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Alaska Flies Boeing 787-9 To Kahului For Holidays 2026
Alaska Airlines will place a Boeing 787-9 on its Seattle–Kahului route for two limited periods during the Northern winter 2026/...
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Cathay Pacific Delays Middle East Return To Late 2026
Cathay Pacific has pushed back the resumption of its Middle East flying by almost two months, according to schedule revisions the airline filed on 17 July 2026. Services that had been set to restart on 1 September 202...
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Analysis Says easyJet Could Shed 73 Jets For $2.3 Billion
An independent analysis published this week argues that easyJet could divest 73 of its owned aircraft and lean on short-term we...
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Corsica Technics Targets ATR 72 Firefighting Conversions
MRO provider Corsica Technics has signed a letter of intent covering the acquisition of 10 kits from Kepplair Evolution to conv...
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Eve Air Signs Moov Airways Deal For 30 eVTOLs
Eve Air Mobility and Moov Airways have signed a Letter of Intent for up to 30 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, ...
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Singapore Airlines Cuts London Gatwick Flights In 2027
Singapore Airlines has again revised its planned Singapore – London Gatwick service for the first quarter of 2027, with a sched...
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Airbus Moves A321XLR Wing Tech To The A321neo
Airbus is to migrate A321XLR technology – including its revised wing design – to the standard A321neo, while a separate batch o...
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Wizz Air Expands Winter 2026 Network
Wizz Air has filed a long list of network additions for the 2026/27 northern winter season, with new services spread between 15 September 2026 and 27 March 2027. The schedule filing, published on 1...
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American Hit By Dallas Delays After Crew Block
American Airlines managers at Dallas/Fort Worth blocked 1,128 days' worth of flight attendant work in a single month, according...
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CFM Clears Design Review For RISE Open-Fan Engine
CFM International says its RISE open-fan engine demonstrator has cleared preliminary design review, a milestone that lets the e...
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FAA Clears Certification Path For MOSAIC Aircraft
The Federal Aviation Administration has accepted a new set of industry standards that will allow manufacturers to begin certify...
Industry
Asia Pacific Airlines Post $12.1 Billion 2025 Profit
Airlines across the Asia Pacific region posted a combined $12.1 billion in net profits for 2025, as steady demand for both pass...
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Embraer Forecasts 8,500 Small Jets Worth $650 Billion
Embraer has forecast demand for 8,500 new commercial jets with fewer than 150 seats over the next 20 years, a market it values ...
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Boeing Forecasts 44,000 New Jets Needed By 2045
Boeing expects airlines and cargo operators to need nearly 44,000 new commercial aircraft over the next 20 years, as passenger ...
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Boeing Warns Of 2,000-Jet Shortage Into The 2030s
Boeing estimates the industry entered 2026 nearly 2,000 aircraft short, with single-aisle shortfalls lasting until around the e...
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Kuwait Closes Airspace As Gulf Flights Are Disrupted
Kuwait closed its national airspace on 18 July as renewed Iranian missile and drone attacks disrupted Gulf aviation, with Kuwai...
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FAA Approves CFM Leap-1B Durability Fix For 737 MAX
The FAA has certificated high-pressure turbine and fuel nozzle durability upgrades for the CFM LEAP-1B, with updated engines du...
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Rolls-Royce Doubles Trent Engine Time On Wing
Rolls-Royce says its Trent engines are now staying on wing roughly twice as long between scheduled shop visits as they were thr...
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Boeing Picks Lufthansa 787-9 For ecoDemonstrator
Boeing's 2026 ecoDemonstrator programme will fly on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner destined for Lufthansa, in a three-way flight tes...
Safety
Flamingo Air Grounded After Fatal Bahamas Crash
The Civil Aviation Authority Bahamas has temporarily suspended Flamingo Air's air operator's certificate after two safety occur...
Industry
Hainan Airlines Orders 40 Airbus A320neo Jets
Hainan Airlines has agreed to buy 40 A320neo-family jets for delivery between 2028 and 2032, part of a wave of Chinese Airbus o...
Airlines
Kuwait Airways Halts Flights As Kuwait Shuts Airspace
Kuwait closed its national airspace on 18 July after renewed Iranian missile and drone attacks, forcing Kuwait Airways to resch...
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United Completes Guam 737 MAX Switch By October
United Airlines has pulled its Guam Boeing 737 fleet transition forward by two months, with five international routes from the ...
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South African Airways, Turkish Launch Codeshare
South African Airways and Turkish Airlines began a codeshare partnership on 15 July 2026 covering 11 routes, linking Istanbul w...
