Turkish Airlines cancelled flight TK1940 from Brussels to Istanbul on Thursday after Belgian aviation police found the co-pilot intoxicated at Brussels Airport. The Airbus A321neo, registered TC-LTN, had already boarded more than 100 passengers when the departure, scheduled for 11:10…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has unveiled Phase 2 of the FAA’s BEYOND programme, doubling its size by adding up to eight state, local, tribal and territorial participants. The expansion is designed to accelerate advanced drone operations and support…
The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to fire two air-traffic controllers at New York’s LaGuardia Airport after determining they left their shifts early before the fatal collision involving Air Canada Express Flight 8646 and a fire truck on 22 March…
American Airlines will broaden its complimentary Main Cabin snack selection on select flights in early October, adding more sweet and savoury choices for economy passengers. The refresh includes Biscoff cookies on morning services and, later in the day, Goldfish crackers,…
Frontier Airlines is trimming 21 routes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, cutting back a network that had expanded rapidly over the past year. The move reduces the low-cost carrier’s Atlanta footprint, but the available information does not identify the full…
Electra has signed a memorandum of understanding with the City of Helsinki and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences to study hybrid-electric ultra-short routes across the Gulf of Finland, with Helsinki-Tallinn at the centre of the work. The feasibility study will…
Washington air traffic controllers and Marine One pilots met about radio communication problems a week before the 4 August close call at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary findings. The incident involved Marine…
The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to fire two air traffic controllers at New York’s LaGuardia Airport after finding they allegedly left work early before the March collision between an Air Canada regional jet and a fire truck that killed…
Corporate Angel Network has appointed Jack J. Pelton, chairman and chief executive of the Experimental Aircraft Association, to its board of directors. The move brings a senior general aviation figure into the governance of the U.S. nonprofit that arranges free…
Wisk Aero has broken ground on a new 100-by-100-foot vertiport at Hollister Municipal Airport in California, extending its flight-test base with infrastructure designed to support both piloted and autonomous vertical take-off and landing operations. The site will be used to…
American Airlines flight attendants are warning that a tougher disciplinary climate is making it harder to deliver good passenger service across the carrier’s network, including at its Dallas-Fort Worth hub. A union-commissioned survey found 81% of respondents did not feel…
Wisk Aero has broken ground on a new vertiport at Hollister Municipal Airport in California, creating one of the first public airport vertiports in the United States designed for both piloted and autonomous operations. The 100-foot by 100-foot site sits…
Qatar Airways has partnered with Uber for Business to extend its Beyond Business corporate travel programme into ground transport, allowing members to redeem Qrewards for Uber ride vouchers credited to their Uber wallet. The arrangement, described as the first of…
Corporate aviation leaders at the Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit examined why retaining flight department staff depends on more than pay, with AIN highlighting a roundtable discussion on the pressures facing business aviation employers. The session centred on how flight departments…
Discover Airlines will enter the UK market in summer 2027 with new services from Frankfurt to Bristol, Glasgow and Inverness, alongside a Munich-Glasgow route, all operated with Airbus A320 aircraft. The Lufthansa Group leisure carrier will launch Glasgow first on…
Venezuela’s Instituto Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía will resume commercial passenger flights at Simón Bolívar International Airport on 1 September, with operations starting through temporary terminals while reconstruction continues after the June earthquakes. The reopening will restore domestic and international services…
Qantas has opened a new Emergency Procedures Training Centre at its Mascot campus in Sydney as part of a A$100 million investment in training infrastructure. The facility is designed for pilots and cabin crew across Qantas, Jetstar and QantasLink, with…
Turkish Airlines cancelled a morning departure from Brussels Airport on Thursday after the co-pilot of a flight bound for Istanbul tested positive for alcohol. The aircraft was due to carry more than 100 passengers, but police intervened before departure and…
American Airlines will add Philadelphia-Vienna to its summer 2027 transatlantic schedule, using the Airbus A321XLR on the new route. The seasonal service is due to begin on 6 May 2027 and run into early January 2028, giving the carrier a…
Transavia has turned Brussels Airport into a full-fledged home base, opening a local crew centre and stationing a fourth aircraft as it deepens its operation in Belgium. The Dutch carrier now uses Belgian-based cabin and cockpit staff at Brussels, where…
Apollo and KKR have entered a strategic partnership around Atlantic Aviation, valuing the private aviation infrastructure platform at nearly $10 billion. Apollo-managed funds have bought a significant stake in the fixed-base operator network, while KKR-managed funds remain substantial shareholders in…
Panasonic Avionics’ Astrova 4K OLED in-flight entertainment screens have achieved Eyesafe Display Requirements 3.0 certification, making the system the first IFE platform to receive the voluntary blue-light management and display-performance mark. The announcement, made in Irvine, California, covers Astrova screens…
Dassault Systèmes is drawing attention to the role of 3D data in aerospace manufacturing, with the latest coverage underlining how limited use of digital information can slow production processes across the sector. The discussion centres on ways to improve productivity…
Vista Global Holding is weighing a European initial public offering that could raise more than $1 billion, with a potential valuation above $10 billion and a possible debut next year. The UAE-based private aviation group behind the VistaJet and XO…
UK airports handled a record 81,158,297 passengers in the second quarter of 2026, edging past the previous high of 81,035,648 in the same period a year earlier. The total came even as traffic fell at Heathrow and Gatwick and Gulf-linked…
