Croatia Airlines A220 Suffers Runway Excursion at Split During Aborted Takeoff
A Croatia Airlines Airbus A220-300 veered off the runway at Split Airport on 16 May 2026 after its crew aborted takeoff at high speed, coming...
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Argentina Retires Its Last A-4AR Fightinghawks — End of an Era for South American Aviation
Argentina’s Air Force officially retired its last A-4AR Fightinghawk on May 14, 2026 — ending 60 years of continuous Skyhawk operations and leaving the country...
Budget Airline Bans Humanoid Robots After One Actually Buys a Ticket and Flies
Southwest Airlines banned humanoid and animal-like robots from its aircraft on May 13, 2026 — two days after a 3.5-foot humanoid robot named Stewie walked...
Archer Aviation Clears FAA Phase 3 Certification — Electric Air Taxi Eyes First Commercial Flights in 2026
Archer Aviation has become the first eVTOL company in history to close Phase 3 of the FAA’s four-phase Type Certification process for its Midnight eVTOL....
Lufthansa Orders 10 A350-900s AND 10 Boeing 787-9s — Splits the Widebody Order Between Both Rivals
Lufthansa Group split a 20-aircraft widebody order evenly between Airbus and Boeing on May 11, 2026 — 10 A350-900s and 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners —...
Middle East Airspace Shutdown Threatens 90,000 Daily Passengers — Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Hubs Paralyzed
Airspace closures across the UAE and Qatar have paralyzed Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways — the world’s three most powerful hub carriers — disrupting roughly...
Bombardier Global 8000 Earns FAA Certification — World’s Fastest Business Jet Now Cleared for U.S. Operations
Bombardier’s Global 8000 has received full FAA type certification, clearing the world’s fastest production business jet for operations across U.S. airspace. The announcement came approximately...
FAA Imposes Hard Summer Flight Cap at O’Hare — Airlines Lose Nearly 300 Daily Operations
The FAA on April 16 imposed a hard cap of 2,708 daily operations at Chicago O’Hare International Airport for Summer 2026 — cutting nearly 300...
FAA Issues Emergency Airworthiness Directive on A320neo Family — Fuselage Panel Thickness Defect Found in Production
The FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive on May 8, 2026, targeting Airbus A319neo, A320neo, and A321neo family aircraft after a supplier quality review turned...
United Airlines CEO Admits He Pitched a United-American Airlines Merger to U.S. Government Officials
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby personally pitched a merger with American Airlines to senior U.S. government officials — including President Donald Trump — during a...
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