Bremen Airport has published its winter 2026/27 schedule, which runs from 25 October to 28 March and includes 17 direct destinations. The standout change is Ryanair’s new twice-weekly service to Lamezia Terme in Calabria, giving Bremen its first direct link…
Aegean Airlines is set to become Volotea’s controlling shareholder after a restructuring that will convert about €90 million of debt into equity and include a €15 million capital increase. The move would give the Greek carrier effective control of the…
Honeywell Aerospace has integrated the main subsystems of a hydrogen fuel-cell power source for aircraft at its engineering site in Brno, Czech Republic, under Project NEWBORN. The system is designed to combine hydrogen fuel cells, batteries and a megawatt-class electric…
Airbus has opened a new A320-family delivery centre at its Jean-Luc Lagardère site in Toulouse, consolidating final production steps, technical adjustments, customer reception and handover in one location. The facility is designed to support the ramp-up of A320 Family output…
Three people died when a Cirrus SR22T light aircraft crashed into a mountainside in the Fluhalp area near Leukerbad in Switzerland’s Valais canton on Tuesday afternoon. The aircraft, which had departed Lugano, stopped in Sion and was continuing toward Buochs,…
Flydubai expects to restore its network and seat capacity to pre-war levels by the end of 2026, with the Dubai carrier also open to moving slightly above that threshold as new aircraft join the fleet. Chief executive Ghaith Al Ghaith…
Airbus-backed ZEROe hydrogen aviation research has secured funding support in Clean Aviation’s latest project selection round, which allocates €290 million across 19 projects for future zero-emission aircraft development. The funding includes hydrogen-propulsion work linked to Airbus’s ZEROe programme, with the…
The European Commission has adopted a new decision allocating EU Emissions Trading System allowances to airlines for their use of sustainable aviation fuel in 2025. The support is worth about €430 million, split among 130 operators, and comes alongside an…
Istanbul Airport is set to open its fourth main runway on Thursday, expanding the hub’s capacity as Turkey pushes ahead with a major airfield upgrade. The new 2,820-metre concrete runway is the airport’s first east-west strip and will bring the…
BAE Systems has launched Shadow EW, a family of compact electronic warfare systems for small airborne platforms including drones, with the first variants aimed at missions where size, weight, power and cost limits are tight. The company unveiled the range…
Aena has reported that Valencia Airport handled 8,610,816 passengers in the first eight months of 2026, up 8.7% from the same period a year earlier. The figures underline sustained demand at the Spanish airport and add to a strong summer…
Emirates has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Medical Tourism Association to expand its presence in medical, wellness and longevity travel. The agreement, unveiled at Arabian Travel Market 2026 in Dubai, makes Emirates the association’s preferred airline partner for…
EFW has redelivered the fifth and final Airbus A330-200 passenger-to-freighter conversion to EgyptAir Cargo under the current agreement between the two companies. The aircraft departed EFW’s site in Dresden and continued to Cairo, completing the latest phase of a programme…
Riyadh Air plans to serve more than 100 international destinations by 2030 as it advances its bid to turn Saudi Arabia’s capital into a major global connecting hub. Chief executive Tony Douglas set out the target as the airline continues…
Indra unveiled SQUALL, a new low-cost cruise missile, at the UNVEX drone and defence exhibition in San Javier, Murcia, on 16 September. Designed for deep-strike missions, the system is positioned to hit strategic targets at lower cost than conventional cruise…
France’s defence procurement agency has qualified Thales’s Talios targeting pod for the French Air and Space Force’s Mirage 2000D RMV, giving the upgraded strike aircraft a newer sensor suite in place of the older Damocles pod. The move extends Talios…
NORAD’s Alaskan Command has deployed U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from Eielson Air Force Base through Canada toward Greenland under Operation Arctic Vanguard 26-4.2. The exercise, running from 13 to 26 September, is designed to test rapid movement, sustainment…
Bell Textron has started production of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for Nigeria at its Amarillo, Texas facility, with a Nigerian delegation visiting the plant on 16 September to mark the milestone. The aircraft are being built under a…
Centrum AI has launched an artificial-intelligence platform for maintenance, repair and overhaul suppliers, aiming to improve parts-availability visibility and reduce excess inventory across MRO supply chains. The data-heavy system draws on roughly 20 billion global records and is designed to…
Libya’s Public Prosecution has ordered the pre-trial detention of the pilot and copilot of a Cessna Citation Latitude after the private business jet veered off the runway and caught fire while landing at Misrata International Airport on 14 September. The…
Etihad Airways will fit four First Class suites at the front of its new Airbus A330-900neo cabin layout, extending its premium offering beyond flagship long-haul aircraft. The interior will also include 24 Business seats and 252 Economy seats, with the…
BermudAir will add a leased Embraer E190F freighter from Regional One, becoming the second airline worldwide to operate the type and the first in the Americas. The aircraft will give the Bermuda carrier dedicated cargo capacity for express parcels, e-commerce…
Lockheed Martin has flight-tested its Legion infrared sensor system with a new pod-to-pod data link on two F-16 fighters in Tucson, Arizona, in a demonstration aimed at improving passive target tracking in radar-denied airspace. The trial used a pre-production version…
Airbus will put a mediated labour pre-agreement to a vote across its Spanish sites on 24 and 25 September, with employees deciding whether to accept terms intended to ease the ongoing dispute at its operations in Spain. The ballot covers…
SpaceX launched the classified USSF-259 mission for the US Space Force on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 16 September, following a scrub the previous day. The first stage returned to the droneship Of Course…
