Tag: aviation news
NEWS May 18, 2026 Four Navy Aircrew Parachuted to Safety After Their Two Jets Locked Together and Fell Out of the Sky at an Idaho Air Show All 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 →
NEWS May 12, 2026 United's 30,000 Flight Attendants Have Just Voted Themselves into the Highest-Paid Cabin Crew in America United 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 →
ROUTES Apr 24, 2026 PHOTOS: Air Premia Inaugurates Service to Washington-Dulles South Korea's Air Premia celebrated one of the most significant moments in its young history on Thursday, April 24, 2026, operating the first scheduled flight between Seoul's Incheon International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 21, 2026 Emirates Is Operating Flights So Long They Last Almost a Full Day Dubai sits almost exactly at the centre of a map stretching from New Zealand to Mexico, and Emirates has built its entire commercial philosophy around that geographical reality. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 06, 2026 Delta Suspends Los Angeles to Anchorage Flights as Fuel Costs Surge Delta Air Lines is fundamentally reshaping its West Coast summer network as volatile energy markets force a retreat from high-mileage seasonal corridors. Read More →
NEWS Mar 05, 2026 Experts Warn of “Logistical Nightmare” for Spring Break Travelers Amid Looming Government Shutdown Aviation industry leaders and major travel advocacy groups are issuing a stark warning to Capitol Hill as a partial government shutdown threatens to collide with the peak spring break travel season. Read More →
NEWS Feb 27, 2026 Munich Airport Vows To Improve Operations After Hundreds Of Passengers Spent The Night Trapped On The Apron Heavy winter weather coupled with an unprecedented collapse in ground handling logistics left approximately 600 passengers stranded inside aircraft at Munich Airport (MUC) overnight. Read More →
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 →
ROUTES Feb 12, 2026 Emirates Extends New Cabin Refresh and Premium Economy to Major Cities Emirates has accelerated its multi-billion dollar cabin enhancement program, today confirming a massive expansion of its latest "signature" onboard experiences to more global gateways. 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 →