IATA will hold the joint World Financial Symposium and World Passenger Symposium in Macao, China, on 28-29 October 2026, bringing together airline leaders in retailing, finance and passenger experience under the theme “From Vision to Value: The Next Era of…
Kenya Airways has moved into a new leadership phase as acting Group Managing Director and CEO George Kamal prepares to leave the carrier and Habil Waswani takes over in the interim. The Nairobi-based airline is pressing ahead with its management…
Safran Landing Systems and Taiwan-based China Airlines have agreed to overhaul the main landing gear on the carrier’s fleet of 18 Airbus A350-900s. Signed at Safran Landing Systems’ Singapore facility during MRO Asia-Pacific, the deal covers the airline’s entire A350-900…
Airports Council International World’s latest traffic dataset shows global airports handled a record 9.8 billion passengers in 2025, with international travel driving the recovery. The figures, drawn from 2,817 commercial airports worldwide, also show cargo volumes at a record 131.2…
ST Engineering’s Commercial Aerospace business and Collins Aerospace have signed three multi-year agreements to expand component support for airline operators, extending repair, spare-parts and lifecycle support across Boeing 787, Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 fleets. The arrangements add new repair…
Turkey has not imposed a blanket stop on Iranian carriers, allowing Iran Air and other airlines to keep operating routes such as Istanbul, Baku and Najaf for the time being. The move leaves key links between Iran and Turkish cities,…
Condor will expand its Frankfurt city network with new services to Athens, Florence and Stockholm/Arlanda in spring 2027. The German carrier plans to begin flights to Athens on 28 April, followed by Florence on 6 May and Stockholm/Arlanda on 13…
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has signalled a broader push into experimental aviation, saying the agency is rebuilding its X-plane fleet and that the X-59 is only the start. The remarks point to renewed aeronautics flight testing and additional aircraft work…
Airbus has won a 25-year PARACOM contract from France’s DGA to supply advanced cybersecurity gateways for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans’ Affairs. The work, awarded in Paris, covers end-to-end design, development, production and long-term operational maintenance…
ENAIRE has closed the European SPATIO project, which developed and validated U-space services designed to make drone traffic management safer and more scalable across European airspace. The final event took place at ENAIRE’s headquarters in Madrid, with the programme focused…
Spain is sharpening its role in Europe’s space industry after Science, Innovation and Universities Minister Diana Morant opened Space Debate Europe in Madrid and described the country’s space sector as being in a phase of strong consolidation, with “more ambition…
Boeing’s engineers and technical employees represented by SPEEA are moving toward a ratification vote on a revised four-year contract offer, after the union’s negotiation team recommended members accept the package. The vote is scheduled to run electronically from noon Pacific…
El Departamento de Transporte de Estados Unidos y la FAA presentaron SMART, un nuevo sistema de gestión del espacio aéreo, rutas y trayectorias, con un despliegue inicial limitado en el área de Washington, D.C., que abarca los aeropuertos de Reagan…
Extremadura has authorised traffic operations at the Don Benito aerodrome in Badajoz, with technical support from Spain’s State Aviation Safety Agency, AESA. The restricted-use facility is cleared for sport aviation and daytime visual flight, and becomes the first opening-to-traffic case…
Air France-KLM is prepared to give Portugal an equity stake in the group as part of its bid for TAP Air Portugal, in a move designed to sharpen its position against Lufthansa in the race for the Portuguese carrier. The…
Qantas will launch the first commercial nonstop service between Sydney and New York in mid-2028, using Airbus A350-1000ULR aircraft on its Project Sunrise programme. The flight is expected to take about 18 hours and will trim more than three hours…
Five people were killed when a Bell 430 helicopter crashed in Brazil’s southern Santa Catarina state, with wreckage found on Tuesday in a remote mountain area near Urubici after the aircraft disappeared a day earlier on a flight from Porto…
Stark Defence plans to begin delivering its Virtus loitering munition system to the Bundeswehr soon, with the first batch set for the German brigade stationed in Lithuania. The Berlin-based drone maker outlined the timetable at the Euro Defence Expo in…
Air Canada will end its Vancouver-Singapore nonstop service in late January 2027, bringing down the curtain on its longest route by distance. The Boeing 787-9-operated link launched in April 2024 and has run up to five times a week, covering…
flydubai will launch dedicated freighter operations on 1 October, deploying three wet-leased Boeing 737-800 freighters from SolitAir and establishing its first standalone cargo service at Dubai World Central. The aircraft will add up to 23,000 kg of payload capacity per…
ST Engineering’s Commercial Aerospace business and Collins Aerospace have signed three multi-year agreements in Singapore to expand aircraft component support for airline operators. The arrangements add new Boeing 787 repair work, broaden spare-parts procurement and extend lifecycle repair coverage for…
Azul Conecta has started transferring its first Cessna 408 SkyCourier from Texas to Brazil, with the PS-ENE departing Fort Worth on 22 September for a multi-stop ferry flight that will pass via Fort Lauderdale before continuing through Central America, the…
La Compagnie expects its Airbus A321XLR to have a range of about 5,200 nautical miles, or more than 9,600 kilometres, opening the possibility of nonstop flights from Paris to cities such as San Francisco, Beijing, Johannesburg or the Maldives. The…
Nordwind Airlines cabin crew in Russia have filed a collective complaint over what they describe as wage deductions imposed as penalties for delayed reading of internal notices in the carrier’s Aviabit system. The grievance, sent to Investigative Committee chairman Alexander…
Jubba Airways has resumed international operations with the return to Mogadishu of its first Boeing 737-300QC, registered 5Y-JAB, after a suspension. The aircraft was welcomed at Aden Adde International Airport with a water salute and entered service on the Nairobi–Mogadishu…
