NEWSSep 24, 2026UAE Suspends Iranian Airline Flights to Comply With US Sanctions, Triggering Retaliatory Airspace Ban From TehranThe UAE has halted all Iranian carrier operations to comply with reimposed US sanctions, prompting Iran to bar Emirati airlines from its airspace.Read More →
NEWSSep 11, 2026United Airlines Boeing 777 Diverts to Bangor After Intoxicated Passenger Bites Flight AttendantA United Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Newark diverted to Bangor, Maine after an intoxicated first class passenger bit a flight attendant.Read More →
NEWSJul 27, 2026SWISS A330 Bound for New York Diverts to Bangor After Smoke Fills Business Class CabinA SWISS Airbus A330 flying from Zurich to New York made an emergency landing in Bangor, Maine, after smoke filled the business class cabin.Read More →
NEWSJun 26, 2026Power Bank Fires on UK Flights Nearly Double in a Year, Aviation Regulators WarnBritish aviation regulators report power bank overheating incidents on planes have nearly doubled in one year, raising urgent safety concerns for travelers.Read More →
NEWSJun 12, 2026SAS Pilot Banned From French Airspace After Random Drug Test Flags Presence of CocaineA Scandinavian Airlines pilot received a flight ban in France and a suspended sentence after testing positive for cocaine before a scheduled flight from Nice.Read More →
ROUTESMay 29, 2026Avianca vs. jetBlue: The Battle for Spirit's Florida ThroneAs Spirit Airlines exits bankruptcy weaker than before, Avianca and jetBlue are positioning to claim its lucrative Florida-Latin America routes.Read More →
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 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 →
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 28, 2026American Airlines is Banning Power Banks From Overhead Bins Starting This Weekend: What You Need to KnowEffective 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 →
