NEWSMay 20, 2026The World's Densest Superjumbo Just Got a Luxury Makeover and Emirates Has Transformed Its Most Packed A380 ForeverEmirates has quietly closed the chapter on one of commercial aviation's most striking oddities, a 615-seat configuration of the Airbus A380 that put sheer volume above almost everything else, and replaced it with the airline's most premium-heavy superjumbo yet. Read More →
NEWSMay 20, 2026Air France Flight Turned Away From U.S. Airspace and Diverted to Canada Over Suspected Ebola-Linked PassengerAn Air France Boeing 777-200 operating a scheduled service from Paris to Detroit has been denied entry to U.S. airspace and forced to divert to Montreal, in what is emerging as a direct consequence of sweeping new American travel restrictions linked to a deadly Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa.Read More →
NEWSMay 19, 2026Three of Europe's Biggest Airlines Have Extended Their Middle East Suspensions, and the Restart Dates Are Further Away Than Many Passengers HopedThree of Europe's largest airline groups have simultaneously extended their Middle East flight suspensions, with British Airways pushing its restart further into summer, the Lufthansa Group holding off a return to Dubai until mid-September, and Air France emerging as the most optimistic of the three with planned resumptions beginning as early as late May. Read More →
NEWSMay 18, 2026The US Has Lost More Than 40 Aircraft in 40 Days Over Iran and Congress Is Only Now Finding Out How Much It All CostA Congressional Research Service report dated May 13, 2026, has formally documented what aviation and defence analysts had been tracking piecemeal since late February, that the United States military lost or sustained damage to more than 40 aircraft during Operation Epic Fury.Read More →
NEWSMay 18, 2026Four Navy Aircrew Parachuted to Safety After Their Two Jets Locked Together and Fell Out of the Sky at an Idaho Air ShowAll four aircrew aboard two United States Navy EA-18G Growler jets survived a dramatic and extraordinarily rare midair collision at the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho.Read More →
NEWSMay 12, 2026A Southwest 737's Cockpit Windscreen Shattered at Cruising Altitude Over OklahomaA Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 made an emergency diversion to Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Monday, May 12, 2026, after its cockpit windscreen began to crack and then shatter while cruising over the state.Read More →
NEWSMay 08, 2026Emirates Has Painted the UAE Flag Across an Entire A380 and It Has Already Flown to New York and BrisbaneEmirates has unveiled one of the most visually striking special liveries in its 41-year history, a bold, full-fuselage rendering of the UAE national flag across one of its iconic Airbus A380 superjumbos.Read More →
NEWSMay 08, 2026Two Southwest Jets Clipped Each Other at the Gate in Baltimore Where ATC Has No EyesTwo Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft collided during pushback at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.Read More →
ROUTESMay 07, 2026Emirates Delivered Its Most Profitable Year in History While the Iran War Was Shutting Down Its Own AirportEmirates has delivered the most remarkable set of airline financial results in recent memory, posting record pre-tax profits of $6.2 billion for the financial year ending March 31, 2026, even though the final month of that year included the most catastrophic disruption to Gulf aviation since the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More →
NEWSMay 05, 2026Airbus Cannot Meet the US Government's Security Deadline for A220 Cockpit Barriers and JetBlue Is Now Asking for Another YearJetBlue Airways has formally petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration for a 12-month exemption from a federal mandate requiring anti-terror secondary cockpit barriers to be installed on its fleet of Airbus A220 aircraft. Read More →
