Bluebox Aviation Systems and SkyFive have formed a partnership to combine inflight connectivity with passenger engagement tools aimed at helping airlines generate ancillary revenue from air-to-ground services. The arrangement links SkyFive’s connectivity platform with Bluebox’s Blueview suite for retail, advertising…
Air Canada will sell a 25% non-controlling stake in its Aeroplan loyalty programme to an investor group led by Blackstone and La Caisse, in a transaction valued at C$2.5 billion. The Montreal-based carrier plans to use most of the proceeds…
David Cummins has been confirmed by the US Senate as administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and was sworn in on Wednesday, giving the agency a permanent leader as the Trump administration weighs changes to airport screening policy and security…
Delta Air Lines Flight 2204 returned to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on 8 August after the crew reported fumes in the flight deck, then evacuated on the taxiway using emergency slides. The Boeing 757-200 had been bound for Orlando and…
A Wizz Air Airbus A320 operating a Basel-to-Tuzla service diverted to Budapest on 10 August after a passenger reportedly lit a cigarette in the cabin, triggering a safety alarm. Police boarded the aircraft in Budapest, removed the passenger for questioning…
LunaJets lifted July 2026 revenue by 15% year on year, posting what it described as its strongest month on record. The Switzerland-based private jet broker linked the improvement to tighter coordination, a stronger technology backend and continued global expansion, including…
Local aviation, business and community groups in Cleveland have mounted a coordinated campaign in support of Burke Lakefront Airport, urging the city to keep the downtown airfield open as officials review its future. Supporters point to the airport’s reported $195…
TUI is considering reducing the number of aircraft based in Belgium as the group faces a heavier aviation tax burden in the country. Chief executive Sebastian Ebel warned that the operating environment in Belgium is negative and that aircraft could…
A Chicago jury has ordered Boeing to pay $29 million to the family of Michael “Mick” Ryan, an Irish-born World Food Programme employee killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash in March 2019. The verdict extends the…
VIA Rail has begun the co-development phase for a new Dorval multimodal hub that will bring together rail, local transit and airport shuttle links near Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. The project is planned for the current exo site in Dorval and…
Gol Linhas Aéreas has named André Fehlauer as its next chief executive, with the leadership change set to take effect in September. Celso Ferrer will step down on 31 August after a period that included a major transformation at the…
Emirates is nearing approval to operate a fifth-freedom service between Milan Malpensa and Lima, with regulatory sign-off in Italy and the UAE still pending. The route would connect the Italian gateway with Peru on a flight linked to Dubai, extending…
Vertical Aerospace has secured about $100 million in financing commitments to advance certification and commercialisation of its Valo eVTOL platform. The London- and New York-listed company plans to use the funds to push toward Critical Design Review, the stage that…
Heart Aerospace has flown its X1 full-scale electric demonstrator for the first time at Plattsburgh International Airport in upstate New York. The 27-minute flight on 12 August featured taxi, takeoff, climb, manoeuvring and landing, making the 23-metre aircraft the largest…
GOL Linhas Aéreas is reshaping its top leadership, naming André Fehlauer as chief executive and expanding Albert Perez’s role to president and chief operating officer. Current CEO Celso Ferrer will leave the Brazilian carrier on 31 August to take charge…
Bloomberg examined why sustainable aviation fuel is advancing faster in Europe than in the United States, finding that European airlines bought more clean jet fuel than all US carriers combined last year. The gap reflects a policy split: binding EU…
Luftwacht has launched a new drone-sighting reporting platform for Germany, designed to collect and structure public reports for authorities and security users. The system captures location, time, size, flight direction and behaviour, and routes reports into a central situational picture…
A U.S. Army AH-64E Apache crashed near Salado in Bell County, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon, killing both crew members aboard. The helicopter, assigned to Fort Hood and operating on a routine training flight, went down in a field south of…
Biman Bangladesh Airlines faced a prolonged disruption after a Boeing 787-9 operating flight BG306 from Toronto to Dhaka diverted to Rome Fiumicino following a technical fault, leaving passengers stranded for about 40 hours before the journey resumed. The aircraft eventually…
Germany’s interior ministers are pressing for faster progress on drone-defence capabilities after the Leipzig/Halle airport incident, as federal authorities prepare to expand anti-drone capacity across the country. The Federal Police unit tasked with countering drones is set to grow to…
A power supply failure at the Barcelona-El Prat control tower temporarily halted takeoffs and landings on Wednesday, disrupting operations at one of Spain’s busiest airports. Aena restored full electrical supply later in the afternoon and movements resumed progressively, but the…
Brussels Airport has started construction on a new aircraft engine testing facility designed to reduce noise from post-maintenance run-up checks while keeping essential safety procedures in place. The more than €15 million project will feature a U-shaped ground run-up enclosure…
Hyde County EMS in rural eastern North Carolina has put a Pivotal BlackFly ultralight eVTOL into live 911 response, sending a flight-trained paramedic directly to emergencies and reaching at least one patient about 20 minutes before a ground ambulance. The…
Multiple drone sightings briefly disrupted flight operations at Cologne/Bonn Airport on Wednesday, forcing the temporary suspension of landings and the diversion of two Ryanair flights. Air traffic control restricted parts of the airspace around the airport shortly after midday, while…
Lufthansa City Airlines is still expanding its fleet despite the arbitration deal between Lufthansa and the Vereinigung Cockpit pilot union, with further aircraft due to arrive in the coming weeks. The German short-haul subsidiary can continue taking new factory-delivered aircraft…
