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 — Simple Flying. United's new network upgrades take a big step forward.
• The Aircraft Set To Replace The Largest Quadjet In The 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 — 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 — Simple Flying. The carrier is all about smaller 737s.
• The best drone bag we’ve found wasn’t 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 — 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 — 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 — Simple Flying. United has one of the largest commercial networks in the world.
• Southwest Unlocks Over 130 Destinations With New Singapore Airlines Interline Agreement — 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 — 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.

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