Spirit Airlines’ former headquarters campus in Dania Beach, Florida, has been sold for $93.25 million in a bankruptcy-court auction to DPC HoldCo LLC, an affiliate of Boston-based Hill City Capital. The property, located at Dania Pointe, remains subject to court…
NATO fighters shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace early on Friday, with Latvia’s National Armed Forces reporting that the aircraft was destroyed during an air defence mission. The incident prompted an air threat alert in areas near the…
Delta Air Lines will begin Austin’s first nonstop transatlantic service next spring, linking Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with Paris-Charles de Gaulle on an Airbus A330-900neo. The daily summer-seasonal route is scheduled to start on 27 March 2027 and will make Delta…
Catania-Fontanarossa airport remains closed because of the continuing eruption of Mount Etna, with no arrivals or departures scheduled until Saturday at 02:00. SAC, which operates the airport, issued the latest extension overnight as volcanic ash continued to affect one of…
NATO Baltic Air Policing fighters shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace over the Balvi region in the country’s north-east early on Friday, prompting a temporary air threat alert in several eastern municipalities. Latvian authorities later lifted the alert,…
The US National Transportation Safety Board has found bird remains and feathers in the damaged right engine of a Ryanair-operated Boeing 737-8AS that suffered an uncontained engine failure over Thessaloniki, Greece, on 10 July. The preliminary findings show the fan…
Swiss aviation start-up Moov is pursuing Cape Verde as the centre of a proposed central-Atlantic hub, with management meeting Prime Minister Francisco Carvalho and Transport Minister João do Carmo Brito in Praia to discuss a phased plan for TACV –…
Airbus is keeping the A350F on course for first flight in 2026 after completing ground vibration testing in Toulouse, but market expectations for the freighter’s entry into service have moved back to late 2027, with meaningful deliveries now expected mainly…
Starlux Airlines has launched its first European route, beginning three-times-weekly passenger flights between Taipei Taoyuan and Prague Václav Havel on 1 August. The new service marks the Taiwanese carrier’s entry into Europe and is operated initially with the Airbus A350-900,…
FedEx and the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority have renamed Memphis International Airport as Frederick W. Smith International Airport, unveiling a retro-liveried Boeing 777F during a tribute ceremony in Memphis on 11 August 2026. The dedication marked the first FWS Day…
Wizz Air will open a base at Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport in Romania from December 2026, stationing one Airbus A321neo and launching four routes, including a new service to Karlsruhe The move gives the carrier its 10th operational base in Romania…
Cirrus Aircraft’s G3 Vision Jet has received Brazilian type certification from ANAC, clearing the latest-generation single-engine business jet for delivery and operation in Brazil. The approval opens the country’s market to the aircraft and extends Cirrus’s reach across Latin America,…
China’s Civil Aviation Administration, together with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport, has published a new five-year roadmap for the country’s civil aviation sector, setting out priorities through 2030. The plan targets world-class standards in…
Air Arabia posted a net profit of AED 374 million in the first half of 2026, down 51% from a year earlier, as reduced capacity softened traffic and revenue growth. Revenues slipped 1% to AED 3.48 billion, while passenger numbers…
Aer Lingus has accelerated its Starlink rollout, with free high-speed Wi-Fi now available on all transatlantic flights to and from Shannon after the first retrofitted Airbus A330, EI-EIN, entered service in March. The airline says the system can deliver download…
Ethiopian Airlines is working to recover $45 million in revenue trapped in Russia after sanctions blocked standard bank-to-bank transfers, leaving ticket sales proceeds inaccessible. The amount forms part of roughly $90 million in unrepatriated airline funds worldwide, underscoring the pressure…
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport in Sicily will remain closed until 02:00 local time on 14 August after Mount Etna’s latest ash emissions forced another suspension of flights. Airport operator SAC extended the shutdown as volcanic activity continued to affect operations at Italy’s…
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has found bird remains, including feathers, inside the damaged engine of a Ryanair-operated Boeing 737 involved in a 10 July departure incident from Thessaloniki, Greece. Preliminary findings indicate a fan blade broke off, sent…
Bluebox Aviation Systems and SkyFive have formed a partnership to combine inflight connectivity with passenger engagement tools aimed at helping airlines generate ancillary revenue from air-to-ground services. The arrangement links SkyFive’s connectivity platform with Bluebox’s Blueview suite for retail, advertising…
Air Canada will sell a 25% non-controlling stake in its Aeroplan loyalty programme to an investor group led by Blackstone and La Caisse, in a transaction valued at C$2.5 billion. The Montreal-based carrier plans to use most of the proceeds…
David Cummins has been confirmed by the US Senate as administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and was sworn in on Wednesday, giving the agency a permanent leader as the Trump administration weighs changes to airport screening policy and security…
Delta Air Lines Flight 2204 returned to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on 8 August after the crew reported fumes in the flight deck, then evacuated on the taxiway using emergency slides. The Boeing 757-200 had been bound for Orlando and…
A Wizz Air Airbus A320 operating a Basel-to-Tuzla service diverted to Budapest on 10 August after a passenger reportedly lit a cigarette in the cabin, triggering a safety alarm. Police boarded the aircraft in Budapest, removed the passenger for questioning…
LunaJets lifted July 2026 revenue by 15% year on year, posting what it described as its strongest month on record. The Switzerland-based private jet broker linked the improvement to tighter coordination, a stronger technology backend and continued global expansion, including…
Local aviation, business and community groups in Cleveland have mounted a coordinated campaign in support of Burke Lakefront Airport, urging the city to keep the downtown airfield open as officials review its future. Supporters point to the airport’s reported $195…
