NEWSJun 01, 2026Boeing 787 Dreamliner Loses Door at Remote Pacific Airport, Puzzling EngineersA Boeing 787 Dreamliner had a door detach at a remote Pacific airport, leaving engineers searching for answers about the cause.Read More →
NEWSMay 26, 2026easyJet and Amsterdam Schiphol Have Switched Off Aircraft Engines During Taxiing, and the Fuel Savings Are Already MeasurableEvery time a commercial aircraft taxis to the runway with its main engines running, it burns through thousands of pounds of jet fuel before it has carried a single passenger a single metre into the sky. At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest and most spread-out airports, that invisible cost has long accounted for a significant share of each flight's total emissions. As of today, easyJet and Schiphol have taken a concrete step to address it.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 →
INFORMATIONALMay 16, 2026The Best Online Ground Schools for Student Pilots in 2026A Comparative Review of Today’s Leading Aviation Training Platforms.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 →
NEWSMay 05, 2026A British Airways 787 Worth $355 Million Was Stabbed by Its Own Engineering Steps at Heathrow While Passengers Watched From BusesA British Airways Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner has been grounded at London Heathrow Airport following a ground handling incident that is as costly as it is avoidable, an engineering mishap driven by one of the most fundamental properties of a fully loaded commercial aircraft. Read More →
NEWSApr 29, 2026Japan Airlines Is Sending Humanoid Robots Onto the Tarmac at HanedaJapan 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 →
NEWSApr 20, 2026Frontier Is Taking American Airlines Back to Court Over a Second Tarmac Collision and The Bill Is $670,000Frontier Airlines has filed a second federal lawsuit against American Airlines, this time targeting a ground collision at Boston Logan International Airport.Read More →
INFORMATIONALApr 16, 2026Opinion: Adapting Ground Operations in an Era of AIUnder the theme “Adapting Ground Operations in an Era of AI,” IGHC 2026 will bring together airlines, ground handlers, airports, regulators, and vendors to focus on practical solutions. This is about how AI, data, various digital tools, and automation can be applied today to improve safety performance, increase operational resilience, and reduce complexity while ensuring that human expertise remains at the center of our operations.Read More →
NEWSApr 15, 2026Gulfstream Pilot Ignores ATC Instruction, Nearly Downs Paris-Bound 777 at LAXA Gulfstream G650ER business jet crossed onto an active runway at Los Angeles International Airport against a clear air traffic control instruction, forcing the crew of a fully loaded Air France Boeing 777-300ER to execute a high-speed rejected takeoff.Read More →
