NEWSMay 04, 2026Emirates Has Rebuilt Nearly Its Entire Global Network After the Most Severe Aviation Disruption in Gulf HistoryEmirates has announced one of the most significant operational milestones in its 41-year history, the near-complete restoration of its global route network following a period of disruption triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.Read More →
NEWSMay 04, 2026A United Airlines 767 Flying From Venice Hit a Bakery Truck and a Light Pole on the New Jersey Turnpike Before Landing at NewarkOne of the most extraordinary and alarming aviation incidents in recent American history unfolded when a United Airlines Boeing 767-400ER on final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport flew so low over the New Jersey Turnpike that its landing gear and underside made physical contact with a highway light pole and the cab of a bakery delivery truck travelling below.Read More →
INFORMATIONALMay 03, 2026This Week in Aviation: The 10 Stories That Mattered MostFrom major airline developments to aircraft updates and industry shifts, this weekly recap highlights the ten most-read aviation stories from the week of April 26.Read More →
NEWSMay 02, 2026Spirit Airlines Ceases Operations, Becoming First Major U.S. Airline Casualty in Two DecadesSpirit Airlines, one of the United States' pioneering ultra-low-cost carriers, ceased all operations on May 2, 2026, after a $500 million federal bailout effort collapsed. The shutdown, the first of a major U.S. carrier in roughly two decades, leaves 17,000 employees out of work and strands hundreds of thousands of ticketed passengers seeking alternative travel arrangements.Read More →
NEWSMay 01, 2026Southwest Nearly Abandoned 10 Passengers at Las Vegas Including a Pregnant Woman After Its Own Flight Made Them Miss Their ConnectionSouthwest Airlines faced criticism after a Reddit post revealed that around ten passengers, including elderly travellers and a pregnant woman, were nearly stranded at Las Vegas airport because a Southwest delay caused them to almost miss their connecting flight.Read More →
ROUTESMay 01, 2026Cabo Verde Airlines Is Flying to America Again for the First Time Since 2021After nearly five years of absence from the United States market, Cabo Verde Airlines is reinstating transatlantic service to North America with the launch of a new nonstop route between the Cape Verde islands and Rhode Island.Read More →
ROUTESMay 01, 2026WestJet Is Flying to Eight European Cities in Summer 2026Canada's second-largest airline is opening a new chapter in its transatlantic history by launching eight new nonstop routes to Europe. Read More →
NEWSApr 30, 2026British Airways Just Made It a Contractual Offence to Film Cabin Crew Without PermissionBritish Airways has quietly but consequentially updated the legal contract that every passenger enters when they buy a ticket with the airline, adding an explicit prohibition on photographing, filming, or live-streaming cabin crew without their express consent. Read More →
NEWSApr 30, 2026A Delta Passenger Snapped During a Weather Delay in Atlanta and Now Faces Up to 20 Years in Federal PrisonWhat began as a frustrating but routine weather delay at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the evening of April 27, 2026, ended with a passenger in federal custody, a planeload of 168 travellers stranded for more than five hours on the tarmac. Read More →
ROUTESApr 30, 2026American Airlines Just Flew to Venezuela for the First Time in Seven YearsSeven years of diplomatic rupture, political upheaval, a US government flight ban, and the eventual capture of a sitting head of state all came to an end at Gate D at Miami International Airport on Thursday morning.Read More →
