2017. Cet effort nouveau, historique et proportionné, est crédible. Il est indispensable », a assuré le chef de l’Etat, tout en renvoyant la ...

French president Emmanuel Macron says #France will increase military spending till 2027 to € 64 billion, doubling it in comparison to 2017. He announced € 3,5 billion extra spending for 2026 and € 3 billion for 2027 the evening before Bastille Day.
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The influential aerospace industry association #Gifas has elected Safran CEO Olivier Andriès as new president. It was chaired from 2011 till now by Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury whose mandate ended.

MTU CEO Lars Wagner will join Airbus already in November this year before succeeding Christian Scherer as CEO of the Commercial Aircraft division on 1 January 2026.

„BNP Paribas hat für Deutschland große Ambitionen“ | Börsen-Zeitung BNP-Paribas-CFO sieht positive Zeichen bei der Regulierung in Europa, glaubt aber nicht an baldige grenzüberschreitende Konsolidierung.

Crossborder consolidation in the European banking sector seems unlikely at the moment, says #BNPParibas CFO Lars Machenil. He is focusing on targeted acquisitions which strengthen existing activities in BNP's key markets and expects impact of the US trade policy to be balanced. bit.ly/44yQla6

Increasing #polarisation is one of the three major risks for our society besides climate change and digitalisation, judges Thierry Léger, the CEO of French reinsurer Scor. Very interesting interview in @lesechosfr.bsky.social.
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Air France wants to
increase its stake in SAS from
19,9% to 60,5%, buying the stakes from Castlelake and Lind Invest, aiming to close the transaction in the second half of 2026.

French Civil Aviation Authority DGAC asks airlines to reduce flights at French airports
Friday significantly because air controllers are striking: Nice by 50%, Parisian airports by 40%, Lyon, Marseille and airports at Corsica by 30%.

During the summer, Air France opens a restaurant at the rooftop of the famous Parisian department store Galeries Lafayette where you can try the menu which is served in its business class without taking the plane.

„Der Raumfahrtsektor in Europa ist zu zersplittert“ | Börsen-Zeitung Airbus hält trotz geopolitischer Risiken an der Prognose fest. Der Konzern will 2025 das operative Ergebnis um 30% auf 7 Mrd. Euro steigern. Sollten die Zölle gleich bleiben, wäre dieses Ziel erreichb...

After years of cash outflows the #A400M program will be cash neutral for the first time 2025 and will start to be cash positive 2026, says #Airbus CFO Thomas Toepfer. Whether Airbus, Thales and Leonardo will tie-up their satellite business should be decided before the end of the year. bit.ly/4luwcJ1

Airline tickets in France could become more expensive as the government is considering adding new taxes on domestic flights, reports @lesechosfr.bsky.social .

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