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
Are We in an AI Bubble? The U.S. stock market is at record highs, and artificial intelligence (AI) has become… 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 »
Trip.com Group Reports Strong Q3 Growth in International Bookings
Trip.com Group posted robust gains across its international business segments in the third quarter of 2025, reflecting surging demand for… Read More »
New GPS Anti-Jamming and Anti-Spoofing System Unveiled for Civil Aircraft
Fokker Services Group (FSG) has unveiled a new GPS anti-jamming and anti-spoofing solution for civil aircraft at the Dubai Airshow, addressing the rising… Read More »
Google Prepares AI Mode for Hotel and Flight Bookings
Google is expanding its new agentic booking capabilities, confirming it is developing AI-powered hotel and flight reservations within AI Mode…. Read More »
Are Flights Still Disrupted After the Shutdown Ends?
The government shutdown may be over, but the ripple effects across the U.S. air travel system are far from resolved…. Read More »
Global Aircraft Seat Shortage Creates New Airline Bottleneck
A growing shortage of aircraft seats has become a major supply chain bottleneck, affecting airlines and manufacturers across the globe…. Read More »