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Starlux Puts A350-1000 On Taipei-Hong Kong Route
Starlux Airlines will place its flagship Airbus A350-1000 on the short Taipei Taoyuan-Hong Kong hop for a limited window this w...
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Best Aircraft Models for Display
The best aircraft models for display: 47cm LED widebodies to 16cm die-cast classics, with real prices, sizes and shelf-space ad...
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Air Niugini Restores Auckland Route After 28 Years
Air Niugini, the flag carrier of Papua New Guinea, is set to reconnect Port Moresby with Auckland after an absence of nearly th...
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Rolls-Royce Weighs Return To Narrowbody Engines
Rolls-Royce is openly weighing a return to the narrowbody engine market after roughly 15 years away, a move that could reshape ...
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Embraer Delivers First C-390 To Czech Air Force
Embraer has handed over the first C-390 Millennium transport aircraft to the Czech Air Force, marking the start of a new heavy-...
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FAA Lets Boeing Self-Certify New 737 MAX, 787 Jets
The US Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to let Boeing once again issue airworthiness certificates for every newly bui...
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Air Canada Adds New Bedding Across All Cabins
Air Canada is refreshing the bedding and amenities it offers across every cabin, rolling out a new lineup from next month as pa...
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EASA Approves Runway Overrun Alert For Embraer E2
Embraer has secured European approval for a runway overrun protection system on its E2 family of regional jets, in a move the a...
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United To Retire 80 Jets in 2027, Adds 737 MAX 10
United Airlines plans to retire 80 older, less fuel-efficient aircraft in 2027 as part of a fleet-wide cabin overhaul designed ...
Airlines
American 737 Cancels Fresno Flight After Engine Backfire
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 abandoned its departure from Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) on Friday after su...
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Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Lufthansa Launch 787 EcoDemo 2026
Boeing, Rolls-Royce and Lufthansa are teaming up on a new round of ecoDemonstrator flight tests aimed at improving fuel efficie...
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Delta Launches First LA-Manila Nonstop 2027
Delta Air Lines is adding a long-haul route that no US carrier has flown before, announcing nonstop service between Los Angeles...
Industry
Air China, Shenzhen Order 55 Airbus Jets 2026
Air China has placed one of the largest Airbus orders of the year, telling the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 17, 2026 that it...
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FAA Proposes 255K United Drug-Testing Fine 2026
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $255,000 civil penalty against United Airlines, alleging the carrie...
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GE Boosts Engine Output For Boeing 787 Ramp 2026
GE Aerospace has moved to reassure the aviation industry that it can support a planned increase in Boeing 787 Dreamliner produc...
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Iberia, Air Europa Jets Avoid Atlantic Collision 2026
Two long-haul airliners operated by Spanish carriers came dangerously close to colliding high over the Atlantic Ocean earlier t...
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NTSB Leads Ryanair Broken-Window Probe 2026
The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has taken charge of the investigation into a mid-flight window fa...
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Hypersonic Travel: The Race to Fly Beyond Mach 5
Hypersonic travel could cut New York-London to about 90 minutes. Where Mach 5 flight really stands in 2026: the tech, the playe...
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What United Polaris Newark-London Really Costs
Few premium cabins are as closely watched as United Airlines' Polaris business class on the transatlantic trunk route between N...
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Air New Zealand's New CEO Bets Big On Sleep
Air New Zealand's new chief executive has a one-line summary of the airline's long-haul strategy: “to win on sleep.” Speaking a...
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Engine Choice To Decide Boeing 777-8F vs A350F
The next generation of long-haul freighters is coming, and for the world's biggest cargo carriers the decision between the Airb...
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Ryanair Launches Largest-Ever Winter Schedule
Ryanair has unveiled what it calls its largest-ever winter schedule, offering 80 million seats across 1,700 routes in 35 countr...
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GE Backs Boeing 787 Production Ramp-Up
GE Aerospace has moved to reassure the market that it can support a higher Boeing 787 Dreamliner production rate, saying it is ...
Airlines
FAA Proposes $255,000 Fine Against United Airlines
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $255,000 civil penalty against United Airlines, alleging the carrier vi...
Industry
United Beats Q2 Profit Forecast Despite $6 Billion Fuel Hit
United Airlines has reported second-quarter 2026 results that beat Wall Street expectations, even as the carrier warned of a ro...
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Southwest Unveils New Routes For Spring 2027
Southwest Airlines has unveiled a fresh wave of new routes, with most set to begin in early 2027, as the carrier leans further ...
Safety
Grounded A220s To Fly Again By Year-End 2026
Airbus has signalled the end of the engine crisis that has kept a chunk of the global Airbus A220 fleet on the ground. Airbus C...
