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United 777 Suffers Rare Double Diversion, Amsterdam-SFO Passengers Arrive 9 Hours Late
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER endured one of the most unusual operational incidents of the year on Sunday, May 25, 2026, w...
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Cathay Pacific Flies 17% More Passengers in April 2026, HK Express Hits 730K
Cathay Pacific Group reported a powerful set of April 2026 traffic figures this week, with the Hong Kong-based carrier carrying 17% more passengers year-on-year and its low-cost subsidiary HK Express posting close to ...
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Lufthansa Group Approves €325 Million Deal To Take 90% Control Of ITA Airways As Q1 2027 Closing Target Set
Lufthansa Group's supervisory board has greenlit a fresh €325 million investment to acquire an additional 49% of ITA Airways, l...
Industry
Southwest Airlines Targets Spirit's Las Vegas And Orlando Slots With Major Capacity Boost To Fill Liquidated Carrier's Gap
Southwest Airlines is moving aggressively to fill the demand vacuum left by Spirit Airlines' shock liquidation by ramping up ca...
Safety
Air France Airbus A220-300 Flight AF1750 Declares Squawk 7700 Emergency Over Netherlands — Diverts To Amsterdam Schiphol On Paris-Copenhagen Route
An Air France Airbus A220-300 declared a general in-flight emergency over Dutch airspace this morning and made an unscheduled d...
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Qatar Airways Launches Massive African Expansion From June 16 — Restores Seychelles And Kigali, Adds Daily Marrakesh And New Port Sudan Route
Qatar Airways has confirmed a sweeping expansion of its African network with new routes, restored services and significant freq...
Aircraft
Qatar Airways Unveils Next-Gen Qsuite on Boeing 777-9 — 10 Years of Development, Taller Doors, 21.5-Inch 4K OLED Screens
Qatar Airways has unveiled the next-generation evolution of its industry-defining Qsuite business class, confirming that the ne...
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Nearly-New Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo Scrapped at Just 4 Years Old in Phoenix Goodyear — Youngest Ever Broken Up For Spares
Demolition crews at Phoenix Goodyear Airport have begun tearing apart a nearly four-year-old Airbus A320neo that once flew for Spirit Airlines — making it among the youngest examples of the type ev...
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Saudia Mobilizes 160 Aircraft And 1 Million Seats From 145 Destinations For Hajj 2026 As Pilgrim Rituals Begin Today
Saudia kicks off its largest-ever airlift for Hajj 2026 with 160 aircraft, over one million seats and pilgrims from 145 destina...
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Etihad Axes A380 From Singapore Route — Slashes Capacity 53% As Superjumbo Moves To Double Daily Paris Service This Summer
Etihad pulls the Airbus A380 from Abu Dhabi-Singapore for summer 2026 and redeploys the superjumbo to double daily Paris servic...
Airlines
This Week's Best Sellers — May 18 – May 24, 2026
This week's top eight bestsellers at AviationShop.com — airline-branded airplane pillows from Southwest, Delta, Spirit, America...
Industry
AirAsia Orders 150 Airbus A220 Jets In $13.5 Billion Fleet Renewal — Largest Order In Airline History
AirAsia has placed a landmark order for 150 Airbus A220 aircraft in what represents the largest single fleet renewal deal in th...
Safety
Air France Flight AF758 Declares Emergency Over Atlantic And Makes Dramatic U-Turn To Nantes After 90 Minutes
An Air France transatlantic flight was forced into a dramatic mid-ocean emergency on Saturday, May 24, when Flight AF758 from P...
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Air Serbia Restores Belgrade-Toronto Nonstop After 34 Years — Twice-Weekly Airbus A330-200 Launches With 235-Passenger Inaugural Flight JU508
Air Serbia restored its long-dormant Belgrade-to-Toronto link on Saturday with a twice-weekly Airbus A330-200 inaugural that to...
Safety
United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Flight UA2127 Returns To LAX On One Engine After Left GEnx-1B Fire Warning Refuses To Clear — 268 Onboard Evacuated
United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Flight UA2127 declared an in-flight emergency at 17,000 feet over the Pacific yesterday after a pe...
Airlines
LAX Oneworld Business Lounge Reopens After Major Refresh — Capacity Jumps To 570 Guests With Skylight And Coastal Design
The Oneworld Business Class Lounge at Los Angeles International Airport's Tom Bradley International Terminal has reopened after...
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Lufthansa Allegris First Class Returns To Munich-Singapore Daily A350 Route From October 26 — Bookings Open Tomorrow
Lufthansa has confirmed that its long-awaited Allegris First Class product will land in Singapore from 26 October 2026, with da...
Airlines
Singapore Airlines Extends Dubai And Riyadh Suspensions Through May 31 And Redeploys A350 Capacity To London Gatwick And Frankfurt As Middle East Crisis Reshapes Asia-Europe Network
Singapore Airlines has confirmed that its passenger services to Dubai International and Riyadh's King Khalid International will...
Airlines
Cathay Pacific Flight CX156 A350-900 Injures 10 In Violent Brisbane-Hong Kong Turbulence As Passengers Compare Drop To 'Free-Falling From A Drop Tower'
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900 carrying 305 passengers and crew from Brisbane to Hong Kong was struck by violent clear-air tu...
Airlines
Air India Opens 3,300 Sq Ft Maharaja Lounge at San Francisco International — Second Signature Flagship After Delhi Debut
Air India opens the 3,300-square-foot Maharaja Lounge at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), the carrier's second signat...
Safety
United 737-900ER Clips ANA Cargo 777F Tail at Chicago O'Hare — Both Jets Grounded After 161-Passenger Taxiway Collision
A United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER clipped the tail of a parked ANA Cargo 777F freighter while taxiing at Chicago O'Hare on Thu...
Aircraft
Azorra Seals 49-Aircraft Embraer E-Jet Acquisition From Dubai Aerospace As Portfolio Passes 300 Assets Across 12 Global Carriers
Florida-based lessor Azorra has closed its acquisition of 49 Embraer E-Jet aircraft and two GE CF34 engines from Dubai Aerospac...
Airlines
Emirates Completes First-Ever A380 Three-Class Retrofit With Premium Economy — 76 Business, 56 Premium, 437 Economy Seats Now In Service
Emirates has put its first refurbished three-class A380 into commercial service, the first time a former two-class Emirates sup...
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Riyadh Air Announces Daily Dhaka-Riyadh Boeing 787-9 Service From August 1 In First Expansion Beyond London Launch
Saudi Arabia's brand-new national carrier Riyadh Air has officially announced its first route expansion beyond London with the ...
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Saudia Launches Brand-New Airbus A321XLR On Jeddah-Vienna Route Today With 24 Lie-Flat 1-1 Business Class Suites
Saudia today launches commercial Airbus A321XLR service from Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport to Vienna, marking the...
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EasyJet Posts £552 Million Half-Year Loss And Accelerates Airbus A319 Retirement By One Year To 2029 For £250 Million Fuel Savings
EasyJet reported a deeper first-half loss on 22 May and used the same results release to announce a sharp acceleration of its A...
