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NEWS Apr 29, 2026 Japan Airlines Is Sending Humanoid Robots Onto the Tarmac at Haneda Japan Airlines has announced one of the most consequential aviation technology experiments of 2026: a multi-year trial deploying humanoid robots in live ground handling operations at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, the nation's busiest, in a partnership with GMO AI & Robotics Trading Co., Ltd. Read More →

ROUTES Apr 29, 2026 Air Canada Has Quietly Pulled the Plug on Its Montreal-Algiers Route Air Canada has cancelled its entire planned summer 2026 service between Montréal and Algiers, its longest nonstop route to Africa, in a decision directly driven by the doubling of jet fuel prices since the start of the US-Iran conflict in late February. Read More →

ROUTES Apr 28, 2026 Alaska Airlines Just Flew to Europe for the First Time in Its 93-Year History At 5:30 PM Pacific time on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, Alaska Airlines Flight AS180 lifted off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport bound for Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport, and 93 years of Pacific-only aviation history came to an end. Read More →

NEWS Apr 28, 2026 American Airlines is Banning Power Banks From Overhead Bins Starting This Weekend: What You Need to Know Effective May 1, 2026, American Airlines will become the largest carrier in the United States to formally revise its rules on portable power banks, the lithium-ion charging devices that tens of millions of travellers carry onto planes every day without a second thought. Read More →

NEWS Apr 28, 2026 Southwest Flight Attendant Awarded $1 Million After 9-Year Lawsuit Over Religious Beliefs A nine-year legal battle between a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, her airline, and her own union has reached its financial conclusion. Read More →

NEWS Apr 27, 2026 Joby Aviation Just Flew an Electric Air Taxi from JFK to Manhattan in Under 10 Minutes and It Plans to Do It Again for the Next 10 Days New York City witnessed a genuine landmark in urban aviation when Joby Aviation became the first company to fly an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, an eVTOL, on a point-to-point route between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Manhattan. Read More →

NEWS Apr 27, 2026 Emirates Activates Starlink Satellite Internet on the Landmark A380 Superjumbo Emirates has achieved a world first in commercial aviation by completing the installation of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet system aboard an Airbus A380 superjumbo, making it the first airline to operate the technology on the iconic double-decker aircraft. Read More →

NEWS Apr 27, 2026 Toilet Water Flooded American Airlines Regional Jet From Front to Back at the Gate A deeply unpleasant incident unfolded at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport when passengers aboard an American Airlines regional jet operated by PSA Airlines were forced off the aircraft after a lavatory malfunction caused toilet water to flow the full length of the cabin. Read More →

INFORMATIONAL Apr 27, 2026 How the GelSight Modulus Enables High-Resolution Surface Measurements in Difficult-to-Reach Places Perfect for MROs: Stop wasting weeks on part removal. GelSight Modulus uses tactile imaging to inspect tight geometries and internal surfaces with micrometer accuracy in the field. Read More →

NEWS Apr 24, 2026 A Single Social Media Reply About Cookies and Cache Has Landed JetBlue in Federal Court What began as a customer complaint about a $230 airfare increase on the social media platform X has escalated rapidly into a federal class action lawsuit, congressional scrutiny, and a nationwide conversation about one of the most contentious emerging practices in consumer commerce, surveillance pricing. Read More →