Iberia operated a special eclipse observation flight on 12 August with an Airbus A321XLR, flying as IB1473 from Madrid-Barajas to position the aircraft over northern Spain for views of the total solar eclipse. The mission departed at 18:45 local time…
Boeing has appointed Celso Ferrer as president of Boeing Latin America and the Caribbean, effective 4 September 2026. Ferrer will oversee the company’s operations, strategy and regional presence across Latin America and the Caribbean, as Boeing looks to expand its…
EasyJet cabin crew in France have called a two-day strike for 15 and 16 August, raising the risk of disruption at the height of the summer travel season. The action covers the airline’s six French bases at Paris Orly, Paris…
Heart Aerospace has flown its piloted X1 all-electric demonstrator for the first time, completing a 27-minute sortie from Plattsburgh International Airport in upstate New York on 12 August. The full-scale aircraft, built to validate technologies for the company’s ES-30 regional…
ST Engineering reported a 27.1% rise in first-half net profit to S$512.1 million on revenue of S$6.57 billion, as stronger demand across its aerospace, defence and urban solutions businesses lifted performance in the six months to 30 June. The Singapore…
Air Canada has agreed to sell a 25% minority stake in its Aeroplan loyalty programme to a group led by Blackstone and La Caisse, with PSP Investments and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation also joining the transaction. The C$2.5 billion…
Lufthansa and pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit have agreed to enter a formal mediation and conciliation process aimed at easing the carrier’s ongoing labour dispute. The move covers Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa CityLine and Eurowings, and comes after a series of…
NOEMI Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding with Philippine seaplane operator Horizon Sun Charters for the planned acquisition of three amphibious aircraft, with options for two more. The agreement gives the Norwegian developer a first foothold in the Philippines…
STS Aviation Group’s material services division has been selected as a prime contractor on the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46 Commercial Common Repairable Support programme, a multi-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract vehicle for tanker component repair and exchange support. The agreement covers…
The future USS John F. Kennedy, the U.S. Navy’s second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, has started acceptance trials after leaving Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia on 12 August. The ship is moving through the final test phase before delivery,…
Turkey’s Baykar Technology is preparing to launch an Istanbul-based air cargo company and has already started recruiting for the operation. The first aircraft planned is an Airbus A321P2F freighter, with the business expected to begin with one jet before expanding…
Brazil’s federal police have formally accused 16 current and former Voepass employees, including owner and president José Luiz Felício Filho, over the August 2024 ATR 72 crash in Vinhedo, São Paulo state, that killed 62 people. Investigators allege repeated de-icing…
American Airlines has reached a settlement with the U.S. federal government over liability and cross-claims linked to the January 2025 midair collision involving American Eagle Flight 5342 near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. The agreement resolves one major legal…
Brazil’s civil aviation regulator has granted type certification approval for the Cirrus Vision Jet G3, clearing the single-engine jet for delivery and operation in the Brazilian market. The decision removes the final regulatory barrier for Cirrus Aircraft’s latest Vision Jet…
Pegasus Airlines has cleared a key regulatory hurdle in its planned acquisition of Smartwings Group after Turkey’s competition authority approved the deal on 12 August 2026. The decision advances Pegasus’s bid to buy the Prague-based airline group and its related…
FAA officials are preparing antenna relocations, stronger communications measures, revised procedures and additional training after a Marine One safety incident near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. The changes are aimed at reducing radio interference and preventing a…
MIAT Mongolian Airlines has held talks with Boeing over expanding cooperation and buying additional aircraft, with discussions in Mongolia centring on pricing, payment terms and financing. The meeting involved Transport Minister Borkhuugiin Delgersaikhan and a Boeing delegation led by Jeff…
Five airports in Colombia have resumed commercial operations after technical inspections following last week’s earthquake, while several others remain restricted to humanitarian, state or medical flights. Aeronáutica Civil has cleared facilities in western and central Colombia, including airports serving Cali,…
Etihad Airways will launch a seasonal route between Abu Dhabi and Gothenburg on 17 December, with four weekly flights operated by Airbus A321LR aircraft. The new service will connect Göteborg Landvetter Airport with Abu Dhabi and become the first direct…
Emirates is close to securing approval for a fifth-freedom service between Milan Malpensa and Lima, pending the final signature on an amended air services agreement between Italy and the UAE. If cleared, the route would allow the airline to carry…
Air India will restore most international services cut in July and August from 1 September, while increasing frequencies on several long-haul routes in its winter schedule. The changes return the carrier closer to normal network levels after it suspended 145…
Catania-Fontanarossa Airport in Sicily remained closed on Wednesday after renewed activity at Mount Etna sent volcanic ash into the airspace and over the runway. Operator SAC extended the suspension again as the eruption continued, leaving take-offs and landings impossible at…
GOL has secured a financing facility of up to $160 million to fund eligible engine maintenance work carried out by GE Celma, using a government-backed guarantee structure from Brazil’s ABGF. The deal provides multiple drawdowns under a master programme, with…
Southwest Airlines has arranged a new $2 billion revolving credit facility, replacing its prior revolver that was due to expire in August 2028. The five-year facility gives the carrier additional liquidity headroom and can be expanded to $3 billion through…
A drone on an authorised test flight at Peenemünde airfield on the island of Usedom crashed on Wednesday evening and sparked a small grass fire on nearby wasteland. The fire was quickly extinguished, and no injuries were reported. The drone…