Safety
Air Canada Boeing 777-200LR Flight AC48 Turns Back To Toronto After 5 Hours As Pilot Medical Emergency Cancels Delhi Service
An Air Canada widebody bound for India performed a dramatic mid-Atlantic U-turn on the night of 21 May, when one of the pilots ...
Safety
Norse Atlantic Airways CEO Confirms €1 Billion Sale Process With JPMorgan As Cash Reserves Crash 72% Amid Iran War Fallout
Norse Atlantic Airways has crossed from rumor into confirmation. Speaking to Bloomberg on May 21, 2026, the Norwegian low-cost ...
Industry
Qatar Airways Posts $1.94 Billion Profit Despite Iran War Disruption As 210 Boeing Widebody Mega-Order Secures Next-Decade Fleet
Qatar Airways has closed the 2025-26 financial year with a net profit of QAR 7.08 billion ($1.94 billion), a result the carrier...
Industry
Qatar Airways Permanently Ends A380 Flights to Perth, Melbourne, Guangzhou, Frankfurt and Atlanta as 8-Aircraft Superjumbo Fleet Shrinks
Qatar Airways has confirmed it will no longer operate the Airbus A380 on five major international routes, marking another major...
Safety
Aer Lingus A320neo EI680 Declares Mid-Air Emergency at 37,000 Feet and Diverts to London Gatwick on Dublin-Geneva Flight
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320neo operating flight EI680 from Dublin to Geneva was forced into an unscheduled diversion to London Ga...
Industry
Berjaya Air Takes Delivery Of World's First All-Business Class ATR 72-600 With 26 Lie-Flat Seats In 1-1 Configuration
The world's first ATR 72-600 configured with an all-business-class cabin has been delivered to Malaysia's premium boutique carr...
Safety
United Flight UA1551 Diverts To Dulles After Passenger Tries To Open Boeing 737 MAX 8 Door At 36,000 Feet With 145 Aboard
A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating flight UA1551 from Newark Liberty International Airport to Guatemala City was forc...
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American Airlines Becomes Only US Carrier to Budapest as Boeing 787-8 Launches Daily Philadelphia Service to Hungary and Prague
American Airlines launched daily Boeing 787-8 service from Philadelphia to both Budapest and Prague on May 21, 2026, becoming t...
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Air India A321neo Flight AI2651 Suffers Tail Strike at Bengaluru as Wake Turbulence From Boeing 747 Grounds Aircraft With 181 Aboard
Air India flight AI2651, an Airbus A321neo from Delhi, suffered a tail strike during landing at Bengaluru on May 21 after suspe...
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Air New Zealand Launches 3 New Boeing 787-9 Long-Haul Routes From Christchurch To Singapore Tokyo And Perth In Biggest South Island Expansion In A Decade
Air New Zealand confirmed on Thursday it will launch three brand-new long-haul services from Christchurch to Singapore, Tokyo N...
Airlines
LaGuardia Airport Runway 4/22 Shuts Down As Massive Sinkhole Triggers 400+ Flight Cancellations And 320 Delays Across New York
A sudden subterranean sinkhole discovered alongside Runway 4/22 at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday triggered one of t...
Safety
United Airlines Boeing 737-900 Flight UA776 Diverts From Newark To Richmond In Emergency Landing 3 Hours Late After Orlando Departure
A United Airlines Boeing 737-900 operating as flight UA776 from Orlando International Airport to Newark Liberty was forced into...
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JetBlue Launches Twice-Daily JFK To Houston A320 Service Today — Reclaims New York-Energy Capital Corridor After 5-Year Pandemic Exit
JetBlue Airways has officially launched twice-daily nonstop service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport an...
Safety
United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 Flight UA2364 Declares Emergency And Diverts To Bradley International En Route From Miami To Newark
A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating Flight UA2364 from Miami International Airport to Newark Liberty International dec...
Industry
China Confirms Landmark 200-Aircraft Boeing Order Valued At $19 Billion In First Major Deal Since 2017
China's Commerce Ministry formally confirmed on Wednesday, May 20, that the country's aviation industry will introduce 200 Boei...
Safety
American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 Flight AA2772 Makes Emergency Diversion To Dallas Fort Worth As Thunderstorms Strand JFK-Austin Passengers
An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating Flight AA2772 from New York JFK to Austin-Bergstrom was forced to divert to Dal...
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Air France Boeing 777 Flight AF378 Diverted To Montreal After Congolese Passenger Boarded Paris-Detroit Service Despite CDC Ebola Entry Ban
An Air France Boeing 777-200 was forced to abandon its transatlantic route to Detroit on May 20, 2026, after U.S. authorities d...
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Turkish Airlines Slashes 520,000 May Seats And Cuts 18 International Destinations As Strait Of Hormuz Fuel Crisis Deepens
Turkish Airlines has confirmed one of the deepest schedule cuts of any major European or Middle Eastern carrier so far this yea...
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JetBlue Permanently Exits Manchester-Boston Regional Airport On July 8 — Redeploys Aircraft To 11 New Fort Lauderdale Routes Amid Capacity Crisis
JetBlue Airways has confirmed that it will permanently end all service at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire a...
Industry
Lufthansa Group Approves $7.7 Billion Order For 20 Long-Haul Widebodies: 10 Airbus A350-900 And 10 Boeing 787-9 For 2032-2034 Delivery
Lufthansa Group has formally signed off on a USD 7.7 billion order for twenty additional long-haul widebodies — split evenly be...
Airlines
United CEO Scott Kirby Goes Public With Rejected American Airlines Mega-Merger Pitch As Pilots Union Opens Door And CEO Robert Isom Faces Ouster
United CEO Scott Kirby is publicly making his case for a blockbuster merger with American Airlines after the rival's board reje...
Industry
Airlines Strip Brand-New A320neo Jets As Pratt & Whitney GTF Engines Now Lease For $200,000 A Month With 38% Of Fleet Hit
Airlines worldwide are dismantling brand-new Airbus A320neo family aircraft to harvest Pratt & Whitney GTF engines, now lea...
Airlines
Emirates Skywards Devalues Miles By 15% As Classic Rewards And Upgrade Costs Soar From May 20 With New One-Way Business Fares At 50%
Emirates Skywards raised Classic Rewards and Upgrade Reward mileage costs by an average of 15 percent from 20 May 2026 while in...
Safety
TAP AIR PORTUGAL AIRBUS A320 FLIGHT TP831 SCRAPES ROME FIUMICINO RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF AND DUMPS FUEL OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN BEFORE EMERGENCY RETURN
TAP Air Portugal flight TP831, an Airbus A320 bound for Lisbon, suffered a tailstrike during takeoff from runway 25 at Rome Fiu...
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UNITED AIRLINES BOEING 737 MAX 8 FLIGHT UAL2621 DECLARES EMERGENCY AND U-TURNS BACK TO HOUSTON MINUTES AFTER AUSTIN TAKEOFF
United Airlines flight UAL2621, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 bound for Austin, was forced to turn back to Houston shortly after departure...
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United Airlines Launches Daily Washington Dulles To Reykjavik Service With Boeing 757-200 Lie-Flat Business Class — Only Capital-To-Capital Transatlantic Route With Full-Flat Seats
United Airlines begins daily nonstop service between Washington Dulles and Reykjavik Keflavik on May 21, 2026, becoming the onl...