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China Eastern Launches Shanghai-Tbilisi Direct Flights
China Eastern Airlines has opened a new nonstop link between China and the South Caucasus, launching its first direct service b...
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Boeing, Lufthansa Test Fuel-Saving Tech On 787-9
Boeing, the Lufthansa Group and Rolls-Royce have joined forces to flight-test a new batch of technologies designed to cut fuel ...
Airlines
Brussels Airlines Names Lorenza Maggio New CEO
Brussels Airlines is set for a change at the top. On July 16, 2026, parent company Lufthansa Group announced the appointment of...
Industry
Ethiopian Weighs 25-Jet Narrowbody Order In 2026
Ethiopian Airlines is weighing one of the more consequential fleet decisions in its recent history, with Africa's largest carri...
Routes
Aer Lingus Cuts 3 US Routes In 2026
Aer Lingus is pulling back on its transatlantic network, with the Irish flag carrier moving to discontinue three of its United ...
Airlines
Cebu Pacific Wet-Leases A320neo To Vietnam Airlines
Cebu Air, the parent of the Philippines' largest budget carrier Cebu Pacific, has signed an agreement to provide wet-lease serv...
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Airbus Nears 2 A330neo Deals Before Farnborough 2026
Airbus is closing in on two separate orders for its A330neo widebody, and both could be signed as early as next week at the Far...
Airlines
United Q2 Fuel Costs Jump 84% To $2.3 Billion
United Airlines beat Wall Street expectations in the second quarter of 2026 even as its fuel bill ballooned, reporting adjusted...
Airlines
Pilot Schedule Decoded: Reserve, Lineholding & Bidding
How airline pilot schedules really work — reserve vs lineholder, monthly bidding, PBS, seniority, and FAR 117 rest rules explai...
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Saudia Launches Riyadh-Tokyo Route November 2026
Saudia is opening a new gateway between the Gulf and East Asia, with plans to launch direct flights between Riyadh and Tokyo th...
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WestJet Flight Attendants Vote To Strike 2026
WestJet's flight attendants have voted overwhelmingly to authorize strike action, raising the prospect of a first-ever cabin cr...
Airlines
ANA Captain Jailed 20 Months For Assaulting Crew Member
A Tokyo court sentenced former ANA captain Ryota Mise, 44, to 20 months in prison for sexually assaulting a flight attendant in...
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Norwegian Posts 61 Million Dollar Q2 Loss On Fuel 2026
Norwegian Air Shuttle swung to a roughly $61.9M Q2 operating loss, blaming a 33% fuel-cost jump and a NOK 733M hit from a Norwe...
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SpiceJet Faces Deregistration Of 4 Boeing 737 MAX Jets 2026
China's ICBC has asked India's DGCA to deregister four grounded SpiceJet Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets so it can repossess them; the ai...
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Starlux Launches A350-1000 Los Angeles Flights 2026
Starlux Airlines is bringing its flagship Airbus A350-1000 to Los Angeles, upgrading one of the Taiwanese boutique carrier's ma...
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Hawaiian Airlines Ends Honolulu-Auckland Route 2026
Hawaiian Airlines is pulling one of its most scenic long-haul routes, confirming that its seasonal service between Honolulu and...
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Air New Zealand Reveals New 777-300ER Cabin 2026
Air New Zealand has offered the first look at a major cabin overhaul coming to its Boeing 777-300ER fleet, signalling a signifi...
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Singapore Airlines Cuts 16 Long-Haul Destinations 2026
Singapore Airlines has quietly slimmed down its long-haul map. A new analysis shows that 16 long-haul destinations have dropped...
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British Airways A320 Shuts London Gatwick Runway 2026
A British Airways Airbus A320 became stranded on London Gatwick’s only runway in the early hours of Wednesday, July 15, 2026, f...
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Boeing 777 — Triple Seven Cockpit Tour
A pilot's-eye tour of the Boeing 777: variants, specs, those record-setting GE90 engines, and what it's really like to fly the ...
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Embraer Launches Phenom 300EV With Garmin Autoland
Embraer launched the Phenom 300EV on July 14, 2026, the third iteration of its best-selling light business jet and the largest ...
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Emirates Completes 100th Cabin Retrofit In 2026
Emirates has completed the cabin retrofit of its 100th aircraft, passing a major milestone in a $5 billion refurbishment progra...
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Boeing Posts Best First-Half Deliveries Since 2018
Boeing delivered 314 commercial aircraft in the first half of 2026, its highest January-to-June total since 2018 and a clear si...
