AeroTime has highlighted a worsening recruitment crunch across maintenance, repair and overhaul operations as engine backlogs stay elevated and ageing fleets keep demand for heavy maintenance high. The shortage is tightening schedules for airlines and MRO providers, raising the risk…
Maintenance, repair and overhaul providers are facing deeper recruitment pressure as global aircraft fleets age and engine overhaul backlogs lengthen, tightening capacity across the aviation supply chain. Airlines and MRO specialists are struggling to secure licensed engineers and engine technicians…
Nauru has officially adopted the name Naoero, with the change now extending to key aviation identifiers including the island’s airport and national airline. The rebrand follows the country’s broader decision to restore its traditional name and is already being reflected…
Singapore Airlines will expand its codeshare arrangement with Lufthansa on the Frankfurt-Kuala Lumpur route from 25 October, adding its flight numbers to Lufthansa’s new long-haul service. Lufthansa plans to operate the route five times a week with a Boeing 787-9,…
Queensland-based Stralis Aircraft has ceased operations weeks after completing a hydrogen-electric taxi test with a Beechcraft Bonanza A36 at Brisbane International Airport. The Australian startup, which had been developing hydrogen propulsion systems for aircraft and drones, used its retrofitted Bonnie…
Southeast Asia’s budget airlines are heading into the second half of 2026 with recovery hopes under pressure as elevated fuel costs, weaker regional currencies and softer household demand continue to squeeze earnings. AirAsia, Scoot and Cebu Pacific all face a…
Air Cambodia is set to receive its first two COMAC C909 regional jets in November 2026, with eight more aircraft scheduled to arrive through 2029. The Cambodian flag carrier is the buyer of the aircraft, formerly known as the ARJ21-700,…
Capital Airlines plans to resume its Hangzhou-Qingdao-Vancouver service on 2 October, restoring its North America operation after a suspension. The widebody route will use an Airbus A330 and reconnect Hangzhou and Qingdao with Vancouver, reviving one of the few China-Canada…
Manchester Airport halted airfield operations for about 15 minutes late on Friday after a man trespassed onto the site, disrupting arrivals at one of the UK’s busiest airports. Seven inbound flights were diverted and 17 others were held in the…
A YouGov poll commissioned by dpa shows that 63% of Germans are concerned about the explosive-laden drone found at Leipzig/Halle airport, while just 9% are not concerned at all. The survey also found broad doubts about Germany’s readiness to counter…
Bamboo Airways is bringing back scheduled domestic flying in Viet Nam after a temporary pullback in early August, with Hanoi-Da Nang among the first routes to return. Flight schedules and booking data show limited but active services reappearing around 20-24…
Portugal’s government has approved public-interest status for a planned final assembly line for Embraer’s A-29N Super Tucano in Beja, south Portugal, clearing an important regulatory step for the project. The decision relates to Base Aérea Nº 11 and follows a…
GOL has pushed back the first commercial use of its own Airbus A330neo on the Rio de Janeiro–Lisbon route by about one month, moving the change in booking systems from 16 January to 17 February. The airline will keep operating…
Port Polska, Poland’s planned central transport hub, is being presented as a wider aviation-and-rail programme rather than a standalone airport, with opening still targeted for 2032. The project, developed by the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny company, is meant to link a…
Oman Air and SalamAir have each named new chief executives in a same-day leadership change that will put both of Oman’s major carriers under new top management by the end of 2026. Oman Air will appoint Nasser Al Sharji as…
Rostec and United Aircraft Corporation have completed hot-weather testing of the Ilyushin Il-114-300 regional turboprop in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, with ground temperatures reaching 42C. The results will go to Russian aviation authorities as part of work to expand the aircraft’s type…
A short but violent storm hit Forlì Airport in northern Italy on Friday, damaging parked aircraft and airport structures, including two Boeing 737-800s and several light planes. Severe gusts of 100 to 120 km/h tore through the site for about…
AirAsia X will suspend its Sydney-Kuala Lumpur service from 25 October 2026 and redeploy the aircraft to stronger Australian routes, increasing capacity on Melbourne-Kuala Lumpur and Perth-Kuala Lumpur while also lifting Perth-Denpasar frequencies. The move ends a low-cost widebody link…
Airbus has backed away from a stricter office-presence rule for white-collar staff after union protests and strikes, keeping its current hybrid model of about two days a week working from home. The change preserves existing arrangements across the planemaker’s European…
Puglia Sky’s plan to launch a regional airline in southern Italy has stalled after the hoped-for takeover of structures linked to former Greek carrier Lumiwings did not materialise. The Puglia-based project, first presented in February at Confindustria Bari, had been…
ATA Airlines has appointed Captain Hesam Ghorbanali as its new managing director and chief executive, in a leadership change disclosed in a congratulatory letter from Taher Abdolhai, the chairman and managing director of state-owned Iran Air. Ghorbanali previously worked for…
Hotel Hochschober on Turracher Höhe in Carinthia has expanded its alpine wellness offer with a newly opened see-sauna and light-filled WaldVilla beside Turracher See. The property, set directly on the lake at 1,763 metres, combines a heated see-pool, spa facilities…
The World Travel & Tourism Council’s latest Economic Impact Research shows Europe captured about one-third of global leisure travel spending in 2025, with travellers spending US$2 trillion across the region. Global leisure spending reached US$6.15 trillion last year, while leisure…
Stralis Aircraft will shut down after completing its first hydrogen-electric taxi test at Brisbane International Airport in Australia, ending the company’s push to commercialise the technology. The Beechcraft Bonanza A36 demonstrator completed the milestone on 29 July 2026, but the…
World2Fly will add a weekly winter charter between Katowice and Cancún for the 2026/27 season, operating Airbus A330-300 aircraft via Madrid from 4 November to 7 January. The service is set to run once a week and will give southern…
