A Cessna 150 collided with a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407 helicopter near Carlisle Regional Airport in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, killing the pilot of the light aircraft and injuring two troopers on board the helicopter. The crash happened during a…
Birdie Jet, the Malaysian charter and business-aviation operator based at Subang Airport in Kuala Lumpur, has received its air operator certificate from Guernsey’s 2-REG registry for a Learjet 55 registered as 2-BRDJ. The approval, granted after checks and a proving…
EUROCONTROL’s latest summer traffic briefing shows European airspace continuing to run at record levels, with 37,659 flights on 24 July 2026, the fourth daily traffic peak of the season. July demand finished 2% to 3% above a year earlier and,…
A Swedish-registered seaplane overturned in the water off the Danish island of Læsø on Friday evening after a takeoff attempt near Storedal Beach, leaving a Swedish pilot and a Norwegian passenger to swim ashore without injury. North Jutland emergency crews…
Oslo Airport will suspend air traffic for five hours on Sunday morning as a strike by Norwegian air traffic controllers disrupts operations at Norway’s busiest hub. Avinor has set the closure window from 06:30 to 11:30 local time, with major…
Boeing’s unionised engineers and technical workers have rejected the company’s four-year contract offer and authorised their negotiators to call a strike when the current agreement expires on 6 October. The vote covers about 17,000 SPEEA members at Boeing facilities in…
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $364 million Foreign Military Sale to Italy for 5,031 WGU-59B/B guidance sections for the air-to-air version of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS-II). BAE Systems is the principal contractor for…
Hong Kong International Airport handled 5.62 million passengers in July 2026, up 8.4% from a year earlier, while cargo throughput fell 1.9% to 422,000 tonnes. Passenger growth was driven by stronger transfer and transit traffic, even as freight remained under…
Airbus has started building a 6,221 sq m extension at its Belfast wing facility to support higher A220 output, with the programme aimed at reaching 13 aircraft a month by 2028. The project in Belfast will expand the site’s wing-manufacturing…
A Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen C has launched a Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile for the first time during a test at the Vidsel Test Range in Norrbotten. The live firing, carried out on Thursday, gives Sweden a…
Air Algérie will expand its long-haul network from Algiers with new services to Shanghai and New Delhi in late October, using Airbus A330-900neo aircraft. The Shanghai route is scheduled to begin on 26 October, while New Delhi is due to…
Pratt & Whitney Canada has seen the European Commission close an antitrust investigation over alleged restrictions in the spare-parts aftermarket after the RTX subsidiary amended contractual clauses tied to suppliers in the European Economic Area. The decision removes a regulatory…
The US Department of Homeland Security is considering an immediate start to in-house Boeing 737-700 flights, signalling a possible shift away from relying solely on outside charter capacity for its immigration-removal operation. The move centres on a government-owned fleet in…
A US appeals court has vacated a Transportation Department order that would have ended Delta Air Lines and Grupo Aeroméxico’s transborder joint venture, allowing the carriers to keep coordinating services on Mexico-United States routes. The ruling leaves their antitrust immunity…
Air Canada, United, Korean Air, Delta Air Lines and Qantas are moving into a fresh wave of long-haul route launches designed to test demand in thin or less-proven markets. The services include new or planned links between San Francisco and…
A Beechcraft King Air 350 struck a deer during the landing roll at Bella Bella Airport in Canada, leaving all seven occupants unharmed. The wildlife strike affected the turboprop as it was completing its arrival, underscoring the operational risk that…
Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees died when a USACE-chartered Cessna 441 crashed in western Alaska near Cape Newenham, the remote radar-site location where the aircraft was travelling. The Alaska District confirmed the fatalities and the crash of the…
Google and the UK government have launched Operation Blue Skies, a 30-month trial using artificial intelligence to predict and help avoid climate-warming contrails across Shanwick airspace, the eastern half of the North Atlantic corridor. The programme will test whether small…
A chartered Cessna 441 crashed west of Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport in southwest Alaska on Thursday, killing all eight people on board. The twin turboprop, operated by Anchorage-based Security Aviation, had departed Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport…
Lufthansa has started Starlink-powered Wi-Fi on its first A320neo, while American Airlines is overhauling its narrowbody fleet with more premium seating, 4K seatback screens, Bluetooth audio, USB-C charging and Starlink from 2027. The parallel moves underline how single-aisle cabins are…
Klatt Works has added Gulfstream Aerospace as an approved SAVED supplier, widening access to its oxygen-mask head-up display system for business aviation operators. The arrangement links the cockpit safety product more closely with Gulfstream aircraft support and provisioning, with the…
United Airlines flight UA957 turned back to Geneva on 20 August after the crew declared an emergency shortly after departure for Newark. The Boeing 767-300ER landed safely back at Geneva Airport and later taxied to a stand, with one report…
Fraport has put two fully electric aircraft tow tractors from Goldhofer into service at Frankfurt Airport, with a third vehicle already on order. The E-Phoenix units are used to move large passenger aircraft on the apron, including for pushback and…
Lufthansa and Munich Airport have expanded their stopover programme to passengers travelling from China, India, Japan, South Korea and Thailand, widening access to a Munich layover offer that can now be booked immediately. The joint product lets eligible travellers extend…
Lufthansa City Airlines is working through a labour dispute after delays in applying agreed pay increases and tariff measures for cockpit and cabin crew. Verdi has accused the Lufthansa unit of falling into payment arrears, while the company maintains that…