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United Adds Open Middle Seat Row To 50 A321XLRs
United Airlines has announced that all 50 of its new Airbus A321XLR aircraft will include a special row in Economy Plus where t...
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Frontier Becomes First US ULCC To Add Starlink Wi-Fi
Frontier Airlines has announced it will install SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet across its fleet, becoming the first ultra...
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EASA Tells Airlines To Avoid Gulf Airspace Until July 29
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has told airlines not to operate in the airspace of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar or the Uni...
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China's ICBC Moves To Repossess 4 SpiceJet 737 MAXs
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has asked India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to deregister fou...
Industry
Cebu Pacific Adds Starlink Wi-Fi To Its Fleet In 2027
Cebu Pacific announced on 14 July 2026 that it will install SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet system across its aircraft, ma...
Airlines
Norwegian Posts $62M Q2 Loss On Fuel And Court Ruling
Norwegian Air Shuttle reported a second-quarter 2026 operating loss of NOK 603 million (about $61.9 million) on 14 July 2026, b...
Airlines
Tall Ships Delay 340 Flights At Boston Logan
A fleet of nineteenth-century sailing ships has done what weather systems and equipment failures usually do at Boston Logan Int...
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Europe Carbon Rules Push United 777-200s To The Desert
Europe's newest carbon rules do not ban old aeroplanes. They do not tax jet fuel directly, and they do not name any aircraft ty...
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Qatar Airways Delays Bogota-Caracas Launch To September
Qatar Airways has pushed back the launch of its long-awaited South American expansion. The Doha-based carrier's first scheduled...
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Type Rating Explained — Boeing 737, A320, 777, 787
What a type rating is, who needs one, and how the Boeing 737, Airbus A320, 777 and 787 courses differ — entry rules, variants, ...
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China Eastern Opens First Beijing-Bali Nonstop
China Eastern Airlines has launched nonstop flights between Beijing Daxing and Bali, establishing the first direct air link bet...
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Flydubai Resumes Dubai-Aleppo Flights After 14 Years
Flydubai will resume daily nonstop flights between Dubai and Aleppo from July 20, restoring a route that has been dormant for n...
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United Airlines Adds 17 New Destinations In 2026
United Airlines' network has grown to 375 destinations in the third quarter of 2026, up from 363 in the same period last year, ...
Industry
Qantas A380 Fleet Returns To Full Strength
Qantas is on the verge of having its entire Airbus A380 fleet back in commercial service, after a rare ferry flight sent one of...
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Air Zimbabwe Sets London Relaunch With Leased A330
Air Zimbabwe has pushed back the start of its London relaunch, and now says it expects to resume the route by the end of July 2...
Airlines
Drone Hits LAPD Helicopter Over Los Angeles
A large drone struck a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter during a patrol over the San Fernando Valley, damaging the airc...
Airlines
Delta 787-10s To Get 50% Premium Seats
Delta Air Lines is preparing a premium-heavy cabin for the 30 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners it ordered in January, with more than h...
Airlines
Riyadh Air Wins China Approval For Beijing, Shanghai
Riyadh Air has secured regulatory approval from China to launch nonstop flights to Beijing and Shanghai, opening a second major...
Industry
Riyadh Air Weighs Order For 30 More Boeing 787s
Riyadh Air is considering an order for as many as 30 additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners as the Saudi start-up carrier looks to e...
Airlines
Warner Bros Adds Third Jet, Hires Flight Attendant
Warner Bros Discovery is hiring a flight attendant. Not for an airline — for its own private jet fleet, which has just grown to...
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Lawyers Probe Frontier Airlines Data Breach
Lawyers are already hunting for potential victims of a data breach at Frontier Airlines after the Denver-based ultra-low-cost c...
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Air Canada Reaches Deal With 11,000 Mechanics
Air Canada has reached a new tentative collective agreement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Work...
Airlines
Dornier 328 Returns To Production After 35 Years
Few aircraft get a second life. The Dornier 328 is getting one. First conceived by Claude Dornier and in service since 1993, th...
Airlines
Europe's Jet Fuel Reserves Fall To One Month
Europe's jet fuel position is thinner than the industry had assumed. According to Reuters, cited by PYOK, the continent is now ...
Routes
Emirates Suspends A380 Flights On Five Routes
Emirates has confirmed that its Airbus A380 will not operate to five major destinations during August, extending a run of super...
Industry
Philippine Airlines Set To Order 24 Widebody Jets
Philippine Airlines is on the verge of one of the largest widebody commitments in its history. Reuters reported on July 10, 202...
