@Jamie_Freed

Global news desk editor @Reuters. Former long-time aviation correspondent. Californian-Australian frequent traveller.

 Sydney, New South Wales
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Joined December 2011
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Captain of flydubai plane describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked reuters.com/business/aerospa…

Captain of flydubai plane describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked

The captain of a flydubai flight who was attacked by a co-pilot who intended to crash the plane has described blocking axe blows to the head and screaming for ​help as he reached for a knob to open...

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Boeing sales chief McMullen to retire, company memo says reuters.com/business/aerospa…

EXCLUSIVE: Boeing sales chief McMullen to retire, company memo says

Boeing jetliner sales chief Brad ​McMullen is retiring in ‌December and will be succeeded in ​one of the ​industry's most high-profile jobs ⁠by Ryan Weir, ​currently in charge ​of the North American...

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Trump move to restart direct US flights with Lebanon hits roadblock reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

EXCLUSIVE: Trump move to restart direct US flights with Lebanon hits roadblock

The United Nations aviation agency has found Lebanon's main airport lacks valid certification, according to a report summary seen by Reuters, ​in a setback to US President Donald Trump's move to...

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FAA set to approve Boeing 737 MAX 10 as soon as next week, sources say reuters.com/business/aerospa…

FAA set to approve Boeing 737 MAX 10 as soon as next week, sources say

The Federal Aviation Administration ‌is set to approve the long-delayed Boeing 737 MAX 10 as soon as next week, after completing a key safety review on Friday, three people familiar with the matter...

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Air India forms team to drive cost savings, memo shows reuters.com/world/india/air-…

Air India forms team to drive cost savings, memo shows

Air India has set up a dedicated team to identify cost savings across ​operations and tightened spending approvals as the airline grapples with ‌airspace disruptions, the Middle East conflict and...

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Airbus commercial aircraft CEO sees early decision on higher A350 output reuters.com/business/aerospa…

Airbus commercial aircraft CEO sees early decision on higher A350 output

Airbus plans to decide "sooner rather than later" on ​increased production capacity for its A350 wide-body jet, its commercial CEO Lars Wagner said, part of a trio of relatively near-term decisions...

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Airbus forecasts huge hiring gap as aviation services market expands reuters.com/business/world-a…

Airbus forecasts huge hiring gap as aviation services market expands

Aviation will need ​to hire 2.44 million people over the next two decades to serve air travel, including ‌730,000 for maintenance shops where acute labour shortages have been one of the sector's...

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US Transportation Secretary meeting with Boeing, GE CEOs on aircraft certification reform efforts reuters.com/business/aerospa…

US Transportation Secretary meeting with Boeing, GE CEOs on aircraft certification reform efforts

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday is meeting with the CEOs of major aerospace companies including ​Boeing and GE on his efforts to reform new aircraft certification, officials ‌said.

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Boeing deliveries tick up to 57 jets in September reuters.com/business/aerospa…

Boeing delivers 57 jets in September, highest monthly total for year

Boeing said on Tuesday that it delivered 57 jets in September, up from 51 in August and ​55 a year earlier as it works to ramp ‌up production of its best-selling 737 MAX narrow-body. It was the...

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Germany scrambles jets after airline radio glitch sends false hijack alert reuters.com/world/germanys-n…

Germany's Nuremberg airport closes due to aviation emergency

Germany's Nuremberg airport ​said on Tuesday that flight ‌operations have been suspended because of an aviation emergency.

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Saudi capital's airport to remain shut this week as airlines cancel services reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Saudi capital's airport to remain shut this week as airlines cancel services

Authorities have extended the closure of Riyadh's international airport until ​Saturday.

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AirAsia in talks with Malaysian government over potential funding support, sources say reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…

EXCLUSIVE: AirAsia in talks with Malaysian government over potential funding support, sources say

AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes met ​with officials from Malaysia's finance ministry two weeks ago to discuss potential government support for Southeast Asia's largest low-cost airline, said three...

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FAA tells US airlines to exercise caution in Saudi Arabia flights, citing safety risks reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

FAA tells US airlines to exercise caution in Saudi Arabia flights, citing safety risks

The Federal ​Aviation Administration told US airlines on Sunday to exercise caution ‌when flying to or over Saudi Arabia, citing safety threats tied to ongoing military activities and navigation...

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Several wounded in Riyadh airport attack, operations suspended, Saudi aviation authority says reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Houthi strike on Saudi airport kills 12, worst attack on kingdom in a decade

At least 12 people were ​killed and more than 300 wounded in an attack on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade, as ‌the Iran-backed Houthis...

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Amelia Earhart expedition heads to Pacific atoll hoping to find her plane reuters.com/business/aerospa…

Amelia Earhart expedition heads to Pacific atoll hoping to find her plane

A US-based team of marine archaeologists has set sail for a tiny island in the far western Pacific seeking to examine the latest tantalizing clue to one of the 20th century's great unsolved mysteri...

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UAE says Omani flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv flight reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

UAE says Omani flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv flight

UAE public prosecutors say the plan was inspired by 9/11 attacks on the US. The suspect had used two previous flights to Tel Aviv to familiarize himself with the flight route and the airport.

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Delta warns of more airline capacity restraint as fuel shock hits profits reuters.com/business/energy/…

Delta warns of more airline capacity restraint as fuel shock hits profits

Delta Air Lines said on Friday ​that the industry may need to curb flight growth further next year to protect profitability, as surging fuel costs forced the carrier to cut ‌its 2026 profit forecast...

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Southwest Airlines weighs Boeing 787 for long-haul international push, sources say reuters.com/business/aerospa…

EXCLUSIVE: Southwest Airlines weighs Boeing 787 for long-haul international push, sources say

Southwest Airlines is leaning toward Boeing's 787 ​Dreamliner as its first widebody jet as it weighs launching long-haul international flights, according to three people familiar with the carrier's...

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Ryanair's O'Leary says 'insanely higher' jet fuel cost could remain into 2028 reuters.com/business/energy/…

Ryanair's O'Leary says 'insanely higher' jet fuel cost could remain into 2028

European airlines could face more than another year of elevated fuel costs and higher fares due to the Iran ​war, Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary said on Thursday, in the first ​warning by an...

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Lufthansa, Indian airlines suspend flights to Riyadh after Houthi attacks reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Lufthansa, Indian airlines suspend flights to Riyadh after Houthi attacks

Lufthansa Group ​and three Indian airlines will suspend flights to Riyadh, they ‌said on Thursday, as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis renewed threats against airlines after claiming an attack on the...

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