Discover Airlines and Spafax have launched StoryWonder, an AI-powered children’s storytelling platform for families travelling on the Lufthansa Group leisure carrier. The service is integrated into the booking journey and extends across more than 50 destinations, with in-flight story generation…
POLARIS Raumflugzeuge has completed the first flight of its Cobra 600 prototype, a reusable unmanned aircraft developed with Diehl Defence under the AirLAS project. The jet-powered carrier covered about 20 km in the test, which took place over the Baltic…
ATR has identified 209 domestic air routes in Indonesia that could be economically viable with regional turboprop aircraft, pointing to potential demand of about 16 million passengers a year. The analysis highlights opportunities across the archipelago, especially outside Java, as…
Qatar Airways has become the first airline to operate a Starlink-equipped Boeing 787-9, expanding its inflight connectivity rollout to 150 widebody aircraft. The Doha-based carrier also completed Starlink installation across its Boeing 787-8 sub-fleet in seven months and remains on…
Royal Jordanian and Air China signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing on 22 August to expand air transport cooperation between Jordan and China. The deal covers possible codeshare services, interline links, commercial coordination, training, brand promotion, ground handling, cargo…
SyberJet Aircraft has claimed an unofficial east-to-west transcontinental speed record in the US after its SJ30-2 flew from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Diego, California in about 4 hours and 7 minutes. The company put the aircraft’s average speed at 505.3…
Argentina’s Navy will retire its Super Étendard and Super Étendard Modernisé aircraft from active service during 2026, ending long-running efforts to return the French-built strike jets to flight status. The decision, folded into the Navy’s Plan Dédalo restructuring programme, closes…
The U.S. Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Norway for 21 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment, with an estimated value of $2.3 billion. The package would be supplied by Sikorsky in Stratford, Connecticut,…
United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby has outlined a broad long-term strategy covering possible airline consolidation, expansion at New York JFK and wider use of artificial intelligence to improve operations and customer communication. In remarks published by CNBC, Kirby revisited…
United Airlines faces a decision over a stockpile of lie-flat premium seats built for Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft that have yet to arrive, as the jet’s certification delay pushes first deliveries to summer 2027. Chief executive Scott Kirby said…
American Airlines Flight 2398 landed safely at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after a passenger’s laptop caught fire during the landing phase, leaving one person with minor burns. The Airbus A321 was operating from Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth on 21 August…
A historic Douglas DC-8-52 abandoned in Manaus is being prepared for removal and transport to Timaru, New Zealand, where it will be preserved rather than scrapped. The aircraft, registered PP-TPC and once flown as a cargo jet by Brazil’s TCB,…
An American Airlines Airbus A321 operating as Flight 2398 landed safely at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport after a passenger laptop caught fire in the cabin during approach from Atlanta. The aircraft carried 133 people, and emergency crews met it…
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has linked the 23 July runway overrun involving Enugu Air Flight 4264 at Oba Akenzua II Airport in Benin, Nigeria, to multiple operational and infrastructure factors. The Embraer E170 left Runway 05 after landing with…
A 52-year-old passenger was stung by a scorpion at Düsseldorf Airport after the animal had hidden in her jacket during a trip from the Greek island of Kos. Airport rescue services treated her on site before taking her to hospital,…
A laptop fire aboard American Airlines flight AA2398 from Atlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth prompted a cabin emergency on Friday and ended with a safe landing at DFW on an Airbus A321 carrying 133 people. Crew members brought the blaze under…
The U.S. Navy has disclosed the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile, known as Malice, as a new weapon for naval aviation aimed at extending air combat range against advanced threats. The Raytheon-built missile is intended for F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, F-35C…
Oslo Airport Gardermoen will close to regular air traffic for five hours on Sunday morning as Norway’s air traffic controllers’ strike continues, with Avinor warning of major delays and cancellations across the country’s network. The shutdown is set to run…
aeroTELEGRAPH has published a quiz on who carried the most passengers, using 2025 traffic data to frame a comparison of the aviation industry’s heavyweights. The item focuses on passenger-volume leadership rather than an operational development, making it a snapshot of…
EuroAtlantic Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-300, expanding the Portuguese carrier’s long-haul fleet with a second Airbus widebody type. The aircraft, registered CS-TGI, was built in 2011 and is configured for 290 passengers in a three-class layout.…
A civil hearing over compensation linked to the 2015 Germanwings crash opens in Braunschweig on Friday, with 30 relatives seeking additional damages from the Federal Republic of Germany. The case centres on whether aviation medical oversight of the co-pilot was…
Air Canada is increasing holiday-season capacity on its Toronto Pearson–Paris Charles de Gaulle route, lifting service from seven to 10 weekly flights between 18 December 2026 and 10 January 2027. The additional frequencies will operate alongside the daily service and…
Europe’s largest airline groups are burning more sustainable aviation fuel than their US rivals, with IAG reported to be using more SAF than all American carriers combined. The group, which includes British Airways, is covering 3.3% of its total jet-fuel…
Air North will introduce year-round scheduled service between Edmonton and Yellowknife from December 2026, extending the route beyond seasonal operations and creating continuous Whitehorse–Yellowknife connectivity. The change gives the airline a more permanent northern link through Yellowknife, which will serve…
American Airlines Flight 2398, an Airbus A321 travelling from Atlanta to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, landed safely on Friday after a passenger laptop caught fire in the cabin during descent. Flight attendants used a thermal containment bag to isolate…