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Emirates Puts The A380 On Delhi Flights From October
Emirates will fly its flagship Airbus A380 to Delhi for the first time, putting the double-decker on the Dubai–Delhi route from...
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Qantas A321 Freighter Lands First At Western Sydney
A Qantas Airbus A321 freighter has become the first cargo aircraft to land at Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) ...
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Malaysia Airlines Adds Shenzhen And Changsha Routes
Malaysia Airlines has opened two new routes into China, adding Shenzhen and Changsha to a network the carrier says is being dri...
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Breeze Adds Tampa Routes To Las Vegas And Islip
Breeze Airways is adding two more routes at Tampa International Airport, filing daily service to Las Vegas from 5 January and t...
Airlines
Southwest On-Time Rate Falls To 65% In June 2026
Southwest Airlines began 2026 as the most punctual airline in the United States. Six months later it sits at the bottom of the ...
Airlines
Allegiant To Retire The Sun Country Brand
The Sun Country name is going away. An Allegiant executive has confirmed that the Minnesota carrier's brand will be phased out ...
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Ryanair 737 Window Shatters, Passenger Partly Sucked Out
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 suffered a cabin window failure minutes after takeoff from Thessaloniki on 10 July, leaving one passen...
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Air France Unveils New Long-Haul Comfort Kits
Air France is refreshing the comfort kits handed out across its long-haul premium cabins, with new pouches and cases rolling ou...
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Wizz Air Ends Its Airbus A321XLR Long-Haul Push
Wizz Air has effectively abandoned the long-haul ambitions that once justified its Airbus A321XLR order. The ultra-low-cost car...
Airlines
Man Jailed 18 Months For Laser Attack On Delta Jet
A New York man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for pointing a laser at a Delta Air Lines flight on approach t...
Airlines
Ethiopian Adds 3 Weekly Port Louis Flights
Ethiopian Airlines has opened a direct link between its Addis Ababa hub and Port Louis, Mauritius, with the new three-times-wee...
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Few Shops Worldwide Can Service Boeing 777X Engines
The GE9X is the largest commercial jet engine ever built, and the only engine offered on the Boeing 777X. It is also, for now, ...
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FAA Sets Certification Basis For Electra EL9
Electra announced on 10 July 2026 that the Federal Aviation Administration has closed the G-1 Issue Paper for its EL9 Ultra Sho...
Airlines
Norwegian Swaps Logo To British Airways After Bet
Norwegian has changed its Instagram profile picture to the British Airways logo, honouring a bet it lost when England knocked N...
Safety
Flamingo Air Cessna 402 Crashes In Andros, 10 Killed
All 10 people on board a Flamingo Air Cessna 402C were killed when the aircraft came down in North Andros, the Bahamas, on Frid...
Routes
American Airlines Adds 13 New Nonstop International Routes
American Airlines has added 13 new international routes to its network in 2026, according to Cirium schedule data reviewed by S...
Airlines
AAPA Chief Urges Governments To Ease Fuel Crisis
The fuel crisis is the single biggest problem facing Asia-Pacific carriers right now, and governments are not yet listening clo...
Routes
Aer Lingus Flies Lie-Flat A321LRs On 8 European Routes
Aer Lingus is quietly operating one of the most comfortable short-haul products in Western Europe. According to Simple Flying, ...
Airlines
Why The A350 Wins Heathrow's Late-Night Slots
There is a category of London Heathrow slot that most widebodies simply cannot use — and the Airbus A350 can. The reason has no...
Safety
United 767 Diverts To Shannon On Engine Vibration
A United Airlines Boeing 767-400ER diverted to Shannon Airport in Ireland on July 11, 2026 after the crew reported a vibration ...
Airlines
GOL Flies First Long-Haul A330 To New York
Brazilian low-cost carrier GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes has completed the first long-haul flight in its history, opening a no...
Airlines
British Airways 777s Turn Back Twice In 2 Days
British Airways has had to turn two United States-bound Boeing 777-200s back to London Heathrow on consecutive days, an unusual...
Airlines
Why Lufthansa Buys GE9X Engines For 2027 Jets
Lufthansa is buying engines for aircraft that will not arrive for another year. It sounds like poor planning. It is the opposit...
Airlines
United Must Face 'Window Seat' Class Action
United Airlines will have to defend itself in court over one of the more surreal complaints in modern commercial aviation: wind...
Airlines
American Claws Back 25,000 AAdvantage Bonus Miles
American Airlines is reversing a 25,000-mile windfall that landed in AAdvantage Business accounts by mistake — but the customer...
Airlines
FAA Extends O'Hare Flight Cap To October 2027
The cap on flying at one of America’s biggest hubs is staying in place for another year. The Federal Aviation Administration ha...