Boeing’s largest white-collar union, SPEEA, was due to release results on Friday from voting on a contract offer covering engineers and technicians in Seattle. The ballot closed the same day, after a tentative agreement reached in late July and endorsed…
Chicago will break ground later this year on the first phase of The New Concourse E at O’Hare International Airport, moving the airport’s ORDNext modernisation programme into its next major stage. The project will add 14 gates in the opening…
Nav Canada will increase customer service charges for air navigation services from 1 September, lifting the average net rate by 1.92% across its Canadian network. The change includes an average Base Rate rise of 2.04% and an average Temporary Rate…
Thai Airways flight TG921 from Frankfurt to Bangkok turned back to Frankfurt on Friday after a technical problem shortly after departure. The Boeing departed at 14:49 and was expected to land back at Frankfurt shortly after 16:00, with the crew…
Brazil’s civil aviation regulator ANAC is preparing to revise Resolution 400, the passenger-rights rulebook covering delays and cancellations, with publication expected by the end of August or in September. The move is aimed at reducing the large volume of lawsuits…
AIN has published a commentary by Sheryl Barden, CEO of Aviation Personnel International, arguing that aviation teams should approach recruiting as an ongoing discipline rather than a task triggered only when a vacancy opens. The business-aviation insight piece focuses on…
Springer Reisen has begun direct Friday charter flights from Klagenfurt to Skiathos, with Avanti Air operating the service on a seasonal basis through late September. The route is part of the Kärnten tour operator’s summer Greece programme and is currently…
flyExclusive posted record second-quarter revenue of $111.1 million and a third consecutive quarter of positive Adjusted EBITDA, as the private aviation operator continued to improve profitability during the three months to the end of June. Revenue rose 22% year on…
The US Federal Aviation Administration has set new 25-hour cockpit voice recorder requirements for newly manufactured aircraft, including business aviation models covered by Parts 91, 125 and 135, with the first compliance deadline taking effect on 2 February 2027. The…
NAV CANADA will raise customer service charges on 1 September to help recover pandemic-era financial losses and rebuild its Rate Stabilization Account. The revised pricing combines a higher base rate with a lower temporary rate, resulting in an average net…
German Airways will continue operating wet-lease flights for Condor in the 2026/27 winter schedule, with Embraer E190 aircraft assigned to four main European routes. Zurich is being added for the winter season, while Venice drops out of the pattern. The…
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has flown an armed MQ-9A Reaper for the first time at Leeuwarden, using training ammunition as the Dutch fleet moves from intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions toward a precision strike role. The aircraft belongs to…
German Transport Minister Steffen Bilger has ordered the rapid deployment of interim Deutsche Flugsicherung drone-detection technology at airports across Germany, targeting the approach and departure zones most exposed to disruption. He made the remarks during a visit to the DFS…
easyJet will end all flights from Leeds Bradford Airport on 5 January 2027, closing a presence that has lasted more than 16 years. The withdrawal covers services to Barcelona, Belfast, Geneva, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca and Paris Charles de Gaulle,…
Lufthansa and Eurowings have appointed Roland Koch and Günther Heckelmann as arbitrators in their dispute with pilots, with Koch handling Lufthansa Classic and Lufthansa Cargo and Heckelmann covering Eurowings and Lufthansa Cityline. The move follows an agreement with the Vereinigung…
Paul Stoddart’s European Aviation is close to reacquiring Bournemouth-based European Cargo out of administration, in a move that could return the converted Airbus A340-600 freighter operator to the UK cargo market. The prospective deal, which could cover about 16 aircraft,…
A Busan court has sentenced former pilot Kim Dong-hwan to life imprisonment for murdering a former airline colleague and planning attacks on five additional people. The Busan District Court also ordered 30 years of electronic monitoring after finding that the…
The National Transportation Safety Board has released new docket material on the Learjet 55 medevac crash in Northeast Philadelphia, focusing on the aircraft’s pitch trim setting and other evidence gathered in the investigation. The added material includes video, photographs and…
Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld Vnukovo Customs’ position in a dispute with iFly Airlines over an Airbus A330 that returned from overseas maintenance with a higher seat count than before. The ruling leaves in place customs’ assessment that the cabin…
Kenya Airways plans to have its full fleet back in service by January 2027 as it works through aircraft groundings linked to global engine and spare-parts shortages. Acting chief executive George Kamal outlined the timetable at a Nairobi briefing, alongside…
Incheon International Airport Corp. has installed a transparent safety fence at the entrance to Counter E in Terminal 1 after repeated queue-jumping incidents at the departure hall drew viral attention. The move also includes high-visibility stickers or film on the…
StandardAero has expanded airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul work at its Van Nuys, California facility to support select Bombardier Global aircraft, including the Global Express, Global Express XRS, Global 5000, Global 6000 and Global 7500. The site now offers inspection,…
Avora Aviation has completed a sale-and-leaseback transaction with FTAI Aviation involving one Airbus A320, MSN 5931, in a deal linked to Fly2Sky Airlines’ fleet renewal and restructuring programme for 2026. The aircraft is expected to operate for Fly2Sky and enter…
A US appeals court has vacated a Department of Transportation order that sought to end the Aeroméxico-Delta Air Lines joint venture, keeping antitrust immunity in place for the transborder partnership. The ruling from the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta preserves the…
The European Commission has closed its antitrust investigation into RTX subsidiary Pratt & Whitney Canada after the company changed contractual clauses affecting spare-parts suppliers. The case focused on alleged practices that may have restricted access to critical inputs and services…