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Archer Aviation (ACHR) Raises $650M, Moves to Buy Hawthorne Airport for $126M; Shares Slip After Q3 Update — Nov. 7, 2025

Archer Aviation (ACHR) Stock Today — Nov 15, 2025: $650M Share Sale, Los Angeles Airport Deal, UAE Flight Tests & What They Mean for 2026

Updated: November 15, 2025 Key takeaways What changed for ACHR in November 1) A bigger cash war chest—at a cost.On Nov. 6, Archer disclosed a $650M equity raise, executed as a registered direct sale of 81.25M shares priced at $8.00. The company’s own filings show 651.3M Class A shares outstanding at Sept. 30; the new issuance implies roughly 12.5% incremental dilution. Management says total liquidity now exceeds $2B. For a pre‑revenue aerospace program, that runway is strategically important, but the near‑term market impact has been mixed given the extra supply of shares. TradingView+2SEC+2 2) A strategic beachhead in Los Angeles.Also

15 November 2025

Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Takes Off: Single Operating Certificate and More

What This Means for Travelers Behind the scenes, Alaska’s takeoff toward full integration will be mostly transparent to customers. Travel itineraries and loyalty points carry over automatically, and the Hawaiian brand on island‑only routes remains in place airlinegeeks.com. Flight numbers and booking codes have already switched: passengers who booked on HA numbers need do nothing – their flights are now AS flights beatofhawaii.com. Free Wi‑Fi via Starlink (when installed) and an expanded network will be the tangible benefits in the cabin. As Alaska’s CEO put it, the goal is “one combined airline” in terms of systems, safety and service, without

29 October 2025

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IT Crash at Alaska Airlines: All Flights Grounded, Hundreds Canceled

Outage Timeline and Airline Response On Thursday afternoon (Oct. 23), Alaska Airlines reported a “significant IT outage” at its Seattle-area data center news.alaskaair.com. Soon after 3:30 pm Pacific, the airline imposed a system-wide ground stop on all Alaska and Horizon flights news.alaskaair.com. (Hawaiian Airlines flights were not halted.) By 11:30 pm PT the carrier announced the ground stop was lifted and flights were resuming news.alaskaair.com. In a midnight Pacific statement, Alaska said it was “working to get our operations back on track as quickly and safely as possible” news.alaskaair.com. Alaska urged passengers to check flight status before going to airports and noted it

24 October 2025

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Flying High: Archer Aviation Stock Soars on Korean Air Deal as eVTOL Race Heats Up

Archer Aviation’s stock is riding high on fresh deals and milestones in the electric air taxi (eVTOL) arena. ACHR shares are hovering around $11 after a volatile October, buoyed by a landmark Korean Air partnership and major patent acquisitions. The company has notched FAA testing approvals and ambitious global tie-ups – from the UAE’s first vertiport to a $500M Japan order – all while amassing hefty cash reserves. Analysts mostly rate Archer a “Buy” with targets in the mid-teens, citing its technological leaps and industry alliances, though risks loom with high cash burn and intense competition. Below, we dive into

23 October 2025

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