Airlines
Emirates Restores 3rd Daily A380 To London Gatwick
Emirates is putting more superjumbo capacity back into London. The Dubai carrier will return to a three-times-daily Airbus A380...
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Air Canada Rouge Takes Over 4 Europe Routes In 2027
Air Canada is handing a further slice of its transatlantic network to its leisure subsidiary. Schedule filings published on Jul...
Airlines
Used Turboprop Prices Rise As Jet Values Fall
The pre-owned aircraft market is pulling in two directions at once. The latest monthly market data, covering June 2026, shows s...
Airlines
Why A321XLR Pilots Plan Atlantic Diversions Differently
The Airbus A321XLR has made narrowbody transatlantic flying routine, but the aircraft has not made the ocean any smaller. For t...
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DOT Clears Allegiant To Fly Sun Country Routes
The U.S. Department of Transportation has cleared Allegiant Air to use the route authorities held by its subsidiary Sun Country...
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Best Aviation Gifts Under $50 — Christmas
The best aviation Christmas gifts under $50 — pilot mugs, aviator sunglasses, airplane models, LED lamps and more, with real pr...
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Typhoon Bavi Grounds Hundreds Of Taiwan, Hong Kong Flights
Super Typhoon Bavi swept toward East Asia this week, forcing airlines to scrap hundreds of flights across Taiwan and Hong Kong ...
Industry
Qantas Confirms 2032 Retirement For Airbus A380 Fleet
Qantas has confirmed that it will begin retiring its Airbus A380 superjumbos from 2032, setting a firm end date for the double-...
Airlines
KLM Fined 401,000 Euros For Greenwashing Radio Ads
A court in Denmark has found KLM guilty of greenwashing, ruling that the Dutch flag carrier misled consumers about how environm...
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Lufthansa 787 Nose Gear Collapse Blamed On Missing Pin
German investigators have traced the dramatic nose-gear collapse of a Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 at Frankfurt Airport to a single l...
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Delta Extends Basic Fares to First and Business Class
From July 8, 2026, Delta began selling stripped-back Basic fares in Delta First, Premium Select and Delta One, keeping the seat...
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JetBlue Cancels 1 in 20 Flights as Storms Hit Northeast
Severe summer thunderstorms across New York and New Jersey made JetBlue the hardest-hit US carrier, cancelling about 5% of its ...
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Boeing Quietly Boosts 777X Range in 2026 Spec Update
Boeing has raised the advertised range of the 777-8 and 777-9 with no formal announcement, adding hundreds of nautical miles to...
Airlines
Virgin Atlantic A350 Upper Class Skips Doors For 82-Inch Bed
Virgin Atlantic's A350-1000 keeps its Upper Class suites door-free, betting on an 82-inch button-flat bed and a more social cabin.
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Airbus Workers Strike Across Spain Until Late July
Around 3,000 Airbus employees in Spain have walked off the job over pay and return-to-office demands, in a strike set to run un...
Airlines
Cathay A350 Intercepted By NATO Jets Over Romania
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000 bound for London was intercepted by NATO fighters on July 4 after briefly losing radio contac...
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Apollo Outbids Castlelake With $7.6B easyJet Bid
A transatlantic bidding war has broken out over easyJet after US private equity giant Apollo Global Management tabled a £5.7 bi...
Airlines
Ryanair 737 Window Fails Mid-Climb, Passenger Injured
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 was forced to turn back to Thessaloniki on the morning of July 10 after a cabin window failed shortly ...
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Boeing 737 MAX 7 Nears FAA Certification
Boeing's smallest re-engined narrow-body, the 737 MAX 7, is now reported to be only weeks away from certification, potentially ...
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JetBlue Exits Manchester-Boston Airport
JetBlue has pulled out of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire, ending its service at the airport with a final d...
Airlines
Qantas Cancels A380 Flights Amid Maintenance Crunch
A cluster of maintenance problems has put more of Qantas' Airbus A380s out of action than its schedule can absorb, forcing the ...
Airlines
Air Canada 737 MAX 8 Veers Off Montreal Runway
An Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 veered onto rough ground while vacating the runway at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport on ...
Airlines
The Supersonic Comeback: Inside NASA's X-59 and Boom's Overture
Supersonic flight is returning. Inside NASA's X-59 quiet jet, Boom's Overture and Symphony engine, and the FAA's push to lift t...
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Garmin Unveils AXIS Integrated Cockpit For GA Retrofits
Garmin has introduced AXIS, a new line of integrated flight displays aimed squarely at the general aviation retrofit market, gi...
