Workers and local leaders in Wichita are resisting President Donald Trump’s threat to block Bombardier aircraft sales in the United States unless the Canadian jet maker expands manufacturing in America. The dispute has put Bombardier’s Wichita headquarters and its Kansas…
Flexjet has opened its first dedicated luxury terminal in Europe at Farnborough Airport in the UK, alongside a new 3,530-square-metre maintenance, repair and overhaul hangar. The $34 million terminal covers 2,098 square metres and is reserved for Flexjet owners and…
Germany has approved additional traffic rights for Emirates, clearing the Dubai carrier to launch services to Berlin as its fifth destination in the country. The agreement, reached during the UAE president’s state visit to Germany, allows up to seven flights…
flydubai will pause its Dubai-Salzburg service from 17 September until 10 December 2026 and will not resume its Basel flights as previously planned. The carrier will now suspend the Basel route from 2 October 2026 through 30 June 2027, trimming…
Turkish Airlines has permanently dropped 11 previously suspended destinations from its future schedules, including Leipzig/Halle, in a broader network adjustment spanning Africa, Europe and Asia. The move shifts several routes from temporary suspension to long-term removal, affecting city pairs that…
Vietjet and CFM International have signed a letter of intent to study the feasibility of developing maintenance, repair and overhaul capability for CFM LEAP engines in Vietnam. The move, disclosed after the companies formalised the agreement during the official visit…
airBaltic has entered Chapter 11 proceedings in the United States and secured a €350 million debtor-in-possession financing commitment to support operations while it restructures debt. The case was filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New…
Neuberger Specialty Finance has launched New Bridge AeroFinance, a new aerospace financing platform focused on originating and acquiring loans and other debt instruments across the sector. The platform will be led by Richard Moody, with Debbie Frew and William Glaister…
Munich Airport’s traffic on routes to the Arab and Middle East region has recovered to about 80% load factor since the beginning of September, after a weaker period earlier in the year. Corinna Born, head of International at Flughafen München,…
Gol Linhas Aéreas has taken delivery of an Airbus A330-900 that will be used temporarily in Brazil for crew training, inspections, demonstrations and certification work rather than commercial passenger service. The aircraft, ferried from Teruel in Spain to Brazil on…
Air Baltic has entered Chapter 11 creditor protection in New York after securing €350 million in debtor-in-possession financing to keep flights, bookings and reservations operating through the restructuring. The Latvian carrier filed in the Southern District of New York as…
Royal Air Maroc has added wet-leased Airbus A321 freighter capacity to its cargo operation, expanding lift on a flexible basis rather than through owned aircraft or a conversion programme. The move gives the Moroccan carrier additional short-term freight capacity as…
LATAM Airlines Group has appointed Sebastián Acuto as vice president of operations and maintenance, effectively placing him in the COO role as the carrier sharpens oversight of operations, maintenance and fleet planning. He succeeds Hernán Pasman, who left the post…
STLC Europe Eight, an Irish leasing entity linked to GTLK Europe, has sued easyJet in London’s High Court for at least $72 million over six Airbus aircraft caught up in sanctions-related lease terminations. The claim centres on A320-family jets left…
airBaltic has filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York as it seeks to restructure debt while keeping flights and customer service operating normally. The Latvian carrier, majority owned by the government, secured a €350 million debtor-in-possession financing commitment to…
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Argentina of four UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment, in a package valued at about $140 million. The proposed deal, notified to Congress on 10 September, would…
SpaceX launched SES’s O3b mPOWER-F mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, sending the final three satellites in the second-generation broadband constellation into medium Earth orbit. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40…
The European Space Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with Axiom Space in Paris to explore cooperation in low Earth orbit after the International Space Station era. The framework covers possible astronaut missions on Axiom Station, ESA contributions to…
More than 200 organisations from 34 countries have gathered in Seville for Zero Debris Week 2026, where the European Space Agency and the Spanish Space Agency are driving a coordinated push to prevent any new space debris from being created…
ANA Holdings has named its new consolidated cargo airline ANA Nippon Cargo Airlines, with the shorter ANA Nippon Cargo brand to be used for the group’s freight business. The move follows the integration of three cargo units, including Nippon Cargo…
The Spanish Army Aviation’s BHELMA III unit has flown the NH90 HT-29 on its first maximum-range missions with two external 500-litre fuel tanks, completing the sorties on 8 and 9 September from the Héroes del Revellín base in Agoncillo, near…
Korean Air will gradually retire Asiana flight numbers and rebook existing Asiana reservations under KE codes in a phased migration running from 2 November to 3 December, ahead of the combined carrier’s launch on 17 December. The change applies to…
Air India Express will start direct flights between Visakhapatnam/Bhogapuram and Bangkok on 27 October, opening the first international route from Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport. The service will operate twice weekly with flight IX 904 departing Bhogapuram on Tuesdays and…
Czech antitrust authorities have conditionally approved Pegasus Airlines’ €154 million acquisition of Smartwings and Czech Airlines, tying the deal to a remedy on the Prague–Antalya route. The Office for the Protection of Competition required Pegasus to transfer part of its…
Condor will renumber the flight-number ranges used on its Frankfurt city network from the start of the winter 2026/27 timetable, shifting several European routes into new DE series from 25 October. The change affects services to Berlin, Hamburg, London Gatwick,…
