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…
Russian attacks have damaged about 4,000 of Kyiv’s roughly 12,000 buildings, or nearly one in three, as the capital absorbs the cumulative impact of strikes since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022. Mayor Vitali Klitschko put the cost of…
MACH OE has taken delivery of two Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft and placed them on long-term lease with United Airlines, launching the first assets in its planned seed portfolio. The aircraft were delivered on 29 and 30 July 2026…
Barnes Aerospace has completed the acquisition of Jet AirWerks, adding the Arkansas City, Kansas-based aeroengine component specialist to its repair and overhaul portfolio. The deal expands Barnes Aerospace’s commercial aftermarket reach across the aeroengine lifecycle, with Jet AirWerks’ work centred…
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina is set to receive F-15EX Eagle II fighters under the Air Force’s proposed fiscal 2027 budget, with the new jets replacing older F-15E Strike Eagles over time. Secretary of the Air Force…
Vereinigung Cockpit has chosen Bodo Ramelow, the former Thuringian minister-president and current Bundestag vice president, as conciliator in its labour dispute with Lufthansa. The move covers agreed procedures for the group’s core Lufthansa brand, Lufthansa Cargo, CityLine and Eurowings, as…
A chartered Cessna 441 crashed in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all eight people on board. The aircraft had departed Anchorage for the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site area and came down west of Cape Newenham Airport around 12:15…
United Airlines has postponed the planned resumption of its Houston–Caracas service again, with the first bookable flight now showing on 12 January 2027. The nonstop route between Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Caracas Simón Bolívar International Airport remains scheduled…
Pakistan has extended its ban on Indian aircraft using its airspace until 24 September 2026, keeping the restriction in place for another month under a fresh notice issued by the Pakistan Airports Authority. The measure covers Indian-registered civil and military…
Fly2Galicia will launch charter services from Santiago de Compostela with flights operated by Romanian carrier FlyYo under a wet-lease arrangement. Ticket sales are already open for the new network, which is due to start on 1 December and will link…
easyJet will end all flights from Leeds Bradford Airport after 5 January 2027, closing out a long-running presence at the Yorkshire airport and removing the carrier from five routes. The network change affects services to Barcelona, Belfast, Malaga, Majorca and…
Discover Airlines is temporarily routing some flights from Windhoek to Frankfurt and Munich via Luanda after a jet-fuel shortage at Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia disrupted normal refuelling. The Lufthansa Group leisure carrier is keeping the Namibia-Europe service running,…
Airbus has rolled out the first A350F test aircraft, MSN700, at its Toulouse final assembly site in a parcel-style livery designed to resemble a delivery box. The widebody freighter is the latest milestone for the A350F programme, which is based…
IndiGo’s website briefly disrupted flight searches and fresh bookings on Friday, displaying a “No Data Available” message for some users, in the airline’s second booking-related outage in a week. The problem affected online access to India’s largest carrier’s reservation system,…
Alexander Schott has been formally introduced as president of Germany’s Luftfahrt-Bundesamt in Braunschweig, with Federal Transport Minister Steffen Bilger calling for the agency to become more modern, digital and efficient. The change at the top of the country’s civil aviation…
A McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operated by Venezolana de Aviación was badly damaged during ground movement at Base Aérea El Libertador in Maracay, Venezuela, after its left wing struck a fixed obstacle near the runway threshold. The aircraft, registration YV-3499, was…
A twin-engine Cessna 441 operated by Anchorage-based Security Aviation crashed near Cape Newenham in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all eight people on board. The charter flight had departed from Anchorage and was bound for the remote radar site and…
Delta Air Lines and Aeroméxico have won a U.S. appeals court ruling that vacates a Department of Transportation order seeking to end their joint venture and strip antitrust immunity. The decision keeps the long-running U.S.-Mexico partnership in place for now,…
Direct Fly has delivered ten Alto NG training aircraft to Ukraine, adding a European-built platform to the country’s wartime pilot pipeline. Five of the two-seat, single-engine aircraft were financed by the Czech government and five by the citizen fundraising initiative…
Ufo, the German cabin crew union, has criticised Lufthansa City Airlines and Verdi over the slow implementation of a tariff settlement covering pay and working conditions. The dispute centres on outstanding pay components dating back to April, a still unsigned…
Alaska Airlines will launch seasonal nonstop service from Seattle to Athens and Paris in spring 2027, expanding its long-haul network with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The Athens route begins on 12 May and will operate three times a week through October,…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction has ordered a comprehensive aviation-safety review after Vietnam Airlines flight VN34 returned to Munich International Airport following takeoff on 15 August. Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Gia Túc directed authorities to examine flight operations, maintenance, technical inspection…
Weles Aerospace Support is preparing a long-grounded Lockheed L-1011 TriStar for a possible return to flight, with a plan to ferry the former TZ-MHI to another African airport before the end of 2026 for further work. The 45-year-old widebody has…
AirAsia X will suspend its Sydney-Kuala Lumpur service as the long-haul low-cost carrier reshapes its Australia network in response to higher costs, softer demand and fleet changes. The move affects the Airbus A330-operated route and comes as the AirAsia group…
TAP Air Portugal will raise capacity on its Lisbon–Berlin route in early October with seven extra roundtrips, including four operated by the Airbus A330-900neo. The temporary uplift is scheduled for 3, 4, 8 and 9 October, adding a widebody aircraft…
Sydney air traffic controllers have raised grave safety concerns with Australia’s air safety regulator after new airspace rules took effect in July 2026, warning that staffing shortages, limited training and a complex redesign linked to Western Sydney International are leaving…
Starlux Airlines is planning to open a base in Kaohsiung in the first quarter of 2027, extending its operational footprint beyond Taipei Taoyuan and Taichung. The southern Taiwan move would give the carrier a stronger presence in Kaohsiung, with the…
Fly Baghdad has been removed from the US Treasury’s OFAC SDN sanctions list, clearing the Iraqi carrier to resume normal commercial dealings and begin rebuilding services after a two-year restriction. The delisting covers the airline’s corporate entity and two previously…
Mozambique’s Central Anti-Corruption Office has archived a corruption probe into LAM’s purchase of a Bombardier Q400 and two Embraer 190 aircraft after concluding there was insufficient evidence for criminal charges. The case, which centred on aircraft bought during the state…