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American Airlines Airbus A321XLR

American answers United’s European expansion with 4 new Airbus A321XLR routes

Airbus

August 27, 20263 min read

Aircraft landing at London City

Aircraft noise after dark hits airport neighbours hardest, DfT study finds

Airports

August 27, 20265 min read

Qantas Airbus A380

End of the superjumbo: Qantas brings A380 retirement forward by four years

Airbus A380

August 27, 20262 min read

First UK-built Islander

Britten-Norman begins ground testing first fully UK-built Islander in decades ahead of first flight

Aircraft manufacturing

August 27, 20264 min read

Woman looks out of the window on an aircraft

New budget carrier Fly2Galicia to boost Santiago’s connectivity

budget carrier

August 27, 20263 min read

London Heathrow Airport with Virgin Atlantic aircraft parked

UK airports passenger record masks a shift from Middle East…

Airports

August 27, 20264 min read

Qantas Boeing 737-800

Sydney Airport under investigation after two more near-miss incidents

Sydney Airport

August 26, 20264 min read

First officer

The pilot paradox: Why newly qualified pilots are finding it…

Pilot recruitment

August 26, 20265 min read

SkyHop's CEO Avani Singh with NOEMI founder Eric Lithun

The amphibious advantage: India’s SkyHop inks deal with NOEMI

seaplane

August 26, 20265 min read

LATAM Airbus A321neo and the carrier has orders in for the A321XLR

LATAM is getting 11 new aircraft before the end of…

LATAM Airlines

August 26, 20263 min read

Untied AIrlines A321neo

United’s Airbus A321XLR era begins with an assault on Europe’s…

United Airlines

August 25, 20266 min read

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Mammoth Freighters Boeing 777-200 LRMF at Farnborough Airshow

Mammoth Freighters delivers first Boeing 777-200LR converted freighter for DHL

Air cargo

August 25, 20264 min read

Chang’e 7 orbiter (left) and lander (right) in Earth orbit

China delays Chang’e-7 Moon mission after launch setback

Chang’e-7

August 25, 20266 min read

NASA’s experimental X-59 supersonic aircraft

NASA selects four university teams for next-generation aviation research

NASA

August 25, 20264 min read

Spirit Airlines A320

Spirit Airlines flight attendants’ union challenges Google’s $10 million data deal

Commercial Aviation

August 24, 20265 min read

Archer LA LIVE

Archer Aviation plans downtown Los Angeles vertiport ahead of LA28 Olympics

Archer Aviation

August 24, 20264 min read

April 28, 2026; SeaTac, Wash.; Flight crew for the Alaska Airlines inaugural flight #180 to Rome (FCO) from Seattle.

Alaska airlines wants to fly to more European cities, but flight attendants warn of understaffing concerns

Alaska Airlines

August 24, 20264 min read

United Airlines Coastliner premium cabin

How Boeing’s 737 MAX 10 delays left United with hundreds of lie-flat seats it ‘doesn’t know what to do with’

Airbus A321neo

August 24, 20266 min read

Jin Air 737

Jin Air, Air Busan, and Air Seoul merger: What South Korea’s biggest budget airline will mean for passengers

Commercial Aviation

August 24, 20265 min read

Commercial airliner / passenger plane flying in front of full moon at dusk showing contrails / condensation trails

Why do some aircraft leave contrails while others don’t – and why are airlines trying to prevent them?

Environment

August 23, 20268 min read

Boeing 777X in a test flight

Boeing 777X vs Airbus A350-1000: How the world’s largest twinjets compare

Boeing 777X

August 23, 20263 min read

Envoy Air Embraer 175

How scope clauses are reshaping US regional aviation

Employment contracts

August 22, 202610 min read

Delta Air Lines revealed a newly painted Boeing 757 to America's 250th anniversary at the TECHOPS maintenance facility in Atlanta, GA., on Saturday, May 2, 2026.

Exclusive: Delta’s fake WiFi incident exposes a wider airline cybersecurity threat

Exclusive

August 22, 20269 min read

Pilot ejection

What happens when a fighter pilot ejects from an aircraft?

Fighter jet

August 22, 20264 min read

Qantas 787-9

Qantas delays return of nonstop Perth-London flights until 2027

Qantas

August 21, 20263 min read

Cosmic One electric aircraft

Cosmic One: Why Cosmic Aerospace is starting small to electrify aviation

all-electric aircraft

August 21, 20268 min read

WestJet new cabin with less legroom (1)

WestJet restores legroom on Boeing 737s after controversial seat squeez

WestJet

August 21, 20265 min read

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