Binter has updated its BinterMás loyalty programme with a new top tier, BinterMás Cumbre, as it revises the way customers progress through status levels. Status advancement will now combine completed flights and status points, while the carrier is also widening…
AerSale has leased a Boeing 757-200PCF freighter to Jupiter Jet, a Kazakhstan-based cargo airline, in a deal aimed at supporting the carrier’s expansion across Central Asia and neighbouring markets. The aircraft will help meet rising demand for express cargo and…
Malaysia is monitoring AirAsia’s financial health and has opened scenario-planning talks with Malaysia Airlines and Batik Air over how domestic routes and passengers could be covered if the low-cost carrier’s balance sheet deteriorates further. The discussions involve the Finance Ministry…
Boeing expects additional 777X testing to spill into 2027, although it is still planning to begin deliveries of the long-delayed widebody in 2027. Chief executive Kelly Ortberg linked the latest schedule pressure to certification work on the GE Aerospace GE9X…
Wizz Air has set a target to carry 127 million passengers a year by fiscal 2030, almost double the 69.7 million it carried in fiscal 2026, as part of a medium-term plan unveiled on Wednesday. The Budapest-based low-cost carrier also…
A Cirrus SR22T crashed into the northern slope in the Fluhalp area above Leukerbad in Switzerland’s canton of Valais on Tuesday, killing all three people on board. Valais cantonal police, the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board and federal prosecutors have…
About 40 flights to and from Brussels South Charleroi Airport were cancelled on Thursday after overnight strike action by air traffic controllers at Skeyes disrupted operations at Belgium’s low-cost hub. The walkout began at 22:00 on Wednesday and is due…
Boeing is warning that some certification testing on its 777X programme may slip into 2027, even as it continues to target first deliveries that year. CEO Kelly Ortberg made the comments at a Morgan Stanley investor conference, linking the latest…
Turkey has suspended Mahan Air’s flights to Istanbul and Ankara, with the Iranian carrier’s last services on those routes scheduled for 20 September and the ban due to take effect the following day. The restriction affects both directions and appears…
Boeing has warned that part of the 777-9 certification campaign could slip into 2027 after engine work on GE Aerospace’s GE9X delayed the start of ETOPS testing, narrowing the time available to complete the remaining flight-test steps this year. The…
Aeroflot plans to keep most of its Western narrowbody fleet in service well into the next decade, with Boeing 737s and Airbus A320/A321s expected to remain flying in 2030 and 2035. The outlook came from investor-relations director Andrey Napolnov during…
Boeing expects FAA certification of the 737 MAX 10 very soon, with CEO Kelly Ortberg telling investors at the Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference that only three deliverables remain open and all flight testing is complete. The approval would clear the…
Javier Echave will leave Heathrow in October after nearly 18 years with the airport and join Merlin Properties as chief financial officer. The Spanish executive, currently Heathrow’s chief operating officer, is set to return to Spain to take charge of…
Airbus delivered the first A320neo assembled at its new second final assembly line in Tianjin to China Eastern Airlines on Wednesday, highlighting the manufacturer’s latest industrial expansion in China. The aircraft came from Airbus’s second A320-family assembly line in Tianjin,…
Roscosmos launched the Progress MS-35 cargo spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, sending it into orbit on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket for a planned automated docking with the International Space Station’s Poisk module on Saturday. The mission is carrying…
NASA and SpaceX are now aiming to launch Crew-13 to the International Space Station in early October, after shifting the mission from its earlier target. The flight will carry astronauts Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk and Sergey Teteryatnikov on…
BermudAir will lease one Embraer E190F from Regional One, becoming the second airline worldwide to operate the converted freighter and the first in the Americas. The aircraft is set to expand the Bermuda-based carrier’s business beyond passenger services and into…
GMV and Aurea Avionics have integrated the Seeker unmanned aerial system into the Talos command-and-control ecosystem and Dual-EIMOS mortar systems used by the Spanish Armed Forces. The Spanish-made platform, supplied by GMV and developed by Aurea Avionics, will provide airborne…
The European Commission has cleared Blackstone and Tinicum to take joint control of UK aerospace supplier Senior plc and US-based AeroFlow Technologies, removing a regulatory hurdle for the cross-border transaction. The approval, granted under the EU Merger Regulation, covers assets…
Privilege Style is preparing to introduce its first Airbus A330-300 for passenger service, with the widebody earmarked for 2026 as the Spanish ACMI and charter specialist expands beyond its existing fleet. The aircraft concerned is EC-OTK, Airbus serial number 357,…
Tarmac Aerosave will dismantle more than 10 Airbus A320neo-family jets and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for AerFin by the end of 2026, in a programme focused on harvesting parts from relatively young narrowbodies. The work will take place at Tarmac…
Frankfurt’s public health authority has warned of two additional malaria cases in residents of the Schwanheim district near Frankfurt Airport, taking the total since July to eight and renewing scrutiny of a rare airport-linked infection pattern. The cases were reported…
Transat A.T., parent of Air Transat, has secured an additional C$250 million in federal financing under Ottawa’s airline support programme, lifting total government-backed funding cited in coverage to C$400 million. The package comes as the company reported a quarterly loss…
TARMAC Aerosave is set to dismantle more than 10 Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX-family aircraft for AerFin before the end of the year as strong demand for used parts makes it more attractive to tear down relatively young jets…
A passenger violently attacked a 48-year-old ground-handling employee at Berlin Brandenburg Airport after being refused boarding for an airBaltic flight to Tallinn because he appeared too intoxicated to travel. The incident took place at a gate in Terminal 1 on…