ROUTESMay 22, 2026American Airlines Has Just Opened Four New Nonstop Routes to EuropeAmerican Airlines touched down in European cities it had never served nonstop before, and returned to one it had abandoned for eight years, as four new transatlantic routes took off simultaneously on May 21, 2026, marking the opening day of the carrier's record summer 2026 schedule. Read More →
ROUTESMay 22, 2026Air Canada Is About to Fly Directly From Montreal to Mallorca for the First TimeAir Canada is weeks away from launching a route that no Canadian carrier has ever flown before, a nonstop service between Montréal-Trudeau International Airport and Palma de Mallorca Airport on the sun-soaked Spanish island in the western Mediterranean.Read More →
ROUTESMay 22, 2026Kazakhstan's National Carrier Is Seeking State Funds to Launch Its First US FlightsAir Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, has formally sought financial support from the Kazakh state to help fund the launch of direct flights to the United States.Read More →
ROUTESMay 21, 2026Alaska Airlines Has Just Taken Off to London for the First Time, and a Boeing 737 to Iceland Is Only One Week AwayAlaska Airlines officially entered the transatlantic market today, operating its first-ever nonstop service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and London Heathrow, marking a fundamental shift in the identity of a carrier that, until recently, had never flown passengers across the Atlantic.Read More →
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 05, 2026A British Airways 787 Worth $355 Million Was Stabbed by Its Own Engineering Steps at Heathrow While Passengers Watched From BusesA British Airways Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner has been grounded at London Heathrow Airport following a ground handling incident that is as costly as it is avoidable, an engineering mishap driven by one of the most fundamental properties of a fully loaded commercial aircraft. Read More →
ROUTESApr 28, 2026Alaska Airlines Just Flew to Europe for the First Time in Its 93-Year HistoryAt 5:30 PM Pacific time on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, Alaska Airlines Flight AS180 lifted off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport bound for Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport, and 93 years of Pacific-only aviation history came to an end. Read More →
ROUTESApr 24, 2026PHOTOS: Air Premia Inaugurates Service to Washington-DullesSouth 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 →
ROUTESApr 20, 2026British Airways Has Just Put St. Louis and Guernsey on the MapTwo inaugural British Airways flights departed London Heathrow, opening routes that could not be more different in character yet are equally well-timed: a long-haul transatlantic service to St. Louis, Missouri, and a year-round short-haul link to Guernsey in the Channel Islands.Read More →
NEWSApr 14, 2026The World's First Economy Sleep Pods Are Finally Taking Flight on Air New Zealand's Longest RoutesAir New Zealand has confirmed that its revolutionary Economy Skynest™, the world's first lie-flat sleep pods designed specifically for economy-class passengers, will go on sale on 18 May 2026, with the first flights featuring the product commencing in November 2026. Read More →
