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Turkish firms hit by India-Pakistan fight: airport and airline ties under review
Turkish interests in the growing Indian commercial aviation industry have been seriously impacted as a result of the recent fighting between India and Pakistan. The continued activity of several Turkish aviation firms in India is being put into question after Turkey appeared to side with Pakistan at…
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Icelandair announced two new European routes from Iceland: Edinburgh and Malaga
Icelandair has announced a growth of its European network with the inauguration of new scheduled flights from Iceland to Edinburgh in Scotland and Malaga in Spain. The two new destinations…
US senators introduce bill to legalize supersonic commercial flight over land
US Republican Senator Ted Budd, from North Carolina, has introduced a bill that, if approved, would considerably expand the market for commercial supersonic flight in the US. The…
Horizon Aircraft reaches milestone with X7 eVTOL transitioning to forward flight
Canadian-based Horizon Aircraft, an advanced aerospace engineering company which is currently developing what will become one of the world’s first hybrid eVTOL aircraft, announced on May 15,…
Outdated FAA air traffic system parts replaced via eBay, 3D printing: US DOT
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that it has purchased replacement parts for the old air traffic control system on eBay and is using 3D printers to create new parts,…
Ukrainian F-16 fighter crashes during combat mission; pilot ejects safely
Ukraine lost one of its F-16 fighter jets during a combat mission in the early hours of May 16, 2025, as confirmed in a statement by the Ukrainian Air Force. The pilot survived after safely…
Etihad boosts flights to Milan, Rome, as Italian travel demand surges
Etihad Airways will boost its daily flights to Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) and Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) after the airline reported significant growth in travel demand between Italy and…
FAA unaware Pentagon-DCA hotline was down for 3 years, official confirms
A direct hotline between the Pentagon and air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) has been down since March 2022, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
REGENT receives incremental seaglider order from Florida-based UrbanLink
REGENT announced on May 14, 2025, that one of its customers, Florida-based UrbanLink Air Mobility, is increasing a pre-existing Seaglider order from 27 to 47 units. In September 2024,…
Russian Su-35 violates airspace as Estonia intercepts ‘ghost fleet’ tanker
Tensions in the Baltic Sea escalated on May 13, 2025, after a Russian Su-35 fighter jet violated Estonian airspace in what Tallinn described as a “dangerous act of aggression” intended to…
Kuwait Airways expands fleet with delivery of first Airbus A321neo
Kuwait Airways, the national airline of Kuwait, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo, the first of nine A321neo aircraft on order with the European planemaker. The…
Alaska Airlines launches widebody international flights from Seattle to Tokyo
Alaska Airlines launched its first widebody services from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Washington, with an inaugural flight to Tokyo-Narita (NRT), Japan, on May 12, 2025. …
Singapore Changi Airport officially breaks ground on Terminal 5 construction
Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 14, 2025 to mark the start of construction of Terminal 5 (T5). Prime Minister of Singapore and Minister of Finance Lawrence…
New British carrier Global Airlines takes first flight on Glasgow-New York route
British startup carrier Global Airlines has successfully taken off on its maiden passenger flight from Glasgow, Scotland, to New York, United States. The aircraft, an Airbus A380 painted in…
Is Southwest Airlines preparing for international expansion? What we know so far
Southwest Airlines could be preparing for a significant expansion of its international operations. The low-cost carrier has filed a request with the US Department of Transportation (DOT)…
Airbus, Turkish Aerospace team up on Spain’s next-generation jet trainer
Airbus and Turkish Aerospace have formalized their growing partnership in military aviation with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) focused on the development of an…
AirExplore leases majority of fleet for Europe’s peak summer season
AirExplore, Slovakia’s biggest airline and part of Avia Solutions Group – the world’s largest ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) provider, predicts a busy summer this year with…
Qatar Airways signs record $200B Boeing deal during Trump’s Doha visit
Qatar Airways has signed a record-setting deal to purchase jets from Boeing during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf nation on May 14, 2025, as part of his Middle East tour. The…
US approves possible $1.32B sale of six CH-47F Chinook helicopters to UAE
The US State Department announced that it had approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of CH-47F Chinook Helicopters and related equipment to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for an…
ZeroAvia and RVL Aviation partner on hydrogen-powered cargo operations
Hydrogen propulsion startup ZeroAvia has set its sights on the air cargo market. On May 13, 2025, ZeroAvia announced that it has signed an agreement with RVL Aviation, a provider of…
Boeing 2025 aircraft deliveries already exceed 50% of last year’s total
Boeing has published its latest orders and deliveries data which show that the manufacturer has already exceeded 50% of last year’s delivery total. On May 13, 2025, Boeing confirmed that in…
