✈️ AVWIRE Afternoon Air & Transport BriefingBETA
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🚨 Safety events & emergencies
No new events met the inclusion bar in this section among the sources checked
🇹🇼 Taiwan aviation (civil + military)
UK airports handled record Q2 passengers as low-cost growth offset Middle East traffic declines.
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan processes the drone bill draft; parties remain split over budget structure
Formosa Smart Energy secures ISCC EU certification for microalgae oil to support Taiwan SAF goals.
Egis Group will showcase AI smart drones and satellite communications technology at SEMICON Taiwan 2026.
Mandarin Airlines and UNI Air applied to suspend Hualien flights; CAA approved flight reductions for Mandarin.
🌐 International industry news
Fly2Galicia plans to launch operations from Santiago de Compostela in December using wet-leased aircraft from FLYYO.
Qantas moves up its Airbus A380 retirement schedule by four years, exiting the first superjumbos in 2028.
🚄 Ground & maritime transport
Taiwan Ministry of National Defense detected nine PLA naval vessels and seven official ships around Taiwan Strait.
📡 Sources checked
Coverage notes
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