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Airbus A220 Eyes Widebody Comfort On Longer Routes
The Airbus A220 was designed as an efficient short-haul airliner, but a growing conversation in the industry asks whether the t...
Airlines
Greek F-16 Belly Lands And Catches Fire At Zakynthos
A Hellenic Air Force F-16 fighter jet made an emergency belly landing at Zakynthos International Airport on the afternoon of Ju...
Airlines
British Airways Trials Exosuits For Baggage Crews
British Airways is preparing to trial wearable robotic exosuits designed to reduce injuries and fatigue among its baggage handl...
Airlines
SWISS Weighs Compensation Claim Against Skyguide
Swiss International Air Lines is weighing whether to pursue a compensation claim against Swiss air navigation service provider ...
Airlines
AirAsia X Becomes AirAsia Group In 2026 Rebrand
AirAsia X Berhad has completed its transformation into AirAsia Group Berhad, a change that formally took effect after registrat...
Airlines
American Airlines Flyers Lose Thousands To Support Scam
American Airlines passengers are being warned about a customer-service scam that has cost some travellers thousands of dollars ...
Airlines
United Sued By National Guard Pilot Over Denied Leave
United Airlines is facing a federal lawsuit from a Hawaii Army National Guard officer who says the carrier stripped him of work...
Airlines
JetBlue Grows Fort Lauderdale To Record 125 Daily Flights
JetBlue has launched its largest-ever schedule at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL), switching on eight new...
Industry
Icelandair Keeps Its Dash 8-200 Turboprop Fleet
Icelandair has decided to keep its De Havilland Canada Dash 8-200 turboprops in service, reversing an earlier plan to retire th...
Routes
Emirates To Debut Airbus A380 On Delhi Route
Emirates will fly its flagship Airbus A380 to New Delhi for the first time, adding the Indian capital to the short list of dest...
Aircraft
AJet Leases Five Airbus A321neo From BOC Aviation
AJet, the low-cost carrier owned by the Turkish Airlines Group, has signed a lease agreement with BOC Aviation for five Airbus ...
Airlines
Philippine Airlines Raises $300 Million In First Bond
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has raised $300 million through its first international bond offering, a landmark step in the flag ca...
Aircraft
Airbus Cuts 20-Year Jet Demand Forecast To 42,060
Airbus has trimmed its long-term outlook for global passenger jet demand, citing geopolitical conflict and escalating trade ten...
Routes
Delta Launches Basic Business Fares On Long-Haul Routes
Delta Air Lines has officially launched its new “Basic Business” fare, a stripped-down version of its premium Delta One cabin, ...
Safety
K2 Airways 737 Freighter Crashes Into Arabian Sea
A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 freighter has crashed into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Pakistan, with five crew members still ...
Airlines
Aviation Couples — When Both Partners Fly
Two partners who both fly? Here's how aviation couples handle seniority, buddy bidding, reserve and rosters to build a life tog...
Airlines
Southwest Says Oil Prices Are Testing The Airline
Southwest Airlines chief executive Bob Jordan has told staff that the carrier is being "tested" by rising oil prices, but insis...
Aircraft
Airbus Delivers 89 Jets In June 2026
Airbus delivered 89 commercial aircraft in June 2026 and booked 71 gross orders during the month, capping a strong first half o...
Airlines
Wizz Air Opens First Spain Bases In Madrid, Valencia
Wizz Air is planting its flag in Spain for the first time, announcing on 8 July 2026 that it will open two Spanish bases and la...
Aircraft
Airbus Unveils New First Class For The A350-1000
Airbus is developing a new first-class cabin for the A350-1000, its largest twin-engine passenger jet, in a move the manufactur...
Airlines
Ryanair Check-In Failure Sparks Baggage Chaos At Arlanda
A failure in Ryanair's baggage check-in system caused widespread disruption at Stockholm Arlanda Airport on the morning of July...
Airlines
British Airways Eases Staff Dress Code In UK Heat Wave
As the United Kingdom bakes through another summer heat wave, British Airways has relaxed one of its more closely watched inter...
Airlines
Air Canada Names Anko Van Der Werff As Next CEO
Air Canada has named Anko van der Werff as its next president and chief executive, handing the top job at Canada's largest airl...
Routes
JetBlue's Longest Airbus A220 Routes Revealed
JetBlue's Airbus A220-300 has become a workhorse for transcontinental-length flying, and a look at the carrier's 2026 schedule ...
Routes
Delta Launches No-Frills 'Basic' Premium Cabin Fares
Delta Air Lines has extended its stripped-down 'basic' fare concept beyond economy and into the front of the aircraft. As of Ju...