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American Airlines A319 Flight AA2952 Declares MAYDAY Over Lake Michigan After Engine Failure And Aborts Boston Run With Emergency Return To Chicago O'Hare
American Airlines flight AA2952 to Boston declared a MAYDAY and squawked 7700 over Lake Michigan after an engine failure minute...
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Delta Air Lines Launches New JFK Routes To Olbia Sardinia And Porto Portugal In Major Summer 2026 European Expansion With Boeing 767-300ER
Delta Air Lines has officially launched two new transatlantic routes from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport this w...
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Allegiant Air Launches 8 New Nonstop Routes To Fort Lauderdale Capturing Spirit Airlines $300 Million Market After Shutdown
Allegiant Air has revealed one of its most ambitious expansion announcements in years, unveiling eight new nonstop routes conne...
Industry
T'way Air Wins Korean Approval To Rebrand As Trinity Airways With 44-Aircraft Fleet And Sono Hospitality-Led Expansion To US, Europe And Asia
T'way Air receives Korean regulatory approval to rebrand as Trinity Airways under Sono Hospitality, locking in a 44-aircraft fl...
Safety
NTSB Hearing Reveals Boeing Warned Of Defective MD-11 Bearing Since 2011 As UPS Flight 2976 Crash Killed 15 In Louisville
NTSB opened a two-day hearing into the deadly UPS Flight 2976 crash in Louisville, revealing Boeing flagged the failed MD-11 sp...
Airlines
Emirates, Singapore Airlines And China Eastern Hit With 174 Cancellations And 2,463 Delays Across 21 Asia-Pacific Airports As China Eastern Logs 380 Stalled Flights In Single Day
Severe weather and airspace flow control triggered 174 cancellations and 2,463 delays across 21 Asia-Pacific airports on May 18...
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FAA Unveils Largest Reorganization In Agency History With New Safety Oversight, Airspace Modernization And Advanced Air Mobility Offices After 2025 DCA Midair Collision
The FAA has launched the largest restructuring in its history, creating three new offices to centralize safety oversight, moder...
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Lufthansa Group Launches New Economy Basic Fare Across 7 Airlines Including Swiss Austrian And Brussels Effective May 19
Europe’s largest airline group rolled out a new entry-level fare across short and medium-haul European routes starting Tuesday,...
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Riyadh Air Opens Public Ticket Sales For July 1 London Heathrow Launch With Boeing 787-9 And New Business Elite Class
Saudi Arabia’s long-anticipated full-service flag carrier crossed a major commercial threshold on Tuesday, formally opening pub...
Safety
United Airlines Flight UA1819 From Newark Diverts To Fort Lauderdale Instead Of West Palm Beach As Florida Thunderstorm Chaos Extends Travel To Nearly 5 Hours
A United Airlines flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to West Palm Beach was forced off-route and into a precautio...
Safety
Delta Flight DL286 Airbus A330-300 Declares Squawk 7700 Emergency Over France After Engine Bang And Cabin Power Loss — 18-Year-Old Jet Diverts To Paris CDG
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300 operating flight DL286 from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport to Milan Malpensa ...
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Alaska Airlines To Launch First-Ever US Transatlantic Boeing 737 MAX 8 Route In 10 Days — Daily Seattle-Reykjavik Service Breaks 3,147-Mile Narrowbody Record
Alaska Airlines is 10 days away from making narrowbody transatlantic history. On May 28 the Seattle-based carrier will launch a...
Safety
Air France Boeing 777 Flight AF186 Paris-Tokyo Declares Emergency Over Turkmenistan After Cabin Fumes Report — Diverts To Tbilisi At 32,000 Feet
An Air France Boeing 777-300ER operating Flight AF186 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Tokyo Haneda was forced to abandon its 13...
Industry
Spirit Airlines Lawyer Publicly Apologizes In Bankruptcy Court As Frontier Pounces On Las Vegas, Detroit, Orlando And Fort Lauderdale With 15 Daily Departures To Fill The Void
Days after Spirit's overnight collapse, lead counsel Marshall Huebner publicly apologized in bankruptcy court to budget passeng...
Airlines
American Airlines Extends Tel Aviv And Doha Suspension Until January 2027 — Breaking With United And Delta September Return As Three-Year Israel Absence Nears
American Airlines has extended its New York JFK-Tel Aviv and Philadelphia-Doha 787-9 suspensions through January 6, 2027, diver...
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Etihad Airways And Uzbekistan Airways Launch Historic Silk Road Codeshare Linking Abu Dhabi With 8 Uzbek Cities As Daily Tashkent Service Begins August 9
Etihad Airways and Uzbekistan Airways sign new codeshare agreement linking Abu Dhabi with 8 Uzbek cities including Samarkand an...
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Delta Flight 39 Airbus A350-900 Forced To Divert To Seattle Six Hours Into Transpacific Shanghai Journey As Disruptive Passenger Taken Into Custody
Delta Flight 39 A350-900 forced to abandon transpacific Shanghai service and divert to Seattle six hours into the journey after...
Safety
American Airlines Flight AA2248 Airbus A319 Diverts To Charlotte After Mid-Air Operational Anomaly — 23-Year-Old N763US Grounded For Hours
American Airlines flight AA2248, an Airbus A319-112 bound for New Orleans Louis Armstrong International from Washington Reagan ...
Airlines
Emirates Breaks Ground On $5.1 Billion Engineering Mega-Hub At Dubai South — World's Largest 28-Widebody Hangar Arriving By 2030
Emirates broke ground on May 18, 2026 on a $5.1 billion engineering complex at Dubai South, a project the carrier says will cre...
Airlines
CATHAY PACIFIC TIGHTENS BOARDING CUTOFF TO 15 MINUTES BEFORE DEPARTURE ON ALL FLIGHTS STARTING JUNE 1 — TIGHTER THAN BRITISH AIRWAYS
Cathay Pacific is making it significantly harder to sprint to the gate. Starting 1 June 2026, the Hong Kong flag carrier will c...
Industry
RYANAIR POSTS RECORD €2.26 BILLION FY2026 PROFIT — UP 40% — AND GOES DEBT-FREE AS CFO WARNS OF JET FUEL 'ARMAGEDDON' FOR WEAKER EUROPEAN AIRLINES
Ryanair has reported the largest annual profit in its four-decade history, posting full-year FY2026 net profit of €2.26 billion...
Airlines
This Week's Best Sellers — May 11 – May 18, 2026
It was a pillow-heavy week at Aviation Shop. Our airplane-shaped decorative pillows in major airline liveries — Spirit, Americ...
Safety
FAA And NTSB Deploy Artificial Intelligence To Hunt Common Threads After 5 Emergency Plane Landings Hit Arizona Streets In Under 30 Days
Five small aircraft have made emergency landings on Arizona roads and highways in under 30 days; with no obvious common factor,...
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Alaska Airlines To Launch 34-Suite Aurora Business Class In 3 Days On Daily Seattle-London Heathrow Boeing 787-9 Service
Alaska Airlines will debut its all-new Aurora business class — 34 enclosed privacy-door suites, Filson bedding, 18-inch screens...
