Fraport Brasil has taken over operations at Jericoacoara Airport in northeastern Brazil, adding the leisure-focused airport to its existing Fortaleza concession and expanding Fraport’s Brazilian portfolio to three airports. The concession runs until 2047 and covers the passenger terminal as…
A long-stalled dismantling programme has begun on 15 Fokker F28 aircraft that had sat in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for about two decades after Air Canada disposed of the fleet and transferred it to Quest Aviation Holdings. Twelve airframes have already been…
Swiss International Air Lines has taken delivery of its third Airbus A350-900, HB-IFC, in Zurich, adding another aircraft to its long-haul fleet renewal programme. The aircraft, named Zug, arrived from Toulouse and is due to enter commercial service in October,…
A British military aircraft flight plan has been linked to the NATS system failure that disrupted UK air traffic on 8 September, prompting delays and cancellations at major airports including Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester. The Ministry of Defence has rejected…
The Royal Australian Air Force has declared initial operational capability for the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile and AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range on its F/A-18F Super Hornet fleet. The Australian Department of Defence confirmed the milestone, which places…
Criticism of night flights at Nuremberg’s Albrecht Dürer Airport is intensifying after the number of nighttime movements climbed from 8,635 in 2023 to 11,459 in 2025. The Fluglärm-Schutzgemeinschaft Nürnberg und Umgebung has pressed for tighter limits on tourist flights between…
Deutsche Aircraft has moved its D328eco landing-gear programme into the next certification phase after completing low- and high-speed taxi tests and five development flights with a modified D328 flying testbed. The work, carried out from the company’s development base in…
Ryanair flight FR9457, a Boeing 737 MAX 8200 operating from Bologna to Dublin, suffered a minor wingtip impact while landing at Dublin Airport on Wednesday amid strong crosswinds. The aircraft rolled sharply to the right in the final approach, touched…
Air Algérie has removed its planned Algiers-Delhi service from its schedule, shelving a route that had been due to begin with Airbus A330-900 aircraft. The long-haul link was set to operate three times a week from 25 October, but it…
oneworld chief executive Ole Orvér used a closing keynote at FTE Global in Dallas/Fort Worth to call for tighter technology and policy alignment across the alliance’s 15 member airlines. He outlined a push to make travel more consistent for passengers…
Boeing has reached a tentative four-year contract agreement with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, the union representing about 17,000 engineers and technical staff in the company’s Seattle-area operations. The deal offers higher general wage increases than Boeing’s…
Malaysia’s Health Ministry has temporarily suspended all Flying Doctor Service flights in Sarawak after a BO-105 helicopter crash near Long Lellang killed five people, including four ministry personnel and the pilot. The grounding takes effect while authorities review the service’s…
Avinor handled nearly five million passengers at its airports in August 2026, with stronger international demand offsetting weaker domestic travel and leaving total traffic only slightly below the same month a year earlier. The Norwegian airport operator also recorded a…
Spanish authorities arrested a 46-year-old Nigerian passenger at Palma de Mallorca Airport after finding 109 cocaine packets concealed inside his body on a flight from Brussels South Charleroi. The man was intercepted on arrival on 6 September following advance intelligence,…
A TUI Airways flight from Cardiff to Paphos returned safely to Cardiff Airport on Wednesday after a bird strike shortly after takeoff caused flames to be seen from one engine. The aircraft landed without injury to passengers or crew, and…
KLM Cityhopper is marking 60 years in operation, tracing its roots to the 1966 launch of Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij with two leased Fokker aircraft and a small domestic route map. Today, the Amsterdam Schiphol-based carrier sits at the centre of…
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces targeted two gas-processing facilities in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets region on 9 September, in what multiple reports describe as the deepest Ukrainian drone strike of the war. The facilities were the Novy Urengoy Gas Condensate Treatment Plant and…
Sustainable aviation fuel is drawing renewed interest as mandates begin to create real demand and geopolitical disruption puts fuel security back on the agenda. Recent industry discussion at the Global Aerospace Summit in St. Louis highlighted how European SAF rules…
Zurich Airport handled 3,326,119 passengers in August 2026, up 1.8% from a year earlier, as transfer traffic strengthened and flight activity also increased. Local passengers edged higher, while the airport’s transfer share climbed to 30.6% in the late-summer travel period.…
Fraport’s August traffic figures showed mixed performance at Frankfurt Airport, where passenger numbers were broadly unchanged year on year at about 6.3 million, while cargo volumes rose 2.9% to 179,400 metric tonnes. The airport handled 40,968 takeoffs and landings during…
London Heathrow handled 23 million passengers between June and August as summer traffic remained strong at Europe’s busiest international hub. The airport also recorded 7.87 million passengers in August, down 2.1% year on year, while 2 August became its busiest…
Avianca will refresh its INSIGNIA long-haul business class on Boeing 787 aircraft with new private suites from Collins Aerospace and Panasonic Avionics’ Astrova 4K OLED entertainment system. The rollout is due to start in 2027 and will cover the carrier’s…
Shenzhen Airlines will begin its first Sydney service on 14 December 2026, opening a four-times-weekly route between Shenzhen and Sydney with Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The new link is Shenzhen Airlines’ second destination in Australia and its first operation to Sydney,…
Germany has granted Emirates additional traffic rights for a regular Berlin-Dubai service as part of a wider agreement tied to a €40 billion investment pledge from the United Arab Emirates. The package was presented in Berlin during UAE President Sheikh…
Wizz Air is progressively restoring 12 Middle East routes for the winter 2026/27 season, rebuilding links from nine European cities to Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah and Amman. The programme starts with services already resumed to Jeddah from Milan and Rome,…
