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 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 →
NEWSMay 05, 2026Airbus Cannot Meet the US Government's Security Deadline for A220 Cockpit Barriers and JetBlue Is Now Asking for Another YearJetBlue Airways has formally petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration for a 12-month exemption from a federal mandate requiring anti-terror secondary cockpit barriers to be installed on its fleet of Airbus A220 aircraft. 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 →
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 →
NEWSApr 27, 2026Joby Aviation Just Flew an Electric Air Taxi from JFK to Manhattan in Under 10 Minutes and It Plans to Do It Again for the Next 10 DaysNew York City witnessed a genuine landmark in urban aviation when Joby Aviation became the first company to fly an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, an eVTOL, on a point-to-point route between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Manhattan.Read More →
NEWSApr 24, 2026A Single Social Media Reply About Cookies and Cache Has Landed JetBlue in Federal CourtWhat began as a customer complaint about a $230 airfare increase on the social media platform X has escalated rapidly into a federal class action lawsuit, congressional scrutiny, and a nationwide conversation about one of the most contentious emerging practices in consumer commerce, surveillance pricing. Read More →
NEWSApr 23, 2026United Airlines Just Warned Summer Fares Could Rise 20% United Airlines CEO delivered one of the starkest and most direct warnings in the carrier's recent history, telling analysts and the travelling public that ticket prices for summer travel may need to rise by as much as 20% to cover a fuel bill that has more than doubled since the start of the Iran war. Read More →
ROUTESApr 23, 2026Delta Is Now Flying to 23 Destinations and the Full List Reveals a Bold New StrategyDelta Air Lines has quietly assembled one of the most geographically ambitious international route expansions in its recent history. Read More →
NEWSApr 22, 2026Amazon Has Built a Satellite Antenna for Airplanes That Competes With Starlink's In-Flight Wi-FiAmazon has drawn the clearest battle line yet in the race to dominate satellite connectivity aboard commercial aircraft. Read More →