Industry
Air Astana Finalizes Largest-Ever Order For Up To 15 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners — Widebody Fleet To Grow 500%
Boeing and Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana have finalized a firm order for up to 15 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, the largest si...
Safety
Qantas Boeing 787 QF21 Diverts To Tahiti After Drunk Passenger Bites Cabin Crew Mid-Flight — Lifetime Ban Issued
Qantas flight QF21 from Melbourne to Dallas was forced to divert to Papeete, Tahiti, after a drunk passenger bit a cabin crew m...
Safety
SINGAPORE AIRLINES POSTS LARGEST-EVER REVENUE BUT NET PROFIT CRASHES 57.4% TO $1.18 BILLION AS AIR INDIA STAKE DRAGS DOWN FY2026 RESULTS
Singapore Airlines Group reported record revenue for FY2025-26 but net profit collapsed 57.4% to S$1.18 billion ($877M USD) as ...
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BRITISH AIRWAYS SLASHES 19 INTERNATIONAL ROUTES INCLUDING JFK FROM GATWICK AND LAS VEGAS AS HEATHROW HUB STRATEGY DOUBLES DOWN FOR SUMMER 2026
British Airways will axe 19 international routes including Gatwick to JFK, Las Vegas and Cape Town between June 2026 and March ...
Aircraft
Former Spirit Airlines Pilots Led A 23-Jet Desert Repossession Sweep — Nomadic Aviation Cleared Abandoned Airbus A320s From US Airports In Under One Week
Just over two weeks after Spirit Airlines stopped flying, a small Arizona-based ferry operator has already cleared 23 of the ca...
Safety
United Airlines Boeing 767 Emergency Diversion To Halifax At 35,000 Feet — 33-Year-Old Jet Forced Off Transatlantic Route Two Hours Into Chicago-London Flight
United Airlines flight UA920 from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow was forced into a dramatic late-night diversion to Halifax ...
Safety
Delta Boeing 737-900 Flight DL2750 Squawks 7700 Emergency At 22,000 Feet And Returns To Cleveland 57 Minutes After Takeoff To Atlanta
Delta Air Lines flight DL2750, a Boeing 737-900 bound for Atlanta, was forced to turn around shortly after departure on Friday ...
Safety
British Airways Boeing 777 BA217 To Washington Delayed Six Hours At Heathrow After New Flight Attendant Mistakenly Deploys Emergency Slide On Second Day Of Work
A routine Sunday departure from London Heathrow turned into a six-hour ordeal for passengers on board British Airways flight BA...
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Allegiant Air Launches 19 New Routes As $1.5 Billion Sun Country Merger Creates America's 8th-Largest Airline With 195 Aircraft And 175 Cities
Allegiant Air has confirmed it will launch 19 new nonstop routes between May 20 and May 22, 2026, in the first major network mo...
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American Airlines Launches 4 New European Routes Next Week — Daily 787 And 777 Flights To Budapest, Prague, Athens And Zurich From May 21
American Airlines is set to launch four new transatlantic routes from May 21, 2026, opening daily service to Budapest, Prague, ...
Industry
Delta Air Lines Unveils 'Mini First Class' Front-Row Suites For New A350-1000 Fleet To Rival American Flagship And United Polaris Studio
Delta Air Lines is preparing to introduce a "mini first class" product within its long-haul Delta One business class cabin, con...
Safety
American Airlines Boeing 777 Declares Mayday And Performs Overweight Landing At Phoenix After Engine Failure With 283 Onboard
An American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER bound for London Heathrow was forced to declare a "mayday, mayday, mayday" emergency and ...
Routes
Aer Lingus Launches 5 New Dublin Routes Including Pittsburgh A321LR Transatlantic In May 2026
Aer Lingus is mounting its most aggressive Dublin expansion in years, with five brand-new routes — four into Europe and one tra...
Airlines
Sun PhuQuoc Airways Revives 8 Former American Airlines A330s After 6 Years In Roswell Desert Storage
Eight long-haul widebodies that have been baking in the New Mexico desert for more than six years are about to fly again — and ...
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FRONTIER AIRLINES CEO JAMES DEMPSEY LAUNCHES $200 MILLION COST-CUTTING TRANSFORMATION AS EX-RYANAIR EXECUTIVE PUSHES ULCC TOWARD EUROPEAN OUT-AND-BACK FLYING MODEL
Frontier Airlines is overhauling its ultra-low-cost model under former Ryanair executive James Dempsey with a $200 million cost...
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AIR FRANCE-KLM GROUP TO DROP 22-YEAR-OLD NAME AND REBRAND AS 'THE BLUE GROUP' AS SAS AND TAP AIR PORTUGAL JOIN EXPANDING EUROPEAN MEGA-CARRIER
Air France-KLM Group is set to drop the 22-year-old name in favor of 'The Blue Group' as CEO Ben Smith prepares to absorb SAS a...
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Delta Launches First-Ever Boston-Nice Nonstop Today With 3 Weekly Airbus A330 Flights Targeting 27,000-Passenger French Riviera Market
Delta Air Lines launches its first-ever nonstop service between Boston and Nice today, operating three weekly Airbus A330 fligh...
Safety
Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 Flight ASA34 Diverts To Los Angeles Midway Through Seattle-New York Service
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating Flight ASA34 from Seattle to New York declared an emergency and diverted to Los A...
Safety
American Airlines CRJ-900 Emergency Evacuation At Kansas City After Smoke Fills Cabin With Congressman On Board
An American Airlines regional jet was forced into an emergency evacuation at Kansas City International Airport on Thursday, Ma...
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Delta Air Lines Eliminates In-Flight Service On 450 Daily Short Flights Under 349 Miles And Hikes Bag Fees To $45
Delta Air Lines is making significant changes to its in-flight service model, effective May 19, 2026. The carrier will complet...
Airlines
American Eagle Pays Five Passengers $1,200 Each To Leave Overweight Flight Before Pushback
American Eagle offered five passengers $1,200 each — totaling $6,000 — to voluntarily deplane after a regional jet failed its w...
Airlines
Willie Walsh Named IndiGo CEO After 2,500-Flight Meltdown Hit 300,000 Passengers
IndiGo has appointed IATA Director General and former British Airways/IAG chief Willie Walsh as its next CEO, taking over on or...
Safety
FAA Orders $16.5 Million Transponder Rollout Across 1,900 Airport Vehicles At 264 U.S. Airports After Deadly LaGuardia Runway Crash
The Federal Aviation Administration is accelerating one of the most consequential runway safety reforms in a generation. On May...
Safety
Helsinki Airport Shuts Down For 3 Hours As F-18 Hornets Scramble Over Drone Incursion — Finnair Diverts Tokyo And Osaka Flights
Finland's busiest airport went dark for three hours on Friday morning after a suspected drone incursion forced authorities to h...
Industry
17,000 Former Spirit Airlines Workers File Class-Action Lawsuit Over Lost Wages As Bankrupt Carrier Seeks $10.7 Million Executive Retention Bonuses
A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleges that Sp...
