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 20, 2026A Sinkhole Has Swallowed Part of a LaGuardia Runway Just Days Before Memorial Day, and Hundreds of Flights Are Already CancelledA sinkhole discovered during a routine airfield inspection at New York's LaGuardia Airport has forced the closure of one of the airport's only two runways, triggering a cascade of cancellations and delays on one of the worst possible days for travel disruption.Read More →
STORIESMay 20, 2026The Support System Aviation Training Has Always Been MissingAero Pathways pairs aviation students with working industry mentors to prevent dropouts, improve graduation rates, and fill the support gap that flight schools and aviation programs can't structurally solve on their own.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 19, 2026United Airlines Flew Passengers Across the Pacific for 13 Hours With No Screens, No Wi-Fi and No Way to Charge Their DevicesA routine transpacific journey turned into an uncomfortable test of endurance for passengers aboard United Airlines flight UA-804 after a technical fault rendered the entire cabin entertainment infrastructure inoperable for the full duration of the flight.
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ROUTESMay 18, 2026American Airlines Will Not Return to Tel Aviv Until 2027American Airlines has formally extended the suspension of its New York JFK to Tel Aviv service through January 2027, the airline confirmed on Sunday, May 17, pushing back a return that has now been delayed, cancelled, rescheduled, and cancelled again across a span of more than two and a half years. Read More →
ROUTESMay 12, 2026United Airlines Is Flying to Venezuela Again This August After Nine Years Away United Airlines announced on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, that it will resume nonstop daily service between its Houston hub and Venezuela's capital, Caracas, ending a nine-year absence from a market the carrier once served continuously for nearly two decades. Read More →
NEWSMay 12, 2026United's 30,000 Flight Attendants Have Just Voted Themselves into the Highest-Paid Cabin Crew in AmericaUnited Airlines flight attendants voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year contract on May 12, 2026, ending nearly six years without a pay raise and making United the last of the major US carriers to reach a post-pandemic labour settlement with its cabin crew. 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, 2026Saudi Arabia's New Airline Just Applied to Fly to AmericaRiyadh Air, Saudi Arabia's second flag carrier and one of the most closely watched aviation startups in recent memory, filed a formal application with the United States Department of Transportation on May 5, 2026, seeking a foreign air carrier permit and exemption authority to operate scheduled and charter services between the Kingdom and the United States. Read More →