Aircraft
Delta Targets First Airbus A350-1000 for June 2027
Delta Air Lines is targeting June 2027 for the entry into service of its first Airbus A350-1000, the largest member of the A350...
Airlines
Tez Jet MD-83 Suffers Gear Collapse at Bishkek
A Tez Jet McDonnell Douglas MD-83 was substantially damaged at Bishkek's Manas International Airport on July 7, 2026, when its ...
Industry
Syria Plans to Order Eight Airbus Jets Amid Macron Visit
Syria says it is preparing to buy new Airbus jets, in one of the clearest signals yet that the country intends to rebuild its l...
Airlines
Southwest Signs First Korean Interline Deal With Air Premia
Southwest Airlines has added a South Korean partner to its growing roster of interline agreements. On July 8, 2026, Air Premia ...
Routes
Wizz Air Launches First Domestic Routes in Spain
Wizz Air is planting deeper roots in Spain. On July 8, 2026, the pan-European low-cost carrier announced a major expansion of i...
Aircraft
Airbus Forecasts 42,000 New Aircraft Over 20 Years
Airbus has laid out a bullish long-term vision for commercial aviation, forecasting demand for around 42,000 new aircraft over ...
Airlines
British Airways Cancels Flight After Crew's Drunken Layover
British Airways was forced to cancel a long-haul flight from the Caribbean after cabin crew members reportedly drank so heavily...
Airlines
Saudia 787 Clips Philippine Airlines A320 At Manila
A late-night ground collision at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has taken two widebody jets out of service ...
Industry
US Customs Orders 10 Airbus H125 Helicopters
Airbus has secured a follow-on order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 10 H125 light single-engine helicopters, exten...
Airlines
CubCrafters Unveils Turbine-Powered Carbon Cub ULT
CubCrafters has unveiled the Carbon Cub ULT, a turbine-powered evolution of its popular Carbon Cub backcountry aircraft and — a...
Aircraft
Airbus And MTU To Build Hydrogen Fuel Cell Engine
Airbus and MTU Aero Engines have announced plans to form a joint venture dedicated to developing and commercialising a fully el...
Aircraft
Boeing 767 — Reliable Wide-Body Workhorse
The Boeing 767 explained: variants, specs, range, engines, cockpit and why this twin-aisle twinjet became a passenger and freig...
Airlines
Finnair Reports Strong June 2026 Traffic Growth
Finnair recorded a solid month of traffic growth in June 2026, with its flagship metrics pointing to fuller cabins and stronger...
Airlines
Southwest Begins First International Flights From Las Vegas
Southwest Airlines is stepping firmly onto the international stage, rolling out eight new cross-border routes this summer — and...
Airlines
SAS Adds Oslo-Miami World Cup Charter Flight
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has added a special direct charter flight between Oslo and Miami to carry Norwegian football fans t...
Airlines
EU Approves Free Cabin Bag Rules For Passengers
The European Parliament has approved a sweeping overhaul of air passenger rights that guarantees travellers a free piece of cab...
Airlines
Copa Airlines First To Charge For Starlink WiFi
Copa Airlines has become the first carrier in Latin America to offer Starlink in-flight connectivity — and, more notably, the f...
Airlines
K2 Airways 737 Freighter Missing Off Karachi Coast
A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 freighter went missing over the Arabian Sea late on Tuesday night, triggering a large-scale air and...
Airlines
Kenya Airways 787 Turns Back To Nairobi Mid-Flight
A Kenya Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for New York was forced to turn back to Nairobi late on Sunday after the crew det...
Industry
Philippine Airlines Eyes First Boeing Order Since 2007
Philippine Airlines is reportedly preparing to place its first order for Boeing aircraft since 2007, a move that would mark a s...
Safety
Delta 737 Diverts To Fresno After Engine Warning
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 bound for Los Angeles diverted to Fresno on Monday afternoon after its crew received a warning ind...
Airlines
Norwegian Carries 2.8 Million Passengers In June
The Norwegian Group carried 2.8 million passengers in June 2026, a record monthly figure for the Scandinavian airline group as ...
Aircraft
India Certifies Embraer E195-E2 For Airline Use
India's aviation regulator has opened the door to a new generation of regional jets. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation ...
Industry
Saudia Cargo Doubles Its 777 Freighter Fleet To Eight
Saudia Cargo is doubling down on widebody freighter capacity. The cargo arm of Saudi Arabia's Saudia Group has signed an agreem...
Airlines
Qantas Perth-London Sits At Edge Of 787 Range
Qantas' non-stop Perth–London route is one of the longest passenger flights in the world, and it sits close to the practical li...
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