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Air Canada Unveils First Eight-Hour Transatlantic Narrowbody Route — Airbus A321XLR To Link Montreal And Dublin From May 2027
Air Canada has announced plans to launch a historic transatlantic route between Montreal and Dublin using the Airbus A321XLR, m...
Industry
DELTA AND BANKRUPT SPIRIT SUED IN CALIFORNIA AFTER 737 WINGTIP STRIKES A321 AT CLEVELAND GATE — FAMILY OF FOUR INJURED MID-BOARDING
CLEVELAND, OHIO — A group of passengers, including two young children, has filed a federal negligence lawsuit against Delta Air...
Safety
LUFTHANSA BOEING 747-400 FLIGHT LH754 LOCKED DOWN AT HYDERABAD AFTER BOMB-THREAT EMAIL WARNS OF MID-AIR DETONATION
HYDERABAD, INDIA — A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 operating flight LH754 from Frankfurt to Hyderabad triggered a full-scale securit...
Safety
INDIGO FLIGHT 6E6274 DIVERTS TO JAIPUR AS SEVERE WEATHER SHUTS DOWN DELHI AIRPORT — 500+ FLIGHTS DELAYED AND 15 DIVERTED IN 100 KM/H WINDS AND HAILSTORM
IndiGo Flight 6E6274, operating the daily Ranchi-Delhi service on May 14, 2026, diverted to Jaipur after severe weather — inclu...
Industry
BOEING SHARES TUMBLE 4% AFTER TRUMP UNVEILS DISAPPOINTING 200-JET CHINA ORDER — WALL STREET HAD PRICED IN 500-AIRCRAFT MEGA-DEAL
Boeing stock dropped 4% Thursday after President Donald Trump told Fox News that China agreed to buy only 200 jets — well below...
Airlines
EX-PILOTS CALL CELEBRITY CANNES PRIVATE JETS "OBSCENE" — 750 FLIGHTS BURNED 2 MILLION LITERS OF JET FUEL DURING GLOBAL SHORTAGE
Former airline pilots and wealthy investors publicly branded the wave of celebrity private jets heading to the Cannes Film Fest...
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LUFTHANSA GROUP AND WIZZ AIR TO RESUME TEL AVIV FLIGHTS FROM JUNE 1 AFTER THREE-MONTH IRAN WAR HIATUS — AUSTRIAN AIRLINES LEADS PHASED RESTART
Lufthansa Group and Wizz Air confirmed a phased restart of Tel Aviv flights beginning June 1, ending a suspension that has stre...
Safety
American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 Flight AA1560 Abandons New York-Miami Route For Emergency Fort Myers Diversion
American Airlines flight AA1560, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating the busy New York JFK to Miami International route, abandoned its...
Safety
EasyJet Airbus A319 Struck By Lightning At 16,000 Feet And Forces Emergency Gatwick Return After 27-Minute Flight
An easyJet Airbus A319 was struck by lightning shortly after takeoff from London Gatwick Airport on Thursday afternoon, forcing...
Industry
American Airlines Takes Delivery Of 100th Boeing 737 MAX As Carrier Celebrates Centennial
American Airlines marks its 100th anniversary with the delivery of its 100th Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Renton, with 140 more Boeing...
Safety
Boeing Ordered To Pay $49.5 Million Verdict To Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Crash Victim's Family
A federal jury in Seattle has awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samya Rose Stumo, who died in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines ...
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QATAR AIRWAYS REVIVES HELSINKI AND TOKYO HANEDA WITH BOEING 787 DREAMLINER — DAILY QSUITE FLIGHTS LAUNCH AUGUST 1
Qatar Airways will return to two of its most prominent pre-pandemic European and Asian gateways this summer, restoring Doha ser...
Industry
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES OPENS TALKS WITH AIRBUS FOR 26-AIRCRAFT FLEET DEAL — SIX A350S AND TWENTY A220S AS BOEING DELAYS DEEPEN
Ethiopian Airlines has entered preliminary discussions with Airbus over a sweeping new order that could see Africa's largest ca...
Aircraft
Jet2 Unveils Its First-Ever All-Business-Class Boeing 737-800, Slashing Capacity From 189 To 76 Seats With 43-Inch Legroom For Premium Charter Market
UK leisure carrier Jet2 unveils its first-ever all-business-class Boeing 737-800, cutting capacity from 189 to 76 seats with 43...
Airlines
Beechcraft King Air 300 Ditches Into Atlantic 50 Miles Off Florida After Both Engines Fail, All 11 Aboard Survive 5 Hours Adrift Before US Air Force Rescue
All 11 aboard a Beechcraft King Air 300 survive after the twin-turboprop loses both engines and ditches into the Atlantic 50 mi...
Industry
Spirit Airlines Fleet Flown Out Of Las Vegas To Arizona Boneyard As Nomadic Aviation Repossesses 91 Jets Across 26 Airports
The last Spirit Airlines jets are being ferried out of Las Vegas to Arizona's Phoenix Goodyear boneyard by Nomadic Aviation Gro...
Aircraft
Boeing CEO Joins Trump In Beijing As Potential 600-Aircraft China Mega-Deal Targets 500 737 MAX And 100 Widebodies
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has joined President Trump's Beijing summit delegation as a potential mega-deal worth up to 500 Boeing...
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Korean Air Board Approves Full Asiana Airlines Absorption On December 17 — Unified Carrier Launches In 2027 Ending 5-Year Merger Saga
Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have set a hard deadline on the longest-running airline merger of the decade. The boards of both...
Airlines
JetBlue Strands Passengers Overnight In St Lucia After Flight 882 Birdstrike — Airline Refuses Hotel Rooms Citing Extraordinary Circumstances
Hundreds of passengers booked on JetBlue Flight 882 from St Lucia's Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) to New York's John F....
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Allegiant Air Completes $1.5 Billion Acquisition of Sun Country Airlines — Creating 195-Aircraft Leisure Giant Serving 650+ Routes
Allegiant Air has officially completed its acquisition of Sun Country Airlines in a deal valued at approximately $1.5 billion, ...
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Fiji Airways And WestJet Launch Codeshare Partnership Connecting 4 Canadian Cities To South Pacific As Traffic Surges 19%
Fiji Airways and WestJet have signed a codeshare agreement linking Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Halifax to Nadi and onward ...
Airlines
Pegasus Airlines Q1 Losses Double To €153 Million As Costs Surge 11% And Iran Conflict Grounds Middle East Network
Turkish budget carrier Pegasus more than doubled its first-quarter net loss to €153 million as costs jumped 11% to €750 million...
Industry
BOEING REVEALS 109 MYSTERY AIRCRAFT ORDERS FROM ANONYMOUS BUYERS — 28 777X, 52 737 MAX, 25 787-10 AND 4 787-9 BOOKED ON SINGLE APRIL DAY AHEAD OF TRUMP CHINA VISIT
Boeing has disclosed 109 unidentified aircraft orders booked on a single April day, comprising 28 777X widebodies, 52 737 MAX j...
Safety
BRITISH AIRWAYS BA1458 DECLARES SQUAWK 7700 EMERGENCY AT 13,000 FEET AFTER CO-PILOT INCAPACITATED — CAPTAIN LANDS A320 SOLO IN EDINBURGH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
British Airways flight BA1458 from Heathrow to Edinburgh declared a Squawk 7700 emergency at 13,000 feet on Monday after the co...