Turkish Airlines faced a runway safety scare at Newark Liberty International Airport when an Airbus A350-900 operating flight TK30 from Newark to Istanbul rolled onto Runway 4L without explicit clearance. The aircraft, registered TC-LGL, entered the active runway on 15…
Royal Brunei Airlines has chosen Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, for two 12-year agreements covering FlightSense and Dispatch services for its current and future Boeing 787 fleet. The Singapore-based deal is designed to improve operational efficiency, reliability and maintenance planning…
Safran has taken a minority stake in French propulsion specialist Akira through its venture arm, joining MBDA and the state-backed Definvest fund in the company’s capital. The investment ties the aerospace group more closely to Akira, which is based in…
Brazil’s civil aviation regulator ANAC has approved new rules that require airlines to notify passengers through digital channels as soon as they learn of a delay, cancellation or interruption, while preserving basic assistance duties for disrupted journeys. The revised framework…
Vertical Aerospace has appointed Fabrice Brégier, the former chief executive of Airbus Commercial Aircraft, as chair of its board with immediate effect. The London- and New York-listed eVTOL developer said Ben Story will remain on the board after stepping down…
Africa World Airlines has taken delivery of its first Embraer E190 in Accra, introducing a larger aircraft type to the Ghanaian carrier’s fleet and expanding capacity on domestic and West African routes. The 102-seat jet, registered 9G-FDA, arrived at Kotoka…
Sun Country Airlines reduziert im Oktober 2026 ihr Angebot am Heimatdrehkreuz Minneapolis Paul deutlich und plant für den Zeitraum vom 1. bis 24. Oktober nur 617 Einzelflüge statt 762. Das entspricht einem Rückgang von rund 19 Prozent und trifft mehrere…
India’s civil aviation ministry has placed SpiceJet under operational and financial scrutiny as the carrier battles cash-flow pressure, delayed salaries and a shrinking fleet. Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation is monitoring the…
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has found that the Federal Aviation Administration has not fully assessed or mitigated cybersecurity risks to national airspace communications, leaving aircraft data links exposed to spoofing and jamming threats. The report, released on Monday, also…
Tampa International Airport has installed a temporary 9-foot AquaFence system to protect two airfield electrical vault buildings from storm surge and flooding near Airside A. The $1.9 million project is designed to shield critical power equipment used for airfield lighting,…
Electra has completed first-of-its-kind flights at Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport in Virginia using helicopter-style instrument procedures and novel take-off and landing areas for its EL2 Ultra Short aircraft. The demonstrations were designed to show how the hybrid-electric aircraft could operate from…
The Federal Aviation Administration has started limited use of SMART, an AI-supported air-traffic management tool, in the Washington, D.C. airspace to predict congestion and weather-related bottlenecks before they disrupt flights. The rollout begins around the capital’s airports and forms the…
A Eurowings Airbus A320 flying from Düsseldorf to Brindisi aborted its journey shortly after departure on Monday after a light smoke development was reported in the cabin. The aircraft returned to Düsseldorf for a precautionary landing, while the airline said…
US lawmakers and the Pentagon are investigating how a shipment of F-35 Lightning II spare parts leaving Australia for repair in the United States ended up in Hong Kong. The parts were being handled by an intermediary for Lockheed Martin…
Iranian carriers including Mahan Air, Iran Air and Qeshm Air have stopped flights to Georgia after Tbilisi moved to enforce sanctions affecting Iranian aviation. Their last scheduled services operated on 20 September, with the restrictions taking effect on 21 September…
Piaggio Aerospace is marking 40 years since the first flight of its P.180 Avanti while highlighting sales of more than 40 Avanti EVO aircraft since the first customer delivery in 2015. The latest commercial step is the sale of two…
Textron Aviation has rolled out the 500th Cessna Citation Latitude from its Wichita, Kansas manufacturing facility, marking a production milestone for the midsize business jet. The event underlines the programme’s longevity and sustained demand more than 11 years after the…
A construction crew accidentally severed a fibre-optic backup line in New Jersey on Monday, compounding an earlier communications failure at the FAA’s Philadelphia TRACON and triggering major delays and ground stops across the Northeast. The outage disrupted operations at Newark,…
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing crashed near Spangdahlem Air Base in Rheinland-Pfalz on Tuesday afternoon. The pilot ejected safely and is receiving medical care after the aircraft went down at about 2:30…
Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have begun rolling out free Starlink-based inflight Wi‑Fi on selected aircraft, with Korean Air initially fitting four retrofitted widebodies and Asiana offering the service on 10 aircraft from 15 September. The two South Korean carriers…
A Eurowings aircraft carrying 144 passengers returned to Düsseldorf shortly after take-off on Tuesday after a smoke indication in the cabin. The flight, bound for Brindisi in southern Italy, made a precautionary safety landing at its departure airport, briefly disrupting…
EASA and the European Commission confirmed that sustainable aviation fuel supply at EU airports exceeded the first mandatory ReFuelEU Aviation target in 2025, with SAF reaching 2.8% of total aviation fuel supplied. Aviation fuel suppliers reported 39.3 million tonnes of…
Wizz Air has resumed flights from Budapest to Amman, bringing its first service back to Queen Alia International Airport on Tuesday with 166 passengers on board. The airline plans three weekly flights year-round, while Ryanair is set to follow at…
A US Air Force F-16 crashed on Tuesday at or near Spangdahlem Air Base in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany, during a training flight. The pilot ejected safely and is receiving medical treatment, while emergency crews responded to the scene and officials…
The European Defence Agency has received the conclusions of an EU-backed study that outlines two long-term options for Europe’s outsized airlift needs: a deep modernisation of the Antonov An-124-100 fleet or development of a new European aircraft to replace the…