AerCap Leases Five Boeing 737s to FlySafair in New Fleet Deal
AerCap has signed a new lease agreement with FlySafair for five Boeing 737 aircraft, marking the South African carrier’s first… Read More »
De Havilland Canada Signs LOI for Up to 10 Twin Otter 300-Gs
De Havilland Canada has secured a Letter of Intent from IndiaOne Air to acquire up to 10 Twin Otter Series… Read More »
Fiji Airways Pressed to Resume Loan Repayments After Profit Surge
A Fijian parliamentary committee has urged Fiji Airways to begin repaying loans owed to the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF)… Read More »
Motu Link Plans Late-2025 Launch for Interisland Cargo Flights
French Polynesian start-up Motu Link Airline is preparing to begin interisland cargo operations around December 2025, though the timeline remains… Read More »
Bomb Threat Forces United Airlines Flight 380 to Divert to St. Louis Lambert Airport
A United Airlines flight from Dallas to Chicago was forced to make an emergency diversion to St. Louis Lambert International… Read More »
Flight Disruptions Ease as Trump Administration Lifts Shutdown Restrictions
Flight Disruptions Ease as Trump Administration Lifts Shutdown Restrictions
Crystal Cabin Award 2026 Opens Final Call for Entries
The application period for the Crystal Cabin Award 2026—one of the aviation industry’s most prestigious honours for cabin innovation—is now… Read More »
Gogo Advances 5G ATG Network with New Flight Testing
Gogo has begun flight testing its next-generation 5G air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity network, marking a major step toward bringing faster inflight… Read More »
Passenger Jet Begins to Break Apart Mid-Flight, Forcing Emergency Landing in Russia
Passenger Jet Begins to Break Apart Mid-Flight, Forcing Emergency Landing in Russia
US Court Pauses Order to Unwind Aeroméxico–Delta Joint Venture
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has temporarily halted the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) order requiring Delta… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic Uses Heathrow Slots as Collateral for $745M Loan
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) has secured a USD 745 million loan from Apollo Global Management, using its valuable Heathrow… Read More »
Air Senegal Commits to Nine Boeing 737 Max Jets in Largest-Ever Fleet Order
Boeing and Air Senegal announced on Nov. 17 that the West African carrier has committed to purchase nine Boeing 737… Read More »
TUI Airways Plans to Boost Seat-Only Sales With More Boeing 737 Max
TUI Airways (BY, London Luton) expects accelerated deliveries of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to support its strategy of expanding seat-only… Read More »
Jersey’s Blue Islands Suspends Flights as Government Ends Support
Blue Islands (SI, Jersey) halted all flight operations effective immediately on November 14, 2025, after the Jersey government informed the… Read More »
Condor Retires Boeing 757 Fleet and Evaluates Airbus A321XLR
Condor has officially completed its transition to an all-Airbus fleet following the retirement of its last Boeing 757-300s on November… Read More »
Emirates Expands Fleet With 65 New Boeing 777-9 Jets
Emirates Airlines announced on November 17 that it has placed its third major order for Boeing 777X aircraft to fuel… Read More »
Ethiopian Airlines Orders 11 More Boeing 737-8 Max Jets
Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines announced on Nov. 17 that Africa’s largest carrier has committed to purchase 11 additional Boeing 737… Read More »
Rex Creditors Approve Air T Acquisition to Secure Airline’s Future
Creditors of Regional Express Holdings (Rex Group) have approved a Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA) proposed by U.S.-based aviation holding… Read More »
U.S. Halts Airport Flight Cuts at 6% Until Further Notice
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has frozen mandated flight capacity cuts at 40 major airports at 6%, halting the… Read More »
Air Botswana Mismanagement Probe Sparks Intelligence Officer Lawsuit
The Botswana High Court has ruled in favor of two senior officers from the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS)… Read More »
Can China’s New C919 Jet Compete With Boeing and Airbus?
Can China’s New C919 Jet Compete With Boeing and Airbus?
Aviation Analysis Firm Assesses Future Airliner Concepts and Their Real Viability
Leeham News and Analysis has released a detailed evaluation of 13 next-generation airliner concepts, offering one of the industry’s most… Read More »
Are We in an AI Bubble? Parallels With the 1929 Crash and the Dot-Com Boom Bust
The U.S. stock market is at record highs, and artificial intelligence (AI) has become the driving force behind the surge…. Read More »
FAA Proposes New Safety Directives for Boeing 777 and 787 Jets
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued two proposed airworthiness directives targeting the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Boeing 777 fleets,… Read More »
FAA Expands Grounding to MD-10 and DC-10 Aircraft After Deadly UPS MD-11 Crash
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has widened its emergency grounding order to include the McDonnell Douglas MD-10 and DC-10 aircraft… Read More »
Where and When Lightning Strikes Aircraft
Lightning remains one of the most unpredictable hazards in aviation, often striking in conditions pilots do not consider threatening. A… Read More »