Airlines
AMERICAN AIRLINES SUFFERS LARGEST WEATHER MELTDOWN AT DFW HUB — 85 FLIGHTS CANCELLED AND 179 DELAYED AS 74 MPH STORMS GROUND DALLAS-FORT WORTH
American Airlines absorbed what its own ground teams described as the largest weather-related disruption of the year at Dallas-...
Airlines
BEECHCRAFT KING AIR DITCHES IN ATLANTIC 50 MILES OFF FLORIDA — ALL 11 PASSENGERS PULLED FROM WATER IN MULTI-AGENCY COAST GUARD RESCUE
A twin-engine Beechcraft King Air carrying eleven occupants ditched into the Atlantic Ocean approximately 50 miles east of Vero...
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Air Canada Axes 13 International Routes Including JFK-Toronto And Vancouver-Tampa As Iran War Jet Fuel Crisis Doubles Operating Costs Through Summer 2026
Air Canada has confirmed it will discontinue 13 international routes between April and September 2026 compared with the same pe...
Aircraft
KLM Boeing 787-10 Aborts New York Flight KL643 And U-Turns Over Ireland At 36,000 Feet After Right Engine Bleed Valve Fails ETOPS Redundancy
A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner operating Flight KL643 from Amsterdam Schiphol to New York John F. Kennedy ...
Airlines
VIRAL "LET'S BUY SPIRIT" CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN HITS $22 MILLION FROM 37,000 BACKERS AS PUBLIC RACES TO REVIVE COLLAPSED AIRLINE
Less than two weeks after Spirit Airlines ceased operations, a grassroots crowdfunding campaign called "Let's Buy Spirit" has g...
Airlines
LUFTHANSA EXERCISES €325 MILLION OPTION TO ACQUIRE 49% MORE OF ITA AIRWAYS — RAISING STAKE TO 90% OWNERSHIP
Deutsche Lufthansa AG has formally exercised its long-standing option to acquire an additional 49 percent stake in Italian flag...
Airlines
Wizz Air Reverses Iran-War Loss Warning And Targets Break-Even FY2026 With €2.1 Billion Cash Pile
Hungarian ultra-low-cost carrier Wizz Air has tossed out the loss warning it issued at the start of the U.S.–Israeli war on Ira...
Routes
Ryanair Shuts Thessaloniki Base And Axes 12 Routes — 700,000 Winter Seats Lost As Fraport Fee War Escalates
Ryanair has formally announced the shutdown of its three-aircraft base at Thessaloniki Macedonia Airport (SKG) for Winter 2026,...
Industry
LOT Polish Airlines Becomes First Carrier To Take Boeing To Trial Over 737 MAX, Alleges Manufacturer Hid MCAS Defects To Win 15-Jet 2016 Order
LOT Polish Airlines becomes first carrier ever to take Boeing to trial over the 737 MAX program, alleging in Chicago federal co...
Airlines
BRITISH AIRWAYS PASSENGER CONVICTED ON FOUR CHARGES AFTER VAPING WEED-SCENTED E-CIG ON BA172 FROM JFK AND ASSAULTING WOMAN MID-FLIGHT
British Airways passenger Louis Gaston, 31, convicted at Uxbridge Magistrates Court of vaping weed-scented e-cig on BA172 JFK-H...
Safety
LUFTHANSA A321NEO EVACUATED IN ATHENS AFTER APU FIRE WARNING 13 MINUTES INTO LH1753 — 177 PASSENGERS SLIDE OUT, 3 INJURED
Lufthansa A321neo D-AIEA evacuated at Athens after APU fire warning 13 minutes into LH1753; 177 passengers slid out on emergenc...
Airlines
Former Frontier CEO Barry Biffle Says Spirit Airlines Would Still Be Flying Today If His 2022 Merger Bid Had Beaten JetBlue's, Sparing 17,000 Layoffs
Former Frontier CEO Barry Biffle tells Forbes Spirit Airlines would still be operating today if his 2022 Frontier-Spirit merger...
Airlines
Get In Loser We're Buying Spirit TikTok Crowdfund Explodes To $337 Million From 371,000 Pledges As $5 Million SEC Cap Threatens Viral Revival Plan
Viral TikTok 'Get in loser we're buying Spirit' crowdfund passes $337 million from 371,000 supporters — surpassing Green Bay Pa...
Airlines
Former Spirit Airlines Crews Gather At DFW Founders Plaza For Emotional Tarmac Farewell As 1,000 Texas Workers Lose Their Jobs
Former Spirit Airlines crews gather at DFW Founders Plaza overlook park for emotional tarmac farewell with yellow roses as 444 ...
Airlines
United Flight Attendants Ratify Historic $740 Million Contract With $100 Hourly Wages and Industry-First 50% Boarding Pay
United Airlines flight attendants ratify historic $740 million five-year contract, becoming the highest-paid cabin crew in US a...
Airlines
Korean Air A321neo Pilots Execute Dramatic Go-Around at Tokyo Narita Amid Violent Crosswinds
A Korean Air Airbus A321neo executed a high-performance go-around at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on Tuesday morning af...
Aircraft
Malaysia Airlines MH079 Boeing 737 Aborts Hong Kong Takeoff After Violent Tyre Burst
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 abandoned its takeoff roll at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday morning after what p...
Routes
QATAR AIRWAYS BECOMES FIRST GULF CARRIER TO VENEZUELA WITH NEW DOHA-CARACAS AND DOHA-BOGOTA ROUTES LAUNCHING JULY 22
Qatar Airways will become the first Gulf carrier to serve Venezuela and the first Middle East airline ever to connect Caracas a...
Airlines
BELGIUM NATIONWIDE STRIKE GROUNDS 60,000 PASSENGERS AS CHARLEROI CANCELS 180 FLIGHTS AND BRUSSELS LOSES 325 DEPARTURES
A 24-hour Belgian general strike grounded 60,000 passengers on May 12, 2026, with Charleroi cancelling all 180 flights and Brus...
Airlines
Delta Air Lines Gives 100,000+ Employees 4% Pay Raise In $500 Million Annual Investment — Fifth Straight Year Of Raises Despite Industry Headwinds
Delta Air Lines has announced a 4% base pay increase for more than 100,000 eligible employees worldwide, effective June 1, 2026...
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ALASKA AIRLINES LAUNCHES 4 NEW CALIFORNIA ROUTES FROM SANTA ROSA AND REVIVES LONG BEACH-SEATTLE SERVICE AFTER 10-YEAR HIATUS
Alaska Airlines is doubling down on California with one of its most ambitious West Coast expansions of the decade. The Seattle-...
Safety
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES BOEING 737-700 COCKPIT WINDSCREEN SHATTERS AT 31,000 FEET FORCING EMERGENCY DIVERSION TO TULSA
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 was forced to make an unscheduled emergency diversion to Tulsa International Airport on Mon...
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Cathay Pacific Launches HK$100 Billion Investment Blitz With 3,000 New Hires And Retro Liveries For 80th Anniversary
Cathay Pacific has unveiled the largest investment and recruitment push in its 80-year history, committing more than HK$100 bil...
