NOEMI Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding with SkyHop Aviation to assess the introduction of up to 15 amphibious aircraft into India. The agreement centres on SkyHop’s planned seaplane network, including initial links across the Lakshadweep islands and between…
RECARO Aircraft Seating has unveiled the R4, its next-generation premium-class seat for long-haul cabins, with ETSO certification already secured for the Boeing 787. Deliveries began in June and entry into service is expected later in 2026, positioning the product for…
RwandAir has added an Airbus A330-200 to its fleet, the first of five A330 aircraft planned for the carrier’s long-haul expansion. The arrival, announced on Monday, gives Rwanda’s national airline extra widebody capacity as it continues to build services on…
Kenya Airways widened its first-half net loss to Sh16.1 billion as aircraft shortages, higher maintenance costs and a 66% surge in fuel spending outweighed revenue growth in the six months to 30 June 2026. Revenue rose about 9% to Sh81.25…
Australia’s transport safety regulator has opened two new investigations into taxiing conflicts at Sydney Airport involving Virgin Australia, Qantas and Jetstar aircraft. The incidents took place on 16 August and 25 August, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau is treating…
South Sudan has taken full control of its airspace for the first time since independence, ending years of dependence on Sudan for upper-air traffic management and overflight fee collection. The Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry of Transport have linked the…
SpaceX plans to build a new Starship-focused spaceport in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, in a project the company and state officials frame as a roughly $100 billion investment. Dubbed Starbase Louisiana, the site would become SpaceX’s largest launch base and is…
Israir has received final approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration to begin scheduled commercial flights to the United States, clearing the last major regulatory hurdle for its planned Tel Aviv-New York service. The Israeli carrier is preparing to open…
Dubai International Airport handled 31.5 million passengers in the first half of 2026, down 31.3% from a year earlier, as regional airspace constraints and wider disruption linked to the Iran war hit Gulf aviation. Dubai Airports released the figures on…
Air Algérie will resume Berlin service on 14 September with a weekly nonstop rotation between Algiers and the German capital before shifting from 31 October to a weekly triangle routing via Frankfurt using a Boeing 737-700. The winter pattern will…
Russia and Belarus are negotiating how to share possible additional costs on the LMS-192 Osvey, a joint 19-seat regional aircraft programme still being refined as final design documentation is completed. Russian industry and trade minister Anton Alikhanov linked the open-ended…
United Airlines is expanding its Europe network with the Airbus A321XLR, adding five new transatlantic routes for summer 2027 from Newark and Washington Dulles. The carrier will deploy the long-range narrowbody on services to Luxembourg, Marseille, Ibiza and Valencia from…
Fly Baghdad is edging toward a relaunch after the United States removed the Iraqi carrier from its sanctions list on 5 August, with the first planned service expected to be Baghdad-Istanbul using a Boeing 737. Maintenance work is still under…
United Airlines has hundreds of lie-flat business-class seats in storage with no immediate use, after ordering them years ago for Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft that remain delayed. CEO Scott Kirby acknowledged the mismatch during an interview at Newark Liberty…
Jin Air, Air Busan and Air Seoul will be merged into a single low-cost carrier under the Jin Air brand, with the combined operation targeted to begin in March 2027. The three airlines’ boards approved the plan on 21 August,…
Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Committee has approved a committee to negotiate a settlement with the union involved in a $35 million labour dispute tied to the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, a PIA-owned property at the centre of Pakistan’s redevelopment plans.…
Bulgaria Air will add extra Sofia–Burgas services for the Eurovision Song Contest 2027 in Burgas, with up to two flights a day from 2 to 19 May 2027. The schedule will use Airbus A220 aircraft in Economy and Business Class,…
airBaltic has cancelled planned winter services from Liège Airport to Tenerife South and Gran Canaria before the routes began, leaving the Belgian airport without scheduled passenger flights again. The airline had intended to restore regular leisure traffic from the cargo-focused…
Air Tahiti Nui is preparing a major cabin retrofit for all four of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, pairing new seats and refreshed interiors with high-speed Starlink internet. The project is linked to an XPF 8.5 billion government loan proposal in…
Boeing has won a US government framework contract for the F-15 Eagle Crest programme with a ceiling value of $131.23 billion, or about €113 billion. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity deal covers production, systems integration, upgrades and sustainment for the F-15 fleet,…
Airline Assistance Switzerland has registered its entire workforce with Austria’s early-warning redundancy system, placing several hundred jobs at risk at Vienna Airport. The ground handler is due to lose its contract at the end of October to the incoming operator,…
Airnorth operated an Embraer E190 charter from Darwin to Christmas Island on 15 August to carry a SpaceX recovery team for a crew change linked to the retrieval of Starship Ship 40. The mission supported operations after the vehicle splashed…
Finnair will suspend all Helsinki-Dubai flights for the entire winter season 2026/27, removing the route from its schedule between 25 October 2026 and 27 March 2027. The carrier links the decision to the unstable security situation in the Middle East…
Air Serbia has introduced a First Flight Certificate for children taking their first journey by air, with the keepsake available across the carrier’s network on request from cabin crew. The low-cost passenger-experience initiative is aimed at young travellers and their…
SWISS diverted its Chicago to Zurich Boeing 777 to Lajes Airport in the Azores on Tuesday after crew reported an unidentified pungent, chemical-like odour in the economy cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Terceira Island, and the airline arranged a…
