Aviation News

Spirit Airlines, which recently confirmed that it had emerged from financial restructuring, also known as Chapter 11, has detailed its fleet plan for 2025, with the airline reducing its fleet by 23 aircraft compared to the previous plan.

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 was forced to turn back to its departure airport due to a fume event onboard, with the aircraft returning to commercial service shortly after its landing in Portland, Oregon, the United States.

In the aftermath of the tragic midair collision over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. in January, authorities have been working hard to making operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport safer.

Opinions and discussions on subjects like politics and religion can be tricky even among acquaintances, but wearing your preference on a hat as an airline pilot is likely to ruffle feathers. Something similar happened on a Frontier Airlines flight, in which the captain was seen wearing a red Trump hat, prompting a passenger to call him out on social media.

In partnership with Atlanta's Tio Lucho's restaurant and nonprofit Giving Kitchen, Delta Air Lines is bringing traditional Peruvian cuisine to its busiest Sky Club. This special offering, part of Delta's "Local Flavor" program, allows passengers to enjoy a taste of Peru without leaving the airport for a limited time. Travelers passing through Delta Air Lines' Sky Club at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) can now have an exciting new culinary experience to look forward to.

Airlines operating the three Boeing 787 variants (the 8, 9, and 10) will collectively have an average of 1,160 round-trip long-haul flights daily in April, based on Cirium Diio data. The type is now so popular that more than one in four long-haul services is on it. Nearly three-quarters more such flights are on the 787 than the Airbus A350, which entered service four years later in 2015.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has caught seven firearms at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) this year, putting it on track to surpass last year’s record of 21 firearms. However, this is not a record the agency wants to achieve, as it reminds travelers never to bring firearms to security checkpoints.

In previous years, Delta Air Lines operated its longest Boeing 757-200 route between its principal North American hub at Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson International Airport (ATL) and Ted Stevens International Airport (ANC) in Anchorage. An extremely unique route that is known for catering to vacationers during the summer travel season, it is unsurprising that Delta has historically chosen to operate this route as a seasonal service. With limited year-round demand in previous years, the carrier has consistently chosen not to serve the route during the cold autumn and winter months.

On April 2, Air Canada took off from its Pacific hub in Vancouver to Manila. While the city pair has been served by Philippine Airlines for years, this is the first time the Philippines has been part of Air Canada's network.

Virgin Australia has continued to prepare for its initial public offering (IPO), with the airline’s executives meeting with prospective investors ahead of its potential relisting on a stock exchange.

United Airlines has announced that bookings are open for direct flights between San Francisco and Adelaide, with the new route being unveiled shortly after the carrier teased three new destinations on April 1.

Lufthansa Group has provided another update on the integration of ITA Airways into the group, with the Italian airline, which should leave SkyTeam on April 30, receiving executives’ approval to join Star Alliance.

An incident has surfaced involving a regional American Eagle flight in which the aircraft cabin was filled with haze upon landing. Any indication of a possible fire inside an aircraft can be extremely dangerous, and the American Eagle flight was promptly evacuated. Thankfully, no passenger injuries were reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has updated on its efforts to quickly hire air traffic controllers (ATC) in the United States, with the current Acting Administrator detailing that out of around 10,000 applicants, between 7,500 and more than 8,300 were referred to testing to proceed with the hiring process.

When Emirates revealed yesterday that it would be branching out into the field of package delivery, many assumed that it was little more than a harmless April Fool's joke. After all, the UAE flag carrier did so with a rather implausible photograph depicting one of its Airbus A380s parked on a suburban street. However, the airline has since revealed that its announcement had more than an element of truth.

While passengers with special needs, such as those traveling with medical devices, often have incident-free flights, occasionally, this could create issues with airline staff for various reasons. Recently, a passenger was asked to deboard a Frontier Airlines flight because of her Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator.

Southwest Airlines has scheduled one flight on November 30, 2025, offering non-stop service between Nashville Airport, Tennessee (BNA), and El Paso, Texas (ELP). The flights are set for that single day, catering to travelers looking to either depart or return between the two cities.

American, Delta, Hawaiian, and United all deploy widebodies (aircraft with two aisles) on domestic flights. Yet using Cirium Diio data to examine every planned flight shows that only Hawaiian and Delta have increased such operations compared to last summer. This article focuses exclusively on Delta.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will meet Boeing leadership on Wednesday to discuss in person what transpired onboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft during their mission last year. The pair launched on Starliner on June 5, 2024, but the spacecraft was forced to return to Earth uncrewed on September 7, with Williams and Wilmore returning on March 18 onboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

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