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NEWS Oct 15, 2026 Federal Grand Jury Indicts Passenger Duct-Taped to Seat on American Airlines Flight A passenger restrained with duct tape after a violent outburst on an American Airlines flight to Newark faces federal charges and up to 20 years in prison. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Oct 12, 2026 Why Did Some Air India A320s Have Extra Wheels? Bogie Gear Explained Why Air India operated select Airbus A320s with an unusual bogie landing gear. Read More →
NEWS Oct 07, 2026 FAA Clears JetBlue's $58.5M Purchase of Spirit's LaGuardia Slots The FAA approved JetBlue's $58.5 million deal to acquire Spirit Airlines slots at New York's LaGuardia Airport, expanding its East Coast presence. Read More →
NEWS Oct 05, 2026 AirBaltic to Cut Up to 700 Jobs in Restructuring Latvian carrier AirBaltic plans to eliminate as many as 700 positions across its operations as part of a cost reduction effort. Read More →
NEWS Oct 04, 2026 Debris Field Discovered in Search for Missing Air Ambulance Carrying Six People Search crews have located a debris field while hunting for a missing air ambulance that vanished during a flight from Bermuda to Boston with six aboard. Read More →
NEWS Oct 01, 2026 FAA to Convene Review Panel on Boeing 737 MAX Software Issue That May Burden Pilots During Landing The FAA will convene a panel as soon as Friday to review a Boeing 737 MAX software glitch that could increase pilot workload during landing operations. Read More →
NEWS Oct 01, 2026 Norwegian Air Taken to Court Over Trademark Dispute by Erling Haaland Erling Haaland is suing Norwegian Air Shuttle for allegedly using his trademarked ponytail celebration without permission. Read More →
ROUTES Sep 30, 2026 United Airlines Deploys Premium-Heavy Boeing 787-9 on Two New Holiday Routes United Airlines will operate its high-premium Boeing 787-9 on routes to Houston and Sydney this holiday season, offering more business class seats. Read More →
NEWS Sep 29, 2026 Delta A330 Makes Emergency Landing in Portugal After Smoke Fills Cabin, Injuring 14 A Delta Air Lines Airbus A330 diverted to the Azores after smoke filled the cabin over the Atlantic. Three were hospitalized and 11 others injured. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Sep 27, 2026 Why Airlines Are Facing New Legal Pressure Over AI-Driven Overbooking Decisions As airlines hand overbooking decisions to AI systems, traditional aviation insurance and liability law are struggling to keep up -- creating coverage gaps, antitrust exposure, and new discrimination risks that could pull software vendors into court alongside the airlines themselves. Read More →