American Airlines has unveiled its first retrofitted Boeing 777-300ER, introducing the Flagship Suite cabin on the type and increasing premium seating to 144 from 116. The aircraft is fitted with 70 Flagship Suite business-class seats with privacy doors, 44 Premium…
Flughafen Bremen is grappling with a structural annual deficit of about 10 million to 13.1 million euros, with internal warnings that insolvency could become a risk as early as 2027. The city-owned airport has already cut costs by roughly 4…
Flyadeal is preparing to add connecting itineraries and origin-and-destination fares within weeks as the Saudi low-cost carrier moves beyond a pure point-to-point model. Acting chief executive Sanjiv Kapoor also outlined plans for a premium-economy product and longer-range flying, signalling a…
Afcom Holdings has entered a non-binding letter of intent with Boeing for up to four 777-8F freighters, with the aircraft planned for Chennai-based operations. The tentative deal would give the Indian cargo carrier a major capacity lift as it looks…
The European Union has ended the temporary summer flexibility that let member states suspend biometric checks under the Entry/Exit System during peak periods, removing a pressure valve for Schengen external border points across Europe. The change took effect as of…
Donald Trump plans to travel to Ireland next week on the Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar, using the aircraft as a temporary Air Force One substitute despite lingering questions over its security fit-out. The trip would be the first overseas…
British Airways has faced another operational headache after an emergency evacuation slide accidentally deployed on a Boeing 787-10 during turnaround at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport, delaying flight BA94 to London Heathrow by several hours. No injuries were reported, and the aircraft…
Travelski will launch a direct winter night train linking Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Brussels with the French Alps for the 2026-27 season, expanding its rail-based ski product beyond the existing Paris-Tarentaise service. The weekly sleeper service is due to start…
Satellite imagery of Sochi International Airport appears to show two Russian attack helicopters destroyed after a Ukrainian drone strike on 4 September, with a Mi-8 also damaged at the military parking area beside the civil airport in Krasnodar Krai. The…
PAL-V hat von der Europäischen Agentur für Flugsicherheit die Production Organisation Approval erhalten und darf damit Luftfahrtprodukte nach europäischen Regeln herstellen. Für den niederländischen FlyDrive-Entwickler aus Raamsdonksveer ist das ein wichtiger Produktionsschritt, während die vollständige Zertifizierung des Fluggeräts selbst noch…
Frontier Group Holdings is reshaping its Denver-based Frontier Airlines fleet by terminating leases on 13 Airbus A320neo aircraft and replacing most of that capacity with 10 directly leased A321neo jets from AerCap. The move keeps overall capacity broadly stable while…
Southern Vision Investment has taken a strategic stake in AVi8 Airways, the Vietnamese startup building toward commercial operations in 2027. The investment is intended to support the carrier’s certification work and longer-term development as it progresses through regulatory approval and…
Cathay Pacific and Google have expanded trials of an AI-powered contrail avoidance system across the airline’s Asia and trans-Pacific network, building on testing that began in late 2025. The programme uses AI forecasting, satellite imagery and weather data to help…
Discover Airlines will launch two new Italy routes for summer 2027, linking Munich with Alghero in Sardinia from 4 June and Frankfurt with Genoa in Liguria from 28 March. Both services will operate twice a week, with Alghero scheduled for…
Saab is in active talks with several countries over possible use of its forthcoming LoyalEye airborne surveillance radar on General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ MQ-9B, while flight testing continues on the uncrewed configuration. The prototype LoyalEye-equipped MQ-9 first flew from General…
United Airlines will resume nonstop service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Tel Aviv on 8 September, initially with two daily flights on the route. The restart restores a key United transatlantic link after months of suspension linked to regional…
Austrian Airlines has put its first Airbus A320neo equipped with Starlink internet into regular service, with OE-LXF operating the inaugural scheduled passenger flight from Vienna to Porto on Monday. The new aircraft is the first in Austrian’s narrow-body fleet to…
Riga Airport has moved into the next phase of its passenger terminal expansion, with construction preparations due to begin in the second half of September 2026. The project will add about 20,000 square metres of terminal space and 29,500 square…
flynas has agreed to acquire a 10% equity interest in Swissport Saudi Arabia Limited for SAR 50 million and enter a five-year ground handling agreement covering all commercial airports in Saudi Arabia. The partnership will make Swissport Saudi Arabia flynas’…
flynas has agreed to acquire a 10% stake in Swissport Saudi Arabia Limited for SAR 50 million, with an option to double that holding later, while also making Swissport its exclusive ground-handling partner across the airline’s Saudi network. The operational…
Tewolde Gebremariam has taken operational charge as Air India’s incoming chief executive and managing director, with the carrier’s leadership reset centring on safety, reliability, trust and profitability. The former Ethiopian Airlines chief begins work as the Tata Group-owned airline pushes…
Deutsche Bahn has launched a direct ICE connection from Cologne to Brussels Airport and Antwerp, restoring a direct high-speed rail link to the airport for the first time in more than a decade. The new service runs via Aachen, Liège…
Global Aviation Conference Frankfurt is scheduled for 29-30 September 2026 in Frankfurt, Germany, bringing together aviation stakeholders for a two-day industry gathering. The event is listed as a conference and networking meeting rather than an operational development, with the Frankfurt…
AFI KLM E&M has named Sylvain Fagot as senior vice president of components, effective 1 October, in an internal leadership change that will see François Gueguen move to Transavia France as executive vice president fleet, engineering and maintenance. The appointment…
Abelo has completed delivery of three brand-new ATR 72-600 aircraft to Bangladesh-based Air Astra, closing the leasing agreement between the two companies. The final turboprop handed over under the package gives the young regional carrier additional lift for domestic and…
