Virgin Atlantic Suspends Dubai Route After Airspace Closure
Virgin Atlantic suspended its Dubai flights after regional conflict forced a 16-hour flight to nowhere, highlighting operational risks in the Middle East.
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Virgin Atlantic suspended its Dubai flights after regional conflict forced a 16-hour flight to nowhere, highlighting operational risks in the Middle East.
Israeli airlines will resume outbound passenger flights from Ben Gurion Airport on March 8, following a week-long airspace closure due to regional conflict.
Indian carriers cancelled 278 international flights on Friday due to airspace restrictions stemming from escalating conflict in the Middle East.
GOL Linhas Aéreas will launch its first long-haul route, a 3x weekly nonstop service from Rio de Janeiro to New York, starting July 8, 2026.
Heathrow Airport's flight emissions fell 7% below 2019 levels in 2025, strengthening its case for a proposed third runway amid new sustainability targets.
A major snowstorm at Denver International Airport prompted an FAA ground stop, leading to 1,349 flight delays and 171 cancellations on Friday, March 6.
Syzygy Plasmonics and Geo bio gas&carbon will develop SAF projects in Brazil, using sugarcane waste to meet new national emission reduction mandates.
Embraer's firm order backlog hit a record $31.6 billion in 2025, fueled by unprecedented demand and record sales for its E-Jet family of aircraft.
India has started construction on the Rs 1,507 crore Kota-Bundi Greenfield Airport to boost regional connectivity and economic growth in Rajasthan.
United Airlines and the AFA-CWA union are nearing a new contract for over 26,000 flight attendants after nearly six years of federally mediated talks.
Singapore will impose a sustainable aviation fuel levy on all departing flights from 2026 to fund its national SAF usage targets and decarbonization goals.
Brazil's Gol will operate its first widebody aircraft, five A330-900neos assigned by Abra Group, marking a major shift from its all-Boeing 737 fleet.
An El Al Boeing 737 aborted its landing at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport upon ATC instruction following a missile alert in central Israel.
NTSB findings on a Praetor 500 hard landing cite flight control laws, prompting mandatory software and procedure updates from the FAA and ANAC.
Major Gulf carriers like Emirates and Etihad are resuming limited operations following widespread airspace closures caused by regional instability in West Asia.
Singapore Airlines is working to recover a 747-400F freighter stranded in Sharjah following widespread Middle East airspace closures on February 28.
Widespread Middle East airspace closures have caused Asia-Europe airfares to surge up to 900% as airlines cancel flights and reroute traffic.
The FAA has revoked StarFlite Aviation's certificate after allegedly finding five years of falsified pilot training records affecting over 170 flights.
Atlantic Biomass claims its new 'Dual Pathway' system can nearly double biomass-to-SAF conversion rates by running two production processes simultaneously.
Thousands of passengers were stranded across Europe as airlines canceled over 340 flights and delayed nearly 3,500 more over a two-day period.