The ongoing strike by French air traffic controllers has disrupted air travel across Europe. It has grounded flights and left hundreds of thousands of passengers facing delays, cancellations, and rerouted journeys. Yet the real crisis is unfolding above France, where […]
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Palma de Mallorca, July 5, 2025 — A false fire alert on a Ryanair flight bound for Manchester led to a chaotic evacuation at Palma’s Son Sant Joan Airport early Saturday morning. While there was no fire, 18 passengers were
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Paris, July 5, 2025 – AirAsia has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for the purchase of 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft, with conversion rights for 20 additional units, bringing the total potential order to 70 jets. The
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New Delhi, July 4, 2025 — Air India Express is under scrutiny again after a Reuters report revealed that the airline operated an Airbus A320 in violation of a European engine safety directive and allegedly altered maintenance records to conceal
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Date: July 4, 2025 Air France–KLM has announced plans to become the majority owner of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) by increasing its stake from 19.9% to 60.5%. This will be achieved by acquiring the entire holdings of current investors Castlelake and
A flap from a Delta plane’s wing dropped into a North Carolina driveway mid-flight. The plane landed safely. The flap, not so much. Special Delivery, From 30,000 Feet Imagine stepping outside for your morning coffee, only to find a large
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Dubai, July 1, 2025 – flydubai has officially broken ground on its first purpose-built Aircraft Maintenance Centre, a major step in the airline’s drive toward greater operational autonomy and technical capability. Located within the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub (MBRAH)
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Dubai, July 2025 — Emirates is making aviation history with the industry’s largest cabin retrofit program, refreshing one aircraft every three weeks as it rolls out its latest cabin products across its fleet. Since launching the program in November 2022,
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An easyJet Airbus A320, operating as Flight U23407 from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) to Bodrum (BJV), was forced to return shortly after takeoff following a bird strike, the airline has confirmed. The aircraft departed at approximately 16:15 BST and
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Tokyo, July 1, 2025 – Passengers onboard a Spring Airlines Japan flight from Shanghai to Tokyo faced a terrifying mid-air emergency on June 30 when their Boeing 737-800 experienced sudden cabin depressurization at cruising altitude. Flight IJ004, operating in codeshare
