Francis Ford Coppola Selling Watches to Recover Megalopolis Costs
Director Francis Ford Coppola is parting with pieces from his luxury watch collection as he seeks to recover losses from… 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 »
OpenAI Confirms CEO Sam Altman Won’t Receive Company Stake
OpenAI announced that its co-founder and CEO, Sam Altman, will not receive an ownership stake in the company following its… Read More »
Apple Maps Tracks Your Visits in iOS 26—Here’s How to Stop It
Apple’s latest update, iOS 26, introduces a new Apple Maps feature that automatically remembers the places you visit—raising fresh concerns… 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 »
AI Will Cause Mass Unemployment, Expert Warns
Renowned computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, often referred to as the “Godfather of AI,” has issued a stark warning about the… 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 »
WestJet IPO Possible After Onex Sells Stake to Global Airlines
WestJet (WS, Calgary) could soon pursue an initial public offering (IPO) after majority owner Onex Corporation sold a 25% stake… Read More »
Caribbean Airlines Releases 2016 Financial Results After Nine Years
Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) has finally submitted its long-delayed audited financial statements for the year ended December 31,… Read More »
Russian Court to Hear airBaltic Debt Case in Late 2025
A Russian court is set to hear a long-standing financial claim against airBaltic in the fourth quarter of 2025. The… Read More »
African Airlines Hit With New EU Bans Amid Ongoing Safety Oversight Disputes
Several African airlines have been newly added to the European Union’s Air Safety List, intensifying a long-running dispute over regulatory… 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 »
How Long Does a Boeing Plane Stay in Service Before Retirement?
The Canadian charter carrier Nolinor Aviation operates one of the world’s oldest Boeing fleets, with 737s averaging an impressive 44.4… Read More »
The High Price of the A.I. Race: Power, Pollution, and the Illusion of Progress
Artificial intelligence is often promoted as the cure for society’s biggest problems—making life safer, faster, and more efficient. But beneath… Read More »
Lockheed Martin & NASA’s X-59 Completes First Flight, Launching Quiet Supersonic Revolution
The X-59 “QueSST” demonstrator — developed by NASA in partnership with Lockheed Martin — has successfully completed its first test… Read More »
Former Tunisair CEO Sentenced in Fake Diploma Scandal
A Tunisian court has sentenced former Tunisair (TU) CEO Khaled Chelly to three years in prison and former union secretary-general… Read More »
Nigeria Retains Air Peace, MaxAir, flynas for 2026 Hajj Flights
Nigeria’s National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) has reappointed four airlines—Air Peace, MaxAir (Nigeria), UmzaXpress, and Saudi Arabia’s flynas—to handle pilgrim transportation… Read More »
Lima Airport Delays New Passenger Fee to December 2025
The government of Peru and Lima Airport Partners (LAP), operator of Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport, have agreed to postpone… Read More »