NEWSOct 28, 2026British TUI Flight Attendant Arrested in Sri Lanka Over Alleged 100-Pound Drug Smuggling AttemptA British TUI flight attendant faces serious charges in Sri Lanka after authorities allegedly found around 100 pounds of synthetic drugs in her luggage.Read More →
TRIP REPORTSOct 27, 2026So Long, A340: One Last Flight on Lufthansa’s Airbus A340-600When the bus doors opened on the Frankfurt apron, two four-engine Airbuses were waiting in the gray morning light. On the left was D-AIFF, the last A340-300 delivered new to Lufthansa. On the right was D-AIHZ, Lufthansa’s final A340-600, and the aircraft that would carry me to New York. Read More →
NEWSOct 20, 2026Aegis Air Bets on By-the-Seat Private Jet Flights From Miami to CaracasA new US start-up is testing whether Caracas can support its own private jet shuttle. Aegis Air, a virtual carrier founded this year, is due to start by-the-seat flights between Miami and the Venezuelan capital today, 20 October, aboard a 16-seat Embraer E135.Read More →
NEWSOct 20, 2026Chicago Midway Loses One of Its Four Runways for a Month After Jet Blast Damages a Key Safety SystemChicago Midway International Airport has pulled one of its four runways out of service for roughly a month after the arresting system at the end of the runway was damaged, with jet blast among the causes.Read More →
NEWSOct 19, 2026The End of Lufthansa's Four-Engine Era as Its Last Airbus A340-600 Lands in Frankfurt for the Final Time After 23 YearsPorter Airlines expands its international network from London, Ontario, deploying the Embraer E195-E2 on new routes for Canadian travelers.Read More →
NEWSOct 19, 2026Archer's Midnight eVTOL Completes Piloted Flights Across San Francisco Bay AreaArcher Aviation's Midnight air taxi finished a 300-mile piloted tour across Northern California, including flights over San Francisco Bay and Oakland Airport.Read More →
INFORMATIONALOct 18, 2026GPS Jamming Is Now a Daily Airline Problem. Here Is How Bad It Has GottenGPS jamming and spoofing are disrupting airline navigation across Europe, the Middle East and South Asia. Explore how widespread GNSS interference threatens flight safety, affects airline operations, and what pilots and regulators are doing to manage the growing risk.
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NEWSOct 18, 2026American Airlines 737 Diverts to Chicago O'Hare After Suspected Cabin FireAn American Airlines Boeing 737 made an emergency landing at Chicago O'Hare after crew reported a suspected fire inside the cabin.Read More →
NEWSOct 16, 2026United and Air Canada Push to Expand Joint Venture Amid Cross-Border Travel StrainsUnited Airlines and Air Canada plan to add routes to their joint venture as political tensions dampen travel demand between the two countries.Read More →
NEWSOct 15, 2026Federal Grand Jury Indicts Passenger Duct-Taped to Seat on American Airlines FlightA 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 →
