NEWSJun 02, 2026Whisper Aero Breaks Cover on JetFoil: The Ducted Fan That Could Reshape Light AviationWhisper Aero unveils JetFoil, a quiet integrated ducted fan concept aimed at electric and hybrid aircraft. Here's what enthusiasts need to know.Read More →
ROUTESMay 29, 2026Avianca vs. jetBlue: The Battle for Spirit's Florida ThroneAs Spirit Airlines exits bankruptcy weaker than before, Avianca and jetBlue are positioning to claim its lucrative Florida-Latin America routes.Read More →
ROUTESMay 29, 2026Argentina Scales Back Special World Cup Flights as Fuel Costs Climb and Demand Falls ShortArgentine carriers reduce special charter flights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, citing high jet fuel prices and weaker than expected ticket demand.Read More →
NEWSMay 26, 2026easyJet and Amsterdam Schiphol Have Switched Off Aircraft Engines During Taxiing, and the Fuel Savings Are Already MeasurableEvery time a commercial aircraft taxis to the runway with its main engines running, it burns through thousands of pounds of jet fuel before it has carried a single passenger a single metre into the sky. At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest and most spread-out airports, that invisible cost has long accounted for a significant share of each flight's total emissions. As of today, easyJet and Schiphol have taken a concrete step to address it.Read More →
NEWSMay 20, 2026The World's Densest Superjumbo Just Got a Luxury Makeover and Emirates Has Transformed Its Most Packed A380 ForeverEmirates 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 →
NEWSMay 20, 2026Air France Flight Turned Away From U.S. Airspace and Diverted to Canada Over Suspected Ebola-Linked PassengerAn 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 →
NEWSMay 19, 2026Three of Europe's Biggest Airlines Have Extended Their Middle East Suspensions, and the Restart Dates Are Further Away Than Many Passengers HopedThree of Europe's largest airline groups have simultaneously extended their Middle East flight suspensions, with British Airways pushing its restart further into summer, the Lufthansa Group holding off a return to Dubai until mid-September, and Air France emerging as the most optimistic of the three with planned resumptions beginning as early as late May. Read More →
NEWSMay 18, 2026The US Has Lost More Than 40 Aircraft in 40 Days Over Iran and Congress Is Only Now Finding Out How Much It All CostA Congressional Research Service report dated May 13, 2026, has formally documented what aviation and defence analysts had been tracking piecemeal since late February, that the United States military lost or sustained damage to more than 40 aircraft during Operation Epic Fury.Read More →
NEWSMay 18, 2026Four Navy Aircrew Parachuted to Safety After Their Two Jets Locked Together and Fell Out of the Sky at an Idaho Air ShowAll 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 →
NEWSMay 12, 2026A Southwest 737's Cockpit Windscreen Shattered at Cruising Altitude Over OklahomaA Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 made an emergency diversion to Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Monday, May 12, 2026, after its cockpit windscreen began to crack and then shatter while cruising over the state.Read More →