Malaysia Aviation Group, the parent of Malaysia Airlines, remained profitable in the first two months of 2026 but is now contending with a sharp surge in jet-fuel costs that could add as much as RM7.5 billion to its bill. The…
Airbus workers marched through Madrid on Saturday against the pre-agreement reached with the company under the mediation of Spain’s Ministry of Industry. The protest, which ran from Plaza de Colón to the ministry, drew several thousand participants and kept pressure…
The Federal Aviation Administration has placed SpaceX’s Starship Flight 14 in an operational launch window for 18 September, with 19 September held as backup, from Starbase in Texas. The advisory lists a two-hour slot from 12:15 to 14:14 UTC, or…
Rocket Lab has filed a formal protest with the US Government Accountability Office over NASA’s award of a Mars Telecommunications Network contract to Blue Origin, raising a challenge to the agency’s decision on a programme worth up to $700 million.…
TAROM has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-8, introducing the 737 MAX to the Romanian flag carrier’s fleet after a handover in Seattle and a ferry flight to Bucharest. The aircraft, registered YR-BGO and named Mircea Lucescu, is the…
Spain’s Air and Space Force has launched Atlante 26, its annual advanced training exercise, from Morón Air Base in Seville, with live air-to-air and air-to-surface firing over the Gulf of Cádiz. The operation runs through 18 September and involves F-18…
France’s Directorate-General for Armament has awarded Airbus Defence and Space, with Unseenlabs as co-contractor, the CASSIOPÉE programme to renew the country’s space-based signals-intelligence capability. The contract was unveiled in Paris during the International Space Summit and will replace the CERES…
The Dutch cabin union VNC has lost two court cases involving KLM Cityhopper and KLM, after judges rejected claims by two employees who had been denied transfers to the parent airline. The rulings leave KLM’s current internal mobility arrangements in…
Condor flight DE1809, operated by an Airbus A320 registered D-ASGE, was diverted from Frankfurt to Cologne/Bonn after arriving too late for Frankfurt Airport’s night-flight rules. The aircraft, carrying passengers from Sardinia, came close to the runway but was denied landing…
Amerijet International has grounded a Boeing 767-300F after a hard landing at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City left the freighter with visible damage to its forward upper fuselage. The aircraft, registered N373CM, remains out of service while maintenance…
Biman Bangladesh Airlines owes the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh Tk5,842.91 crore, or about €408 million, making it by far the largest debtor among the country’s carriers. The outstanding bill, reported as of August 2026, is part of a sector-wide…
EgyptAir plans to launch a Cairo–Singapore–Sydney service in early 2027, bringing the airline back to Australia after about 25 years. The proposed long-haul routing, expected to use Airbus A350-900 aircraft, would restore a same-plane connection between North Africa and Australia,…
ANA Holdings will integrate its cargo business under the ANA Nippon Cargo brand, combining ANA Cargo, Nippon Cargo Airlines and NCA Japan into a single identity from 1 April 2027. The new company name will be ANA Nippon Cargo Airlines,…
Venezuela expects to reopen part of Simón Bolívar International Airport at Maiquetía, the main gateway to Caracas, in the first half of 2027 after structural damage from the earthquakes on 24 June. Transport Minister Francisco Garcés outlined the recovery timetable…
Germany swept the Advanced class at the World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Fayence, France, with Tobias Ohlig taking the title ahead of Nick Charly Weiss and Stefan Zistler. Germany also secured the Advanced team crown, while Czech pilot Oliver Adamy…
Finnair has appointed Arti Zeighami as chief digital officer, effective 19 August 2026, and placed him on the airline’s executive board under chief executive Turkka Kuusisto. The move comes alongside a wider leadership update at the Helsinki-based carrier, with Kaarina…
Amazon has paused operations with 21 Air after the cargo carrier’s Boeing 767, flying on behalf of Amazon Air, overran a runway at Miami International Airport and struck vehicles on the ground, killing five people. The move affects shipments that…
Israir will begin nonstop service between Tel Aviv and New York JFK on 15 September, moving the launch forward from an earlier mid-October target. The carrier will use Airbus A330 widebody aircraft on the route, its first regular service to…
Japan Airlines and French drone maker Donecle have launched Japan’s first joint verification of fully autonomous drones for aircraft exterior inspections at JAL hangars. The trial uses Donecle’s manufacturer-approved Iris GVI system to compare drone-captured images with conventional visual checks,…
The Transportation Security Administration marked the 25th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks with a commemorative message honouring the nearly 3,000 lives lost and reaffirming its role in protecting US transportation systems. The agency also launched a 25th-anniversary…
Brazil’s civil aviation regulator Anac has approved a rule interpretation for São Paulo-Congonhas that allows flights already scheduled for the day to be completed after 23:00 in exceptional disruption cases. The measure covers severe weather and major operational problems, but…
SCAT Airlines will launch a twice-weekly Shymkent-Singapore service on 20 October, using Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with a technical stop in Sanya, China. The route will link Kazakhstan and Singapore via a same-aircraft transit, with passengers continuing through Sanya…
Coulson Aviation has moved forward with EmberWorks, a dedicated innovation division focused on aerial firefighting, aviation and emergency response, from its base in Thermal, California. The unit formalises the company’s long-running approach to aircraft and mission-system development, linking frontline operations…
Eutelsat has ordered 229 additional OneWeb low-Earth orbit satellites from Airbus Defence and Space and signed an authorisation to proceed for initial industrial work at the International Space Summit in Paris. The deal lifts the total number of new Airbus-built…
Air Astana, Boeing and Istanbul Technical University held a workshop in Almaty focused on making aviation more sustainable, with sustainable aviation fuel at the centre of the discussions. The event brought together Kazakhstan’s aviation authorities, Almaty airport and KazMunayGas-Aero, with…