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NEWS Jul 15, 2026 FAA Urges Airlines to Preserve Cockpit Voice Recorder Data After Incidents The FAA issued new guidance asking aircraft operators to save cockpit voice recorder data after incidents and accidents to aid safety investigations. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Jul 07, 2026 Frontier Airlines Offloads 11 Future Airbus A321neo Jets to Avolon in Fleet Restructuring Move Frontier Airlines has agreed to sell 11 future Airbus A321neo aircraft to Irish lessor Avolon, adjusting its fleet plan amid shifting demand conditions. Read More →
NEWS Jul 02, 2026 Gulfstream G800 Breaks Records with Farthest, Fastest Flight in Business Aviation History Gulfstream's new G800 jet claims the company's 800th city-pair speed record, flying farther and faster than any business aircraft before it. Read More →
NEWS Jun 18, 2026 Severe Thunderstorms Delay Hundreds of Flights at Chicago O'Hare A weather-related ground stop at Chicago O'Hare International Airport disrupted travel for thousands, causing roughly 700 flight delays and dozens of cancellations. Read More →
NEWS Jun 11, 2026 WestJet Targets Early 2027 for Boeing 737 MAX 10 Entry Into Service WestJet CEO confirms the Canadian carrier plans to introduce the Boeing 737 MAX 10 in the first quarter of 2027, pending certification. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Jun 08, 2026 Bombardier Global 8000 Breaks Montreal to Nice Speed Record, Debuts Elie Saab Cabin Design Bombardier's Global 8000 set a transatlantic speed record from Montreal to Nice and revealed a bespoke cabin designed with Elie Saab. Read More →
ROUTES May 29, 2026 Argentina Scales Back Special World Cup Flights as Fuel Costs Climb and Demand Falls Short Argentine carriers reduce special charter flights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, citing high jet fuel prices and weaker than expected ticket demand. Read More →
ROUTES May 26, 2026 Porter Airlines Has Just Entered Texas for the First Time with New Nonstop Flights from Toronto Porter Airlines has made its Texas debut, inaugurating nonstop year-round service between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and Toronto Pearson International Airport on May 21, 2026, a launch that marks the Canadian carrier's first-ever scheduled service to the Lone Star State and adds another direct Canada–US link at a time when cross-border travel demand is demonstrably outpacing available nonstop capacity. Read More →
ROUTES May 07, 2026 Emirates Delivered Its Most Profitable Year in History While the Iran War Was Shutting Down Its Own Airport Emirates 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 →
NEWS Apr 22, 2026 The US Is Building an AI Brain for Its Skies, and the Man in Charge Says Controllers Have Nothing to Fear The United States federal government has placed artificial intelligence at the heart of its most ambitious aviation modernisation programme in a generation, and the official leading that effort has used his most unambiguous language yet to silence fears that AI will one day make air traffic controllers obsolete. Read More →