Industry
FedEx Brings Back 28-Aircraft MD-11 Fleet After 6-Month Grounding As FAA Clears Iconic Tri-Jet's Return
FedEx has begun returning its grounded fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighters to revenue service this week, ending a six-m...
Industry
Spirit Airlines' 2013 Airbus A320 Sells For Just $559,999 After 67 Bids As Viral Auction Listing Captures Scale Of Bankruptcy Fire Sale
A 2013-vintage Spirit Airlines Airbus A320-232 has sold at auction for just $559,999 after attracting 67 bids, a price that wou...
Airlines
British Airways Bans Cabin Crew From TikTok And All Social Media While In Uniform Or At Layover Hotels — Violators Face Dismissal After OnlyFans And Racism Scandals
British Airways has introduced one of the most sweeping social media crackdowns in commercial aviation history, banning all cab...
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Royal Jordanian Launches Longest-Ever 7,036-Mile Boeing 787-8 Route From Amman To Dallas-Fort Worth Four Times Weekly
Royal Jordanian inaugurates its longest-ever flight — a 7,036-mile nonstop from Amman to Dallas-Fort Worth operated four times ...
Industry
Lufthansa Group Places $7.7 Billion Order For 20 New Widebody Jets — 10 Airbus A350-900s And 10 Boeing 787-9s
Lufthansa's Supervisory Board approves a $7.7 billion order for 10 Airbus A350-900s and 10 Boeing 787-9s, with deliveries sched...
Safety
Turkish Airlines A330 Evacuated After Tyre Fire at Kathmandu — All 288 On Board Escape Via Emergency Slides as Airport Shuts for 98 Minutes
A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300 operating flight TK726 from Istanbul was safely evacuated at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan Internati...
Airlines
British Airways Threatens Criminal Prosecution For Filming Cabin Crew As Qantas, KLM And Virgin Australia Join Global Recording Ban
British Airways has made it a contractual offence to photograph, film, or live-stream cabin crew without their express consent,...
Airlines
American Airlines Cancels 106 Flights At Dallas-Fort Worth In Single Day As US Aviation Faces 143 Cancellations And 682 Delays On May 11
American Airlines and its regional partners are at the center of another sharp day of US flight disruption, with Dallas Fort Wo...
Airlines
Singapore Airlines Delays $1.1 Billion A350 First And Business Class Cabin Overhaul To Q1 2027 After Supply Chain And Certification Hurdles
Singapore Airlines has officially confirmed that its highly-anticipated next-generation First Class and Business Class cabins o...
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Vietjet Launches First-Ever Colombo-Ho Chi Minh City Route From August 2026 With Four Weekly Flights
Vietjet Air has confirmed the launch of its first-ever direct service between Ho Chi Minh City and Colombo, opening a brand-new...
Airlines
Frontier A321 Strikes And Kills Pedestrian On Denver Runway At 146 MPH As Takeoff Aborted With 224 Aboard
A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 struck and killed a pedestrian on a runway at Denver International Airport late Friday after th...
Airlines
ITA Airways And EasyJet Cancel Over 310 Flights As Italy ATC Strike Slashes Airspace Capacity 70% On May 11
An eight-hour national ENAV controllers' strike combined with EasyJet cabin crew action has wiped out 38% of ITA Airways and Ea...
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JetBlue And United Launch Blue Sky Cash Bookings With Reciprocal Access To 7 New JFK Terminal 6 Slots Coming By 2027
JetBlue and United have unlocked cash and points bookings across both airlines' websites as their Blue Sky partnership enters i...
Airlines
This Week's Best Sellers — May 4 – May 11, 2026
Aviation enthusiasts have spoken — and this week the runway is paved with airplane-shaped pillows. From Spirit's bright...
Airlines
American Airlines Prepares Centennial Summer With 750,000 Flights, 75 Million Customers And Peak 6,995-Flight Day
American Airlines has unveiled what the carrier calls its largest-ever summer schedule, planning approximately 750,000 flights ...
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JetBlue Launches Historic Boston-Milan Malpensa Daily Service With A321neo LR As 2,000 Weekly Seats Challenge Delta
JetBlue Airways begins its first-ever scheduled service to Italy today, May 11, 2026, with a daily Boston Logan to Milan Malpen...
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United Airlines Returns To Glasgow After 4-Year Gap With Boeing 737 MAX 8 — Recliner Premium Replaces Lie-Flat Business On Only U.S.-Scotland Nonstop
United has resumed its Newark-Glasgow nonstop service after four years away, switching from the legendary 757-200 with lie-flat...
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Delta To Debut Unusual A321neo Packed With 44 Recliner First Class Seats On Atlanta-Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle And San Diego Routes May 20
Delta is rolling out seven specially configured Airbus A321neo jets with an enormous 44-seat domestic First Class cabin in a 2-...
Industry
TikTok Creator's 'Let's Buy Spirit' Campaign Hits $337 Million From 370,000 Pledges In Green Bay Packers-Inspired Plan To Revive Bankrupt Airline
What started as a tongue-in-cheek TikTok video has spiraled into one of the strangest financial stories of the year. Following ...
Industry
Lufthansa's First Boeing 777-9 Completes Maiden 3-Hour 27-Minute Test Flight From Everett As 20-Aircraft Order Moves Toward 2027 Delivery
Boeing's 777X program took a major step toward its long-awaited entry into service on Friday, May 8, 2026, as the first product...
Airlines
Over 90 Flights Cancelled Across 4 Asian Hubs In Single Day As AirAsia Garuda And Batik Air Slash Capacity In Jet Fuel Crisis Cascade
A cascading jet fuel supply crisis has forced airlines across Southeast Asia to cancel more than 90 flights in a single day, wi...
Airlines
Singapore Airlines Returns To Madrid After 22-Year Absence With 5x Weekly A350-900 Service Via Barcelona Starting October 26
Singapore Airlines is bringing back its Madrid service after a 22-year hiatus, with the carrier confirming five-times-weekly Ai...
Routes
Qatar Airways Pushes A380 Comeback To June 16 And Slashes Doha Superjumbo Service From Five Routes To Just Two
Qatar Airways has pushed the return of its eight grounded Airbus A380s back from June 1 to June 16 and will reactivate the supe...
Safety
GOL Cargo Boeing 737-800 Freighter Overruns Salvador Airport Runway In Heavy Rain As CENIPA Launches Brazilian Safety Investigation
A GOL Cargo Boeing 737-800 freighter overran the runway at Salvador International Airport on May 9 during heavy rain, prompting...
Airlines
Washington Dulles ATC Failure Triggers 90-Minute Ground Stop, 109 Disruptions And 396 United Airlines Delays On Day 39 Of US Aviation Crisis
An air traffic control equipment failure at Washington Dulles on May 9 forced a complete 90-minute ground stop across all three...
Industry
Spirit Airlines' 90+ Aircraft Fleet Heads To Lessors As AerCap, Sky Leasing And SMBC Reclaim Jets For Frontier And JetBlue Reuse
Spirit Airlines leaves more than 90 Airbus A320-family jets at airports across the US after its May 2 shutdown, with 76% of its...
