Tag: War
NEWS May 04, 2026 A United Airlines 767 Flying From Venice Hit a Bakery Truck and a Light Pole on the New Jersey Turnpike Before Landing at Newark One of the most extraordinary and alarming aviation incidents in recent American history unfolded when a United Airlines Boeing 767-400ER on final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport flew so low over the New Jersey Turnpike that its landing gear and underside made physical contact with a highway light pole and the cab of a bakery delivery truck travelling below. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 29, 2026 United Airlines Is Now Flying Nonstop to Four European Cities No Other US Carrier Reaches United Airlines has formally launched the most ambitious week of new route openings in its current summer expansion, kicking off nonstop services to four European destinations: Split, Croatia; Bari, Italy; Glasgow, Scotland; and Santiago de Compostela, Spain- that no other US network carrier serves directly. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 29, 2026 Air Canada Has Quietly Pulled the Plug on Its Montreal-Algiers Route Air Canada has cancelled its entire planned summer 2026 service between MontrĂ©al and Algiers, its longest nonstop route to Africa, in a decision directly driven by the doubling of jet fuel prices since the start of the US-Iran conflict in late February. Read More →
NEWS Apr 23, 2026 United 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 →
ROUTES Apr 17, 2026 Air Canada Is Pulling All JFK Flights This Summer and Blaming a War-Fuelled Price Shock Canada's flag carrier has become the latest airline to make a significant network retreat under the weight of a global jet fuel crisis rooted in the Middle East conflict. Read More →
NEWS Apr 16, 2026 KLM Cuts 160 European Flights as the Fuel Crisis Gripping Aviation Deepens Royal Dutch Airlines has moved swiftly to confront one of the most severe cost pressures in recent European aviation history, confirming on Thursday the cancellation of 160 flights to and from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport within the coming month. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 13, 2026 United Airlines Cuts 737 MAX 8 International Flights by 16% While Quietly Opening New European Frontiers United Airlines is trimming its Boeing 737 MAX 8 international operations by a significant margin this summer, even as it simultaneously uses the same narrowbody jet to push into European destinations it has never before served, or has not served in years. Read More →
NEWS Apr 08, 2026 Pilots Put on Alert Over Korean Airspace as North Korea Trials Ballistic Missiles Civil aviation authorities and flight crews operating across the Korean Peninsula and the Sea of Japan are once again confronting one of the most persistent and underreported safety hazards in commercial aviation. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 01, 2026 Iberia Debuts Groundbreaking A321XLR Service Between Madrid and Newark Spanish flag carrier has successfully transitioned its highly anticipated Madrid (MAD) to Newark (EWR) service into full daily operation, utilizing the cutting-edge Airbus A321XLR. Read More →
NEWS Mar 20, 2026 A Narrow Escape Triggers Federal Probe Into Alaska and FedEx Runway Collision Federal investigators are currently dissecting a high-stakes "close call" at Newark Liberty International Airport after an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 and a FedEx Boeing 777F narrowly avoided a collision. Read More →