United Airlines diverted a Boeing 777 flying from Milan Malpensa to Newark to Bangor, Maine, after an unruly passenger incident on 8 September. The flight landed safely at Bangor International Airport, where law enforcement removed the passenger before the aircraft…
French safety investigators have opened a probe into a Wamos Air Airbus A330-200 after a significant flightpath deviation during approach to La Réunion-Roland Garros Airport in the Indian Ocean. The aircraft was operating a flight for French Bee when the…
Ryanair shareholders approved Michael O’Leary’s revised remuneration policy at the airline’s annual general meeting in Dublin, but 39.3% voted against the package. The plan, which could be worth at least €150 million, is tied to options over 10 million Ryanair…
The Bundesverband der Deutschen Luftverkehrswirtschaft sees no growth in Germany’s winter 2026/27 flight schedule, with seat capacity on routes to, from and within the country unchanged year on year at 117.6 million seats between September and February. The industry group…
Avianca will begin retrofitting its Boeing 787 fleet in 2027 with new Collins Aerospace business-class suites featuring sliding doors and an upgraded Panasonic Avionics entertainment system. The cabin refresh will bring a more private premium product to the airline’s long-haul…
France’s defence procurement agency, the DGA, has taken delivery of the first two Dassault Falcon 2000LXS Albatros maritime surveillance and intervention aircraft for the French Navy. The aircraft were handed over in late July and assigned to Flottille 24F at…
The Ninth Circuit has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit over the 2022 crash of a Huntington Beach Police Department helicopter, ruling that Boeing is protected by the General Aviation Revitalization Act’s 18-year statute of repose. The panel rejected the…
Gama Aviation has launched a judicial review in Guernsey over the award of the Channel Islands air ambulance contract to 247 Aviation, challenging a procurement decision by the States of Guernsey and Jersey. The dispute centres on the lifesaving service…
Titan Aviation Fuels has formed an exclusive partnership with Aero Specialties to launch the Titan Preferred GSE Program powered by Aero Specialties across Titan’s FBO network. The programme is designed for more than 675 Titan-branded FBO locations worldwide and gives…
Airports Council International–North America (ACI-NA) has named Chris J. Rocheleau as its next president and CEO. Rocheleau will join the organization on Oct. 5, succeeding Kevin M. Burke, who will step down on Oct. 4 after nearly 13 years leading…
AIN has published a same-day commentary on how artificial intelligence can be used in aircraft acquisition, focusing on business aviation transactions and the practical limits of the technology. The piece outlines ways AI can support market research, aircraft selection, mission…
Iberia’s maintenance division has received unrestricted approval from Spain’s aviation regulator AESA to carry out full heavy maintenance on the airline’s entire Airbus A350 fleet. The decision removes previous scope limits, allowing Iberia Mantenimiento to handle comprehensive A350 checks in-house…
Porter Airlines and Air Transat have drawn a combined C$275 million from a federal emergency financing programme as elevated jet-fuel prices squeeze operating margins in Canada. Porter received C$125 million, while Air Transat took C$150 million, the maximum available under…
Austrian Airlines removed a passenger from flight OS315 at Vienna airport after a dispute over hand luggage escalated into verbal abuse toward a crew member before departure to Amsterdam. The aircraft later left with an delay of about 36 minutes,…
Emirates will introduce Premium Economy on its daily Airbus A380 services between Dubai and Paris Charles de Gaulle from 25 October, deploying a retrofitted aircraft on flights EK071 and EK072. The cabin will be available on the airline’s Paris operation…
GAMA’s second-quarter 2026 shipment and billing report showed mixed conditions across general aviation in the first half of the year, with business jets and turboprops outperforming piston aircraft. Total airplane shipments rose 1.7% to 1,458 units through June, while billings…
The UK Ministry of Defence has published the final inquiry into the fatal Royal Navy Merlin HC4 ditching off Dorset, concluding that a fuel-system failure and a sequence of mistaken cockpit actions led to the loss of all three engines…
Emirates will add Premium Economy to its Dubai-Paris Charles de Gaulle service from 25 October, using a retrofitted Airbus A380 on daily EK071 and EK072 flights. The move extends the cabin to all three of the airline’s French gateways and…
Joby Aviation has launched its first flights under the US eVTOL Integration Pilot Program in Texas, starting a week-long campaign across North Texas on 10 September that includes operations around Dallas-Fort Worth and direct flights into Dallas Fort Worth International…
GKN Aerospace is expanding its North Charlestown, New Hampshire facility with a $16 million investment to lift aero-engine component production capacity. The project adds about 57,000 square feet, taking the site to nearly 97,000 square feet, and brings in turning,…
The National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida has taken delivery of the last AV-8B Harrier built for the US Marine Corps, BuNo 166288, preserving the final aircraft from the service’s Harrier fleet as a static exhibit. The jet, flown…
Alpha Air is expanding its maintenance base at Mönchengladbach Airport by moving into a larger hangar and tripling its workspace to about 3,600 square metres from roughly 1,200. The new facility is due to enter service in the second quarter…
Emirates will introduce Premium Economy on its daily retrofitted Airbus A380 service between Dubai and Paris from 25 October 2026, extending the cabin to the French capital for the first time. The airline will operate the upgraded aircraft on EK071…
Germany and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to let a UAE carrier serve a fifth German destination, opening the door for Emirates to begin Berlin flights alongside its existing Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf and Hamburg services. The decision, disclosed in…
Red Sea Airlines has agreed to lease two Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from SMBC Aviation Capital, with deliveries due in July and August 2027. The Egypt-based carrier plans to use the aircraft in a broader fleet expansion programme that…