Aviation Daily Digest — June 10, 2026

# Aviation Daily Digest — June 10, 2026

Your daily 60-second briefing for pilots, drone operators and aviation pros — auto-aggregated from the industry's top sources.

Top stories

• [United Airlines Edges Ahead In Long-Haul Wi-Fi Race With First 777 Starlink Retrofit](https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-long-haul-wifi-first-777-starlink-retrofit/) — Simple Flying. United's new network upgrades take a big step forward.
• [The Aircraft Set To Replace The Largest Quadjet In The World](https://simpleflying.com/aircraft-set-to-replace-largest-quadjet-in-world/) — Simple Flying. The A380 is no longer a viable aircraft in many airline's fleets.
• [How The Airline That Invented Business Class Beds Continues To Reinvent Them Decades Later](https://simpleflying.com/airline-invented-business-class-beds-reinvent-decades-later/) — Simple Flying. British Airways invented the lie-flat business class bed in 2000. Three generations later, the airline is still reinventing it.
• [Why Southwest Airlines Won't Even Bat An Eye At The Boeing 737 MAX 9 Or MAX 10](https://simpleflying.com/why-southwest-airlines-wont-even-bat-eye-boeing-737-max-9-max-10/) — Simple Flying. The carrier is all about smaller 737s.
• [The best drone bag we’ve found wasn’t made for drones](https://dronedj.com/2026/06/09/the-best-drone-bag-weve-found-wasnt-made-for-drones/) — DroneDJ. Clever Supply Co. is a leather camera strap and bag company, not a drone brand. They sent over their Camera Sling V2 in tan along with one of their leather camera straps for me to review. For the record, they didn’t pay…
• [Air Canada Captain Arrested & Fired After Flying Without Required Pilot’s License](https://simpleflying.com/air-canada-captain-arrested-fired-flying-without-pilot-license/) — Simple Flying. Former Air Canada captain accused of flying 900 flights without the required airline transport license.
• [How The CIA Secretly Bought Soviet Titanium To Build The SR-71 Blackbird](https://simpleflying.com/how-cia-secretly-bought-soviet-titanium-build-sr-71-blackbird/) — Simple Flying. The infamous operation that built America's fastest jet.
• [70 Frequent Flyers Race To All 7 United Airlines Hubs In 1 Day, With Some Controversial Help](https://simpleflying.com/70-frequent-flyers-race-7-united-airlines-hub-controversial/) — Simple Flying. United has one of the largest commercial networks in the world.
• [Southwest Unlocks Over 130 Destinations With New Singapore Airlines Interline Agreement](https://simpleflying.com/southwest-singapore-airlines-interline-agreement-130-destinations/) — Simple Flying. Southwest's new Singapore Airlines partnership unlocks 130+ global destinations, marking its fourth international airline agreement in a year.
• [How This Airline Made Transatlantic Low-Cost Flights Work](https://simpleflying.com/how-airline-made-transatlantic-low-cost-flights-work/) — Simple Flying. While low-cost long-haul operators continue to struggle, IAG appears to have found a key to profitability on low-cost transatlantic flights.

Pilot community highlights

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