NEWSMay 19, 2026Three of Europe's Biggest Airlines Have Extended Their Middle East Suspensions, and the Restart Dates Are Further Away Than Many Passengers HopedThree of Europe's largest airline groups have simultaneously extended their Middle East flight suspensions, with British Airways pushing its restart further into summer, the Lufthansa Group holding off a return to Dubai until mid-September, and Air France emerging as the most optimistic of the three with planned resumptions beginning as early as late May. Read More →
NEWSMay 19, 2026United Airlines Flew Passengers Across the Pacific for 13 Hours With No Screens, No Wi-Fi and No Way to Charge Their DevicesA routine transpacific journey turned into an uncomfortable test of endurance for passengers aboard United Airlines flight UA-804 after a technical fault rendered the entire cabin entertainment infrastructure inoperable for the full duration of the flight.
Read More →
ROUTESMay 18, 2026American Airlines Will Not Return to Tel Aviv Until 2027American Airlines has formally extended the suspension of its New York JFK to Tel Aviv service through January 2027, the airline confirmed on Sunday, May 17, pushing back a return that has now been delayed, cancelled, rescheduled, and cancelled again across a span of more than two and a half years. Read More →
ROUTESMay 12, 2026United Airlines Is Flying to Venezuela Again This August After Nine Years Away United Airlines announced on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, that it will resume nonstop daily service between its Houston hub and Venezuela's capital, Caracas, ending a nine-year absence from a market the carrier once served continuously for nearly two decades. Read More →
NEWSMay 12, 2026United's 30,000 Flight Attendants Have Just Voted Themselves into the Highest-Paid Cabin Crew in AmericaUnited Airlines flight attendants voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year contract on May 12, 2026, ending nearly six years without a pay raise and making United the last of the major US carriers to reach a post-pandemic labour settlement with its cabin crew. Read More →
NEWSMay 08, 2026Emirates Has Painted the UAE Flag Across an Entire A380 and It Has Already Flown to New York and BrisbaneEmirates has unveiled one of the most visually striking special liveries in its 41-year history, a bold, full-fuselage rendering of the UAE national flag across one of its iconic Airbus A380 superjumbos.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 →
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 07, 2026Delta Is Facing a $5 Million Lawsuit for Allegedly Steering Passengers Away From Cash Refunds They Had Already Paid ForA class action lawsuit filed in a New York district court on May 1, 2026 has placed Delta Air Lines at the centre of one of the most pointed consumer protection challenges in recent US aviation history, accusing the Atlanta-based carrier of deliberately designing its cancellation website to push passengers who purchased fully refundable tickets toward an inferior, expiring electronic credit rather than the cash refund they contractually paid a premium to receive. Read More →
ROUTESMay 07, 2026Breeze Airways Has Quietly Dropped 9 Routes but on Its Fifth Birthday It Is Adding Even MoreFive years after its first passenger flight departed in May 2021, Breeze Airways is undergoing its most significant network restructuring to date, withdrawing from nine routes.Read More →
