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India’s aviation regulator served CEO Pieter Elbers a show-cause notice demanding answers within 24 hours after IndiGo’s network imploded under new crew-duty rules, grounding hundreds of flights for six straight days.
On 6 Dec 2025, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner agreed with Ukrainian negotiators to continue negotiations in Hallandale Beach for a third straight day, saying they had sketched a provisional U.S.-backed security framework for Ukraine contingent on Moscow’s buy-in.
On 5 December 2025 Budapest used its veto at an EU ambassadors’ meeting to block issuance of joint Eurobonds, eliminating the only unanimously-approved alternative to financing Kyiv with frozen Russian state reserves.
Facing a cascade of 500-plus cancellations in one day, India’s aviation regulator on 5 Dec 2025 issued IndiGo a one-time exemption from two key Flight Duty Time Limitation clauses until 10 Feb 2026 so the airline can keep flying while it hires more crew.
On 4 Dec 2025 the U.S. Transportation Department, at President Trump’s direction, issued a proposal to lower the 2031 fleet-wide fuel-economy goal from roughly 50 MPG to 34.5 MPG and to scrap emissions-credit trading after 2027, reversing Biden-era rules.
Between 30 Nov and 1 Dec 2025, Nicolás Maduro sent an emergency letter to all OPEC states asking them to resist U.S. “military force to seize oil” hours after President Trump warned airlines that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety” and reinforced a months-long naval build-up.
On 5 Dec 2025, IndiGo scrubbed more than 500 services in one day and asked India’s DGCA to relax new pilot-fatigue rules until 10 Feb 2026 after its crew-planning system failed to meet the tighter limits.
On 3 Dec 2025, BOTAS signed two 10-year contracts starting 2028 to import a combined 11 bcm of winter-season LNG from Germany’s SEFE and Italy’s Eni, crowning Turkey’s 2025 spree of 106 bcm in new long-term LNG commitments.
Airbus trimmed its 2025 delivery plan by 30 jets after discovering supplier-made fuselage panels on A320s were milled to the wrong thickness, forcing wide-ranging inspections.
On the eve of Vladimir Putin’s 4-5 Dec 2025 visit, New Delhi formally put next-generation Su-57 fighters and the S-500 air-defence system on the negotiating table, signalling a fresh upswing in Russian arms buys after several years of decline.
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