Category: News
NEWS Feb 17, 2026 Boeing Secures 400 Million Dollar Modernization Deal To Sustain C17 Globemaster III Fleet Until 2075 In a move that ensures the most versatile heavy-lift aircraft in history will remain the backbone of global power projection for nearly a century, Boeing has been awarded a critical contract to modernize the C-17 Globemaster III fleet. Read More →
NEWS Feb 17, 2026 Spirit Airlines Sells Youngest Ever Airbus A320neos for Scrap as Parts Shortage Peaks Defying decades of aviation economics, two of the youngest commercial narrowbody jets in history are currently being dismantled for parts at a desert scrapyard in Arizona. Read More →
NEWS Feb 16, 2026 Why Did a LATAM Boeing 777 Abort Its Takeoff After the Nose Gear Left the Ground in São Paulo? Aviation safety authorities have launched an urgent investigation into a high-stakes incident at São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) involving a LATAM Boeing 777-300ER. Read More →
NEWS Feb 14, 2026 FAA Ends DEI-Driven Pilot Selection Processes in Favor of Merit-Based Pilot Hiring The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a mandatory directive requiring all United States commercial airlines to certify that their pilot hiring processes are conducted on an exclusively merit-based basis. Read More →
NEWS Feb 13, 2026 Amazon Prime Air Prepares To Launch Revolutionary Drone Delivery Across Chicago Suburbs The horizon over the "Windy City" is about to look significantly different as Amazon has officially moved into the final testing and deployment phase for its Prime Air drone delivery service in the greater Chicago. Read More →
NEWS Feb 12, 2026 US Department of Transportation Opens Competitive Bidding for Vital Rural Air Links in Maine Colorado and Alaska In a move to safeguard the "economic lifelines" of America’s most remote regions, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has officially opened the bidding process for new Essential Air Service (EAS) contracts. Read More →
NEWS Feb 12, 2026 Air Canada Orders Eight Airbus A350-1000 Air Canada has disclosed a firm order for eight Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, a move designed to upgrade the airline’s long-haul fleet and support its global expansion strategy. The order was previously listed as undisclosed in November 2025. Read More →
NEWS Feb 11, 2026 Boeing Executive Describes the Path Toward 737 Program Stability as an Unglamorous and Arduous Journey Following two years of intense regulatory scrutiny and a comprehensive overhaul of its manufacturing culture, Boeing has provided its most candid assessment yet of the efforts required to stabilise its most critical narrowbody program. Read More →
NEWS Feb 11, 2026 FAA Reopens El Paso Skies Following Swift Neutralisation of Mexican Cartel Drone Threat FAA has officially lifted the emergency airspace closure surrounding El Paso International Airport this morning, ending a high-stakes grounding that briefly classified the region as "National Defence Airspace." Read More →
NEWS Feb 06, 2026 Security Camera Footage Reveals Critical Maintenance Mishap Before Omni Airbus H160 Ditching Newly surfaced security camera footage from the operator’s maintenance facility has placed a harsh spotlight on ground procedures performed just days before the aircraft plummeted into the Atlantic. Read More →