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NEWS May 20, 2026 The World's Densest Superjumbo Just Got a Luxury Makeover and Emirates Has Transformed Its Most Packed A380 Forever Emirates has quietly closed the chapter on one of commercial aviation's most striking oddities, a 615-seat configuration of the Airbus A380 that put sheer volume above almost everything else, and replaced it with the airline's most premium-heavy superjumbo yet. Read More →
NEWS May 20, 2026 Air France Flight Turned Away From U.S. Airspace and Diverted to Canada Over Suspected Ebola-Linked Passenger An Air France Boeing 777-200 operating a scheduled service from Paris to Detroit has been denied entry to U.S. airspace and forced to divert to Montreal, in what is emerging as a direct consequence of sweeping new American travel restrictions linked to a deadly Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa. Read More →
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 →
INFORMATIONAL May 10, 2026 This Week in Aviation: The 10 Stories That Mattered Most From major airline developments to aircraft updates and industry shifts, this weekly recap highlights the ten most-read aviation stories from the week of May 03. Read More →
NEWS May 06, 2026 An FAA Mechanical Engineer Used His Government Computer to Research How to Kill the President A Federal Aviation Administration mechanical engineer from Nashua, New Hampshire, has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump after using his government-issued work computer to conduct a series of alarming internet searches. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL May 03, 2026 This Week in Aviation: The 10 Stories That Mattered Most From major airline developments to aircraft updates and industry shifts, this weekly recap highlights the ten most-read aviation stories from the week of April 26. Read More →
NEWS Apr 28, 2026 Southwest Flight Attendant Awarded $1 Million After 9-Year Lawsuit Over Religious Beliefs A nine-year legal battle between a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, her airline, and her own union has reached its financial conclusion. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Apr 26, 2026 This Week in Aviation: The 10 Stories That Mattered Most From major airline developments to aircraft updates and industry shifts, this weekly recap highlights the ten most-read aviation stories from the week of April 19. 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 →