Bomb Threat Caller Demands $500K Crypto Before United Flight Lands Safely at D.C. Airport
Authorities temporarily shut down operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on November 4, 2025, after a caller claimed… Read More »
UPS MD-11 Cargo Plane Crashes and Burns at Louisville Airport
A tragic accident occurred at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on November 4, 2025, when a UPS McDonnell Douglas MD-11… Read More »
Jury Selected for Boeing Trial Over 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Crash
Opening arguments are set to begin Wednesday, November 5, in Chicago in the first U.S. civil trial against Boeing stemming… Read More »
Brussels Airlines Fires Flight Attendants Over Bed Bug Dispute
A dispute over alleged bed bugs aboard a Brussels Airlines aircraft has sparked controversy after three veteran flight attendants were… Read More »
Ryanair Fast-Tracks Pilot Hiring Ahead of Boeing 737-10 Deliveries
Ryanair is accelerating pilot recruitment as it prepares to integrate the Boeing 737-10 the large narrowbody aircraft—into its fleet by… Read More »
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Threatens Pre-Thanksgiving U.S. Flight Grounding
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, currently serving as NASA’s interim administrator, has issued a stark warning: all U.S. commercial flights may… Read More »
Ascend Airways Malaysia Gains AOC, to Launch in Late 2025
Ascend Airways Malaysia has secured its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and Air Service Permit from the Civil Aviation Authority of… Read More »
AirAsia X to Finalize Restructuring by 2025, Cancels A330-900neo Order and Plans A330 Retirement
AirAsia X and parent company Capital A have met all conditions for their restructuring plan, with the Share Sale and… Read More »
Private Jet Owners Lease Engines Amid Ongoing Supply Delays
Some private jet owners are turning supply chain challenges into an opportunity by leasing their jet engines to other aircraft… Read More »
United Airlines Planes Collide While Taxiing at LaGuardia Airport
A United Airlines flight clipped another United Airlines aircraft while taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Friday evening, according… Read More »
Vanuatu Gov’t Guarantees $8.2M Air Vanuatu Loan Repayment
The government of Vanuatu has signed a guarantee agreement with the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) to resume repayments on… Read More »
Democracies in Crisis: Why Trust, Not Competence, Will Decide Their Future
If you follow the news and sense that something deeper than political gridlock is breaking within our democracies, you’re far… Read More »
Boeing Delays 777-9 Jet to 2027, Faces $5 Billion in Penalties
Boeing has once again delayed the entry into service of its flagship 777-9 widebody jet, pushing the first commercial deliveries… Read More »
ANA to Phase Out AirJapan Brand by March 2026
ANA Holdings has confirmed it will discontinue flight operations under the AirJapan brand by the end of March 2026. The… Read More »
Korean Air Converts Seven A350-1000 Orders into A350F Freighters
Korean Air, already the sixth-largest cargo airline globally by freight tonnage, has taken a strategic leap into the freighter market… Read More »
Vietjet Finalizes Order for 100 Airbus A321neo Aircraft to Expand Fleet
Vietjet, Vietnam’s largest private airline, has finalized a landmark deal with Airbus, converting its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in… Read More »
Somali Airlines to Restart Operations by End of 2025
Somali Airlines is set to resume operations by the end of 2025 after a 34-year hiatus, according to the country’s… Read More »
US Halts New Routes and Cargo Flights by Mexican Airlines
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has rejected new route applications from Aeroméxico, Volaris, and Viva Aerobus for flights departing… Read More »
China Southern Approves Xiamen Airlines’ 2026 Financial Guarantees
China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) has authorized its subsidiary Xiamen Airlines (MF, Xiamen) to issue financial guarantees totaling up to… Read More »
Airbus Delivers 507 Aircraft in First Nine Months of 2025
Airbus has delivered 507 commercial aircraft in the first nine months of 2025, keeping pace with its target of approximately… Read More »
JetBlue or Frontier Could Still Acquire Spirit Airlines — But the Odds Aren’t Great
Bankruptcy can sometimes breathe new life into old business plans — and that may be exactly what’s happening with Spirit… Read More »
Where Are They Now? Updates on the Hot 25 Travel Startups 2024
It has been two years since PhocusWire introduced the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024. As we prepare to unveil… Read More »