BH Air will launch summer 2027 holiday flights linking Düsseldorf, Hanover and Leipzig/Halle with Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts of Burgas and Varna. The programme runs from 9 May to 3 October 2027, with each of the three German airports connected…
TUI fly Netherlands will replace its six Boeing 737-8s with seven larger 737-10s from 2027, increasing seat capacity on leisure services from Amsterdam Schiphol without adding airport slots. The first 737-10 is expected in the first quarter of 2027, with…
ZeroAvia has appointed Christine Ourmières-Widener as chief executive officer with immediate effect, putting the former TAP Air Portugal, Flybe and CityJet leader in charge as the hydrogen-electric propulsion developer advances towards certification and commercialisation. She will continue as chair of…
Britten-Norman has begun ground testing the first BN2B-26 Islander completed on its reshored UK production line at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight for the Falkland Islands Government Air Service. The aircraft rolled out on 30 July and is scheduled…
ZeroAvia has appointed Christine Ourmières-Widener as chief executive with immediate effect, putting the former Flybe, TAP Air Portugal and CityJet leader in charge of the hydrogen-electric propulsion developer as it advances certification and commercialisation of its technology. She had already…
Sweden is preparing to start phasing out its first nine NH90 tactical transport helicopters from 2027, as part of a wider restructuring of its military helicopter fleet. The aircraft, known in Sweden as HKP 14E, are expected to leave service…
United Airlines will launch a daily nonstop service between Luxembourg and Newark on 2 April 2027, opening bookings for a route that would connect Luxembourg-Findel with Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The transatlantic link is planned with an…
Qantas will begin retiring its 10 Airbus A380s from mid-2028, bringing forward the phase-out by about four years from its previous assumption of around 2032. The change comes as the airline accelerates its long-haul fleet renewal, with the superjumbos to…
American Airlines will add seven international routes for summer 2027, including new service from Philadelphia to Porto, Vienna and Reykjavik, as well as New York JFK links to Amsterdam and Nice, a Charlotte–Barcelona route, Chicago–Tokyo Narita service and a fourth…
United Airlines will add 10 new international cities and three additional routes for 2027 in the carrier’s largest overseas network expansion to date, with service starting as early as March and rolling out through June. The programme, unveiled at Newark…
Moldova’s Defence Ministry recorded five unauthorised drone flights over national airspace in the early hours of Thursday, shortly before a military parade in Chișinău marking 35 years of independence. The incursions were detected in the southeastern Ştefan Vodă district, including…
Discover Airlines will launch three UK routes for summer 2027, adding Frankfurt services to Glasgow, Bristol and Inverness as part of its short-haul expansion with Airbus A320 aircraft. Glasgow will also gain a second connection from Munich, giving the Lufthansa…
Dassault Aviation is developing a new Rafale F5 standard for the French armed forces, with chief executive Éric Trappier describing it as a “super Rafale” and targeting readiness between 2033 and 2035. The upgraded fighter is expected to stay in…
Scoot will expand selected Asia-Pacific frequencies for the Northern Winter 2026/2027 season as it prepares for expected year-end holiday demand. The Singapore Airlines low-cost unit will also launch a new three-times-weekly service to Guiyang in China on 26 October 2026,…
UK airports handled a record 81.16 million passengers in the second quarter of 2026, as the Civil Aviation Authority’s latest data showed traffic edging above the previous high set a year earlier. The total was only about 120,000 higher than…
Several people were injured on the apron at Antalya Airport in Turkey after a passenger transfer bus collided with another ground-service vehicle. The incident involved airside traffic near the terminal, with reports linking the bus to passengers arriving on a…
Italy’s defence minister has denied that a reported €3 billion air-defence package for Ukraine has been formally approved, despite media coverage suggesting a near-finalised 13th military aid tranche centred on SAMP/T NG systems, Aster 30 missiles and radars. The update…
Taiwan has begun flight-testing the MS-110 multispectral reconnaissance pod on its F-16V fleet, with the pod publicly seen mounted on an aircraft at Chiashan Air Force Base in Hualien. The system, built by RTX’s Raytheon, is due to broaden the…
Spain’s government has approved a seven-year framework agreement with Poland for the joint purchase of at least seven Airbus A330 MRTT tanker-transport aircraft, in a deal valued at about €5.4 billion and including logistical support to bring the fleet into…
American Airlines Flight 3280, a Boeing 737-800 bound for Charlotte, blew two tyres while taxiing for departure at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. Passengers deplaned via stairs and were bused back to the terminal, while the Federal Aviation…
GOL will take over Avianca’s commercial representation in Brazil, with GOL’s sales team handling Avianca’s offers, connections and products in the Brazilian B2B market. The move extends the cross-brand coordination inside Abra Group and gives Avianca a dedicated distribution channel…
United Airlines is adding 10 new international cities for 2027 and introducing its Airbus A321XLR as part of the carrier’s largest overseas network expansion to date. The “Born to Explore” A321XLR will carry 20 Polaris suites and will begin international…
Qantas Group has opened a new Emergency Procedures Training Centre at its Mascot campus near Sydney Airport, expanding cabin crew and pilot training capacity with Australia’s first Airbus A350 simulator. The A$65 million facility is part of a broader A$100…
Iran Air is preparing to bring two more Airbus A300-600 aircraft back into active service as it moves ahead with plans to restore East Asia routes after more than a decade. The carrier is also weighing a wider network rebuild…
Dubai Airports is pressing ahead with a broad investment programme at Dubai International Airport to upgrade passenger facilities and operational systems as traffic gradually rebuilds. The work covers refreshed guest areas, a new consolidated remote departures experience, expanded self-service options,…