NEWSJun 04, 2026Lufthansa 787 Nose Gear Collapses at Frankfurt Airport While Crew OnboardA Lufthansa Boeing 787 Dreamliner suffered a nose landing gear collapse while parked at a Frankfurt Airport gate with crew aboard.Read More →
ROUTESMay 26, 2026Porter Airlines Has Just Entered Texas for the First Time with New Nonstop Flights from TorontoPorter Airlines has made its Texas debut, inaugurating nonstop year-round service between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and Toronto Pearson International Airport on May 21, 2026, a launch that marks the Canadian carrier's first-ever scheduled service to the Lone Star State and adds another direct Canada–US link at a time when cross-border travel demand is demonstrably outpacing available nonstop capacity.Read More →
ROUTESMay 22, 2026Kazakhstan's National Carrier Is Seeking State Funds to Launch Its First US FlightsAir Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, has formally sought financial support from the Kazakh state to help fund the launch of direct flights to the United States.Read More →
NEWSMay 21, 2026Avelo Airlines Has Quietly Wiped an Entire Day Off Its Flying Schedule and the Reason Goes Far Beyond TuesdayA small but telling decision by Avelo Airlines has caught the attention of the US aviation industry this week. The ultra-low-cost carrier has effectively eliminated all Tuesday flights from its network for 13 weeks running from mid-May through mid-August 2026.Read More →
NEWSMay 21, 2026After 17 Years and Two Trials, a Paris Court Has Finally Found Airbus and Air France Guilty of Killing 228 People Over the AtlanticA Paris appeals court has today delivered one of the most consequential verdicts in the history of commercial aviation, finding both Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the June 2009 crash of Air France Flight AF447; a disaster that killed all 228 people on board and remains the worst aviation accident in French history. Read More →
ROUTESMay 21, 2026Alaska Airlines Has Just Taken Off to London for the First Time, and a Boeing 737 to Iceland Is Only One Week AwayAlaska Airlines officially entered the transatlantic market today, operating its first-ever nonstop service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and London Heathrow, marking a fundamental shift in the identity of a carrier that, until recently, had never flown passengers across the Atlantic.Read More →
NEWSMay 18, 2026The US Has Lost More Than 40 Aircraft in 40 Days Over Iran and Congress Is Only Now Finding Out How Much It All CostA Congressional Research Service report dated May 13, 2026, has formally documented what aviation and defence analysts had been tracking piecemeal since late February, that the United States military lost or sustained damage to more than 40 aircraft during Operation Epic Fury.Read More →
NEWSMay 18, 2026Four Navy Aircrew Parachuted to Safety After Their Two Jets Locked Together and Fell Out of the Sky at an Idaho Air ShowAll four aircrew aboard two United States Navy EA-18G Growler jets survived a dramatic and extraordinarily rare midair collision at the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho.Read More →
NEWSMay 08, 2026Saudi Arabia's New Airline Just Applied to Fly to AmericaRiyadh Air, Saudi Arabia's second flag carrier and one of the most closely watched aviation startups in recent memory, filed a formal application with the United States Department of Transportation on May 5, 2026, seeking a foreign air carrier permit and exemption authority to operate scheduled and charter services between the Kingdom and the United States. 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 →