JetBlue will open its second BlueHouse lounge at Boston Logan International Airport on 27 August at 5:00 a.m. ET, adding a 12,000-square-foot premium space in Terminal C as it expands its lounge network beyond New York-JFK. The Boston opening comes…
Hanjin Group’s low-cost carriers Jin Air, Air Busan and Air Seoul will merge into a single airline under the Jin Air name, with launch targeted for 17 March 2027. The combined carrier is set to absorb the three airlines’ aircraft,…
United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby expects airfares to keep rising gradually in the first half of 2027, even as fuel prices ease, with demand still holding up strongly. The outlook comes as the carrier continues to position its network…
United Airlines is exploring purchases of additional slots at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York as it seeks to grow beyond the initial access it will gain through its partnership with JetBlue. Chief executive Scott Kirby outlined the…
A pilot has stepped in to operate the fixed-base operator at Great Bend Municipal Airport in Kansas, taking on responsibility for a service point that supports fuel sales, ground handling and other day-to-day aviation needs at the field. The change…
airBaltic has scrapped its planned Groningen Airport Eelde-Tenerife service before the first flight, ending a winter route that was due to begin in October. The weekly operation would have used an Airbus A220-300, but no flights will now run. The…
easyJet is stepping up efforts to recruit more cabin crew aged over 50, with applications for several hundred UK-based roles due to open in September for start dates in 2027. The campaign spans the airline’s UK bases and continues a…
The Federal Aviation Administration has relocated an antenna and changed procedures after a close-call event involving Marine One and a departing passenger jet near Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford told reporters the communications issue…
Embraer’s Phenom 300EV has received certification from Brazil’s ANAC, the US Federal Aviation Administration and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, clearing the light jet for operation in the main business aviation markets. The approvals make it the first light…
Eastern Airlines has won a $328 million charter contract linked to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, securing a government aviation services deal for deportation and removal flights. The award covers operational support for government-furnished aircraft and places Eastern Air Express,…
Condor has opened its own Technik Training Center in Mörfelden-Walldorf, near Frankfurt, giving the airline a dedicated in-house facility for aircraft mechanic training. The 1,000-square-metre centre is currently training 12 aspiring mechanics in maintenance technology, with capacity for up to…
Schiphol will take the Buitenveldertbaan out of service for routine maintenance from 31 August to 8 September, with the runway unavailable on weekdays and open again for traffic during the weekend of 5-6 September. The Amsterdam airport will inspect and…
The National Transportation Safety Board has tied a 2024 Citation X accident to an in-flight fire of unknown origin that preceded a loss of control during the landing phase. Investigators have not been able to conclusively identify the ignition source,…
Schiphol will take the Buitenveldertbaan, Runway 09/27, out of service on weekdays from 31 August to 8 September for annual routine maintenance. The runway will remain open over the weekend of 5–6 September, while traffic normally using the strip is…
SWISS diverted flight LX9 from Chicago to Zurich to Lajes Airport in the Azores after a strong unidentified odour spread through the economy cabin of a Boeing 777-300ER, prompting an emergency landing on Tuesday. The aircraft touched down safely with…
Willis Lease Finance Corporation has completed its acquisition of WNG II Aircraft Leasing (Cayman) Ltd. and WNG Aircraft Management 3, LLC, securing a portfolio of 12 commercial aircraft and 13 spare aircraft engines. The transaction, closed by the company’s Willis…
Metafuels has opened its aerobrew methanol-to-jet demonstration plant at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland, as it prepares a commercial eSAF business targeting operations from 2030. The facility is designed to test and de-risk the process at industrially relevant…
American Airlines is widening access to its Flagship Dining rooms at Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami, opening the premium sit-down experience from 15 September to Flagship Business Plus and Flagship Business customers on qualifying long-haul international, transcontinental and Hawaii Flagship routes.…
Aeroflot is in the final stage of signing a firm contract for 90 additional Yakovlev MS-21 aircraft, with chief executive Sergei Alexandrovsky expecting the deal to be completed in the very near future. The order would lift the airline’s planned…
The 75th Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress will take place in Aachen from 8 to 10 September 2026, bringing together the German aerospace community at Eurogress Aachen. The event is organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt and will…
Boeing’s engineers and technical workers have rejected a new contract offer and authorised a strike, prompting the planemaker to activate contingency planning as it works through 737 MAX production and certification constraints. The vote adds fresh labour risk to Boeing’s…
Boeing’s engineers and technical workers have rejected a four-year contract offer and authorised their union to call a strike when the current agreement expires on 6 October. The vote by SPEEA, Boeing’s largest white-collar union in the Seattle area, covers…
United Airlines has named the first international routes for its new Airbus A321XLR, with the long-range narrowbody due to enter overseas service on 1 December 2026. The aircraft will initially fly from Washington Dulles to Amsterdam and Dublin, before United…
Eurowings will expand its Premium BIZ Seat offering for the 2026/27 winter schedule, with sales opening as the airline prepares to introduce the product from 1 December. The cabin option will be available on all Dubai services and selected routes…
LATAM Airlines Group has secured about US$505 million in long-term financing to add 11 aircraft to its fleet, with deliveries expected in the second half of 2026. The package covers one Airbus A320neo, four Airbus A321neo and six Embraer E195-E2…