TUI is considering reducing the number of aircraft based in Belgium as the group faces a heavier aviation tax burden in the country. Chief executive Sebastian Ebel warned that the operating environment in Belgium is negative and that aircraft could…
A Chicago jury has ordered Boeing to pay $29 million to the family of Michael “Mick” Ryan, an Irish-born World Food Programme employee killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash in March 2019. The verdict extends the…
VIA Rail has begun the co-development phase for a new Dorval multimodal hub that will bring together rail, local transit and airport shuttle links near Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. The project is planned for the current exo site in Dorval and…
Gol Linhas Aéreas has named André Fehlauer as its next chief executive, with the leadership change set to take effect in September. Celso Ferrer will step down on 31 August after a period that included a major transformation at the…
Emirates is nearing approval to operate a fifth-freedom service between Milan Malpensa and Lima, with regulatory sign-off in Italy and the UAE still pending. The route would connect the Italian gateway with Peru on a flight linked to Dubai, extending…
Vertical Aerospace has secured about $100 million in financing commitments to advance certification and commercialisation of its Valo eVTOL platform. The London- and New York-listed company plans to use the funds to push toward Critical Design Review, the stage that…
Heart Aerospace has flown its X1 full-scale electric demonstrator for the first time at Plattsburgh International Airport in upstate New York. The 27-minute flight on 12 August featured taxi, takeoff, climb, manoeuvring and landing, making the 23-metre aircraft the largest…
GOL Linhas Aéreas is reshaping its top leadership, naming André Fehlauer as chief executive and expanding Albert Perez’s role to president and chief operating officer. Current CEO Celso Ferrer will leave the Brazilian carrier on 31 August to take charge…
Bloomberg examined why sustainable aviation fuel is advancing faster in Europe than in the United States, finding that European airlines bought more clean jet fuel than all US carriers combined last year. The gap reflects a policy split: binding EU…
Luftwacht has launched a new drone-sighting reporting platform for Germany, designed to collect and structure public reports for authorities and security users. The system captures location, time, size, flight direction and behaviour, and routes reports into a central situational picture…
A U.S. Army AH-64E Apache crashed near Salado in Bell County, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon, killing both crew members aboard. The helicopter, assigned to Fort Hood and operating on a routine training flight, went down in a field south of…
Biman Bangladesh Airlines faced a prolonged disruption after a Boeing 787-9 operating flight BG306 from Toronto to Dhaka diverted to Rome Fiumicino following a technical fault, leaving passengers stranded for about 40 hours before the journey resumed. The aircraft eventually…
Germany’s interior ministers are pressing for faster progress on drone-defence capabilities after the Leipzig/Halle airport incident, as federal authorities prepare to expand anti-drone capacity across the country. The Federal Police unit tasked with countering drones is set to grow to…
A power supply failure at the Barcelona-El Prat control tower temporarily halted takeoffs and landings on Wednesday, disrupting operations at one of Spain’s busiest airports. Aena restored full electrical supply later in the afternoon and movements resumed progressively, but the…
Brussels Airport has started construction on a new aircraft engine testing facility designed to reduce noise from post-maintenance run-up checks while keeping essential safety procedures in place. The more than €15 million project will feature a U-shaped ground run-up enclosure…
Hyde County EMS in rural eastern North Carolina has put a Pivotal BlackFly ultralight eVTOL into live 911 response, sending a flight-trained paramedic directly to emergencies and reaching at least one patient about 20 minutes before a ground ambulance. The…
Multiple drone sightings briefly disrupted flight operations at Cologne/Bonn Airport on Wednesday, forcing the temporary suspension of landings and the diversion of two Ryanair flights. Air traffic control restricted parts of the airspace around the airport shortly after midday, while…
Lufthansa City Airlines is still expanding its fleet despite the arbitration deal between Lufthansa and the Vereinigung Cockpit pilot union, with further aircraft due to arrive in the coming weeks. The German short-haul subsidiary can continue taking new factory-delivered aircraft…
Iberia operated a special eclipse observation flight on 12 August with an Airbus A321XLR, flying as IB1473 from Madrid-Barajas to position the aircraft over northern Spain for views of the total solar eclipse. The mission departed at 18:45 local time…
Boeing has appointed Celso Ferrer as president of Boeing Latin America and the Caribbean, effective 4 September 2026. Ferrer will oversee the company’s operations, strategy and regional presence across Latin America and the Caribbean, as Boeing looks to expand its…
EasyJet cabin crew in France have called a two-day strike for 15 and 16 August, raising the risk of disruption at the height of the summer travel season. The action covers the airline’s six French bases at Paris Orly, Paris…
Heart Aerospace has flown its piloted X1 all-electric demonstrator for the first time, completing a 27-minute sortie from Plattsburgh International Airport in upstate New York on 12 August. The full-scale aircraft, built to validate technologies for the company’s ES-30 regional…
ST Engineering reported a 27.1% rise in first-half net profit to S$512.1 million on revenue of S$6.57 billion, as stronger demand across its aerospace, defence and urban solutions businesses lifted performance in the six months to 30 June. The Singapore…
Air Canada has agreed to sell a 25% minority stake in its Aeroplan loyalty programme to a group led by Blackstone and La Caisse, with PSP Investments and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation also joining the transaction. The C$2.5 billion…
Lufthansa and pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit have agreed to enter a formal mediation and conciliation process aimed at easing the carrier’s ongoing labour dispute. The move covers Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa CityLine and Eurowings, and comes after a series of…