Airlines
Lufthansa Scraps $3,000 Allegris First Class Suite Plus Surcharge And Adds 50% Couples Discount On A350-900 Double Beds
Lufthansa abandons $2,500-$3,000 advance Suite Plus seat fees and introduces a 50% second-seat discount for couples on the Alle...
Airlines
Qatar Airways Resumes Daily Passenger Flights To Baghdad, Basra And Erbil On May 10 As Iraq Network Returns From Iran War Airspace Closures
Qatar Airways will resume daily passenger flights from Doha to Baghdad, Basra and Erbil on May 10, restoring its full Iraq pass...
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Air Canada To Launch Historic First International A321XLR Service Montreal-Toulouse On May 15 After Scrapping Original Palma De Mallorca And Dublin Routes
Air Canada will inaugurate its long-awaited Airbus A321XLR international service on May 15 with a historic Montreal-Toulouse fl...
Safety
Air France Airbus A321 Flight AF1426 To Venice Aborts Mid-Cruise And Returns To Paris Charles De Gaulle In Emergency Just One Hour Into Flight
Air France service AF1426, an Airbus A321 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Venice Marco Polo, aborted its scheduled hop across t...
Airlines
Two Drunk Passengers Slapped With €10,000 Fines And 10-Month Suspended Sentences After Forcing Ryanair London-Ibiza Flight To Divert To Toulouse, Stranding 184 Holidaymakers
A French criminal court has handed down €10,000 in combined fines and 10-month suspended prison sentences to two passengers who...
Safety
Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 Strikes And Kills Trespasser On Denver Runway During Takeoff With 224 Passengers Onboard, Engine Fire Forces Emergency Evacuation
Frontier Airlines flight 4345, an Airbus A321 bound for Los Angeles International Airport, struck and killed a trespasser on th...
Safety
Delta Air Lines Ground Worker Killed After Tug Vehicle Crashes Into Jet Bridge at Orlando Airport — OSHA Launches Investigation
A Delta Air Lines ground crew member has died following a fatal accident at Orlando International Airport on Thursday evening, ...
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El Al Confirms First-Ever Nonstop Tel Aviv-Seoul Service On Boeing 787-9 Starting March 2027 With Three Weekly Flights As Asia Network Doubles
El Al has confirmed its first-ever nonstop service between Tel Aviv Ben Gurion and Seoul Incheon will launch on March 27, 2027,...
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LOT Polish Airlines Launches Historic Nonstop Warsaw-San Francisco Boeing 787 Service With Up To Four Weekly Flights On 11.5-Hour Route
LOT Polish Airlines has opened its first-ever nonstop service between Warsaw Chopin and San Francisco International using the B...
Industry
British Airways Unveils World's Largest Business Class With 110 Club Suites On Retrofitted Airbus A380 Fleet By Cutting 88 Economy Seats
British Airways will install 110 reverse-herringbone Club Suites across the entire upper deck of its retrofitted Airbus A380 fl...
Safety
Air France Boeing 777 Shanghai-Paris Flight Declares Emergency And Diverts To Munich After Left Engine Failure 13 Hours Into 12,000-Kilometre Cruise
Air France flight AF111, a 24-year-old Boeing 777-200ER operating from Shanghai to Paris, declared an emergency and diverted to...
Airlines
Grassroots 'Let's Buy Spirit' Campaign Pledges Over $214 Million From 247,000 Supporters To Resurrect Collapsed Carrier As Community-Owned Airline
A viral grassroots movement called Let's Buy Spirit has secured more than $214 million in pledges from over 247,000 Americans w...
Aircraft
Boeing 737 MAX 10 Proves It Can Stop From 207 MPH Using Only Worn-Down Brakes In One Of Aviation's Toughest Certification Tests At Edwards Air Force Base
Boeing has cleared one of the most punishing milestones on the road to certifying the 737 MAX 10, the largest member of the MAX...
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El Al To Launch First-Ever Nonstop Tel Aviv-Buenos Aires Service With Boeing 787-9 On 16.5-Hour Route Starting November
Israeli flag carrier El Al has announced a first-ever nonstop service between Tel Aviv Ben Gurion and Buenos Aires Ezeiza, with...
Industry
First Production Boeing 777-9 Completes Maiden Flight From Everett Ahead Of Lufthansa Delivery On Carrier's 20-Aircraft Order
The first production Boeing 777-9 destined for launch customer Lufthansa successfully completed its maiden flight from Paine Fi...
Airlines
Istanbul Airport Opens World's Largest Independent VIP Terminal With Jetex Featuring 5,000 Square Metres Of Suites And €1,860 Transfer Fees
Istanbul Airport and Dubai-headquartered private aviation group Jetex have officially opened what they describe as the world's ...
Safety
Two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s Clip Wings During Simultaneous Pushback At Baltimore BWI Airport, FAA Opens Investigation
Two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s collided wingtip-to-wingtip during a simultaneous pushback at Baltimore Washington Internati...
Industry
Spirit Airlines' LaGuardia Slots Valued At $86.7 Million As Liquidation Auction Draws American JetBlue And Frontier
Spirit Airlines' coveted operating slots at New York LaGuardia Airport have been booked at a value of $86.7 million in fresh ba...
Airlines
Spirit Airlines Pilots Hired To Fly Their Own Jets To The Desert Boneyard As Nomadic Aviation Puts 'Money In Their Pocket' After Airline's Collapse
The final chapter of Spirit Airlines is being written not in boardrooms or bankruptcy courts, but on the tarmacs of five airpor...
Airlines
Spirit Airlines Executives Seek $10.7 Million In Retention Bonuses As 17,000 Laid-Off Workers Lose Paychecks
Spirit Airlines executives are asking the bankruptcy court to approve $10.7 million in retention bonuses for senior leadership ...
Airlines
Air Canada Begins A321XLR Flying With Toronto-Calgary Proving Service Ahead Of Mediterranean Debut
Air Canada has put its first Airbus A321XLR into commercial service on the Toronto-Calgary route as a domestic proving run, wit...
Routes
ITA Airways Launches First-Ever Nonstop Rome-Houston Service With Airbus A330-900neo
ITA Airways has launched its first-ever nonstop service between Rome Fiumicino and Houston Bush Intercontinental, deploying the...
Airlines
Cathay Pacific Reopens Flagship Hong Kong First Class Lounge The Wing After Major Renovation
Cathay Pacific has reopened its flagship first class lounge The Wing at Hong Kong International Airport after a multi-year reno...
Airlines
Ryanair Confirms Thessaloniki Base Closure As Fuel Crisis Triggers Wave Of Summer Cancellations
Ryanair is closing its Thessaloniki Airport base at the end of the summer schedule in protest at higher airport fees, while CEO...
Industry
Frontier Airlines Emerges As Front-Runner For Spirit Airlines Assets In Fragmented Liquidation Sale
Frontier Airlines is now the most likely strategic buyer for parts of Spirit Airlines, with the rest of the failed ultra-low-co...
Industry
Emirates Group Posts Record $6.6 Billion Profit And Announces 20-Week Staff Bonus
A Record-Breaking Year For The World's Most Profitable Airline The Emirates Group has shattered its own financial records once...
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