flynas will take a 10% stake in Swissport Saudi Arabia for SAR 50 million and appoint the company as its exclusive ground-handling partner across Saudi Arabia for five years from March 2027. The airline also has an option to lift…
Frequentis and France’s air navigation service provider DSNA have put a new voice communication system into full operation at Brest Area Control Centre. The system, supplied under the FABEC voice communication system programme, replaces the long-serving ARTEMIS platform and supports…
QOCO Systems and Rolls-Royce have expanded an intelligent data service for the Trent engine family, extending coverage to tens of additional operators through QOCO’s Aviadex platform. The service feeds real-time airline operator data into Rolls-Royce systems to support engine reliability…
Pratt & Whitney will invest US$25 million to expand its engine-components manufacturing site in Niepołomice, Poland, lifting output of complex tubular assemblies for commercial and military engines. The RTX subsidiary expects the enlarged facility to become operational in 2028 and…
Discover Airlines will add new summer 2027 services from Munich to Alghero and from Frankfurt to Genoa, extending its Italy network with two first-time direct routes. Both links will operate twice weekly on Airbus A320 aircraft, with Alghero due to…
Syrianair has taken delivery of its first two Airbus A320s as part of a wider fleet modernisation and expansion programme. The aircraft, registered YK-AKI and YK-AKJ, are the first to arrive from an eight-jet A320-family order, with one already operating…
Google is expanding its AI-based contrail-avoidance trial with Cathay Pacific across the airline’s Asia-Pacific and trans-Pacific network after an initial operational programme covering more than 100 flights. More than 80 of those flights followed contrail-avoidance routes, with Google estimating a…
Portugal has pushed Lufthansa and Air France-KLM into a final round of talks over the privatisation of TAP Air Portugal after judging their binding offers too close to split. The state is selling a 44.9% minority stake in the flag…
Guinée Atlantique Airlines has launched as Guinea’s new national carrier, positioning itself in Conakry as part of the country’s Vision Simandou 2040 development programme. The new airline is being presented as an “emergent” flag carrier focused on improving domestic and…
Germany is weighing a compromise that would give Emirates seven additional weekly services, opening the door to a long-delayed expansion of the Dubai airline’s network in the country. The move would avoid naming a single new destination in advance and…
A Boeing 767-300F flying for Amazon Air through 21 Air overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people and injuring five others. The cargo flight, 2I7598, had arrived from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and…
The International Air Transport Association has released the 2027 editions of its cargo and ground operations manuals from Geneva, updating key guidance for dangerous goods, battery shipping, live animals and airport handling. The revisions bring clearer packaging rules for dangerous…
Munich Airport briefly suspended takeoffs on Sunday after a pilot reported a suspicious observation to security authorities, forcing both runways to close while police searched the area. Departures were halted as a precaution, while landings continued, and the runways were…
Munich Airport briefly closed both runways on Sunday after a pilot reported a suspicious sighting, halting departures while landings continued. The runway system at one of Germany’s busiest hubs reopened at 16:46 after a search by police found nothing and…
The European Cockpit Association has warned Germany against granting additional traffic rights to Emirates and other Gulf carriers, as pressure builds for more services to Berlin and Stuttgart. The pilots’ group argues that any expansion of bilateral rights should be…
Air Canada is planning a major summer 2027 network expansion built around its new Airbus A321XLR fleet, adding seven international routes and widening service across Europe and China. Four of the routes are due to use the single-aisle long-haul jet,…
A small propeller aircraft crashed during the Luftsportverein Weinheim summer festival on Sunday, killing two men and seriously injuring a woman and a three-year-old child. The accident occurred while the aircraft was on final approach to the airfield near the…
The EU General Court has rejected Ryanair’s bid to secure interim measures in its challenge over Lufthansa’s pandemic-era state aid, leaving the German carrier free of immediate repayment pressure while the wider legal battle continues. The ruling on 3 September…
Montenegro’s government has set out an accelerated development plan for Podgorica Airport and Tivat Airport, with urgent measures due before next summer and a longer-term master plan to follow. The programme targets capacity constraints at the country’s two main gateways…
Hamburg Airport chief Christian Kunsch has voiced frustration that Luxembourg will receive a long-haul Airbus A321XLR service while Hamburg still has no similar transatlantic route. In an interview with aeroTELEGRAPH, he linked the gap to weak route economics, even as…
Indonesia kept six airports closed on 7 September as volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau continued to disrupt operations around Jakarta and western parts of the country. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the country’s main international gateway, was among the affected hubs,…
Indonesian aviation authorities have closed Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports after volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau drifted into the area, forcing broad flight suspensions across western Indonesia. The disruption has affected more than 1,500 flights at eight airports…
MedSky Airways plans to launch direct flights between Libya and France, opening a new nonstop link between the two countries from Tripoli. The private Libyan carrier is preparing a service that would reduce dependence on connecting itineraries and expand bilateral…
Japan Airlines, Spring Japan and Yamato Holdings will wind down their domestic A321 freighter operation by around June 2027, ending a service launched in April 2024 to support Japan’s parcel network. The three Airbus A321-200P2F aircraft, operated by Spring Japan…
RAF personnel from LXX Squadron have completed Operation Atlantic City on Jan Mayen, the isolated Norwegian island in the Arctic, alongside UK Commando Force, US and Norwegian allies. The operation ran from 26 August to 4 September and formed part…