Aviation News

Airlines continue to bring back routes that they flew before the pandemic, even if it is for short durations, to cater to seasonal demand. Delta Air Lines has also resumed one such route between Atlanta and Fargo that will last for about a month.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it will equip the air traffic control systems of more than 70 airports across the country with the Runway Incursion Device—a technology designed to improve runway safety and prevent or reduce incursion incidents. The agency has taken several other steps recently, and the latest announcement is part of a larger airport safety enhancement initiative.

Hawaiian Airlines will be adding a fourth daily flight between Honolulu International Airport (HNL) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), in Las Vegas, starting on October 20th. Routes watchdog Ishrion Aviation was among the first to report that the frequency increase would occur on October 26th, but according to Cirium, an aviation data and analytics firm, the airline will commence the additional flight about a week earlier.

Flair Airlines, one of Canada's low-cost carriers, has decided to discontinue its flights to Nashville Airport this year, following the recent tariff imposed between the United States and Canada.

On March 30, northern carriers will switch to summer schedules based on IATA slot seasons. They will maintain these schedules until October 25. During this period, eight carriers will fly the Airbus A350-1000,the type's largest variant, to the US: British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways, French bee, Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Virgin Atlantic. Delta Air Lines' examples are coming.

On Tuesday, March 18th, 2025, a JetBlue Airways flight heading to Denver International Airport (DEN) was required to turn around and make an emergency landing back at Boston Logan Airport (BOS). While details regarding the incident are currently somewhat unclear, the situation that caused the emergency landing has been referred to by multiple news outlets and airport communications as a "potential hydraulic issue."

A male passenger was restrained after allegedly biting another passenger and hitting others on a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently investigating the matter, with the passenger facing potential civil or criminal penalties.

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Emirates has introduced the next seven destinations for its Airbus A350-900 aircraft, with the airline deploying the type to destinations across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as adding extra flights on current routes.

Japan Airlines has pledged to support the modernization of its domestic fleet by adding to its order of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The carrier's latest purchase takes its order book for the type close to 40, with these narrowbody twinjets being slated to replace older planes from the popular 737 family. These will give a fresh feel to Japan Airlines' domestic fleet alongside 11 units of the Airbus A321neo.

A Charlotte-bound American EagleEmbraer ERJ-145 suffered a “possible maintenance issue,” which prompted a diversion to Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday. The aircraft started its journey in Newport News, but changed course less than 10 minutes into the flight.

Just one in every 26 long-haul passenger flights to the US will be on an Airbus A380 or Boeing 747 this year, down from one in 10 before the pandemic in 2019. The findings are based on analyzing every service using Cirium Diio data. Of course, technological developments, the popularity of much more efficient twinjets, and the pandemic mean these things are unsurprising.

Air France has unveiled its long-awaited brand-new first class suites to be fitted on its long-haul Boeing 777 fleet. The airline hopes to deploy the new product on services to a select few long-haul destinations over the next few weeks, beginning with New York JFK Airport. The new product reflects a fairly significant upgrade to the carrier’s first-class offering, incorporating “French elegance and art de vivre [the art of living].”

Nearly 2,000 people have backed the Sustainable Development Plan (SDP) proposed by London Stansted Airport (STN) to accommodate up to 51 million passengers by the 2040s. The airport plans to make the best use of its single runway and improve its supporting infrastructure.

Welcome to my 160th weekly routes article! As I have been away, this is a summary article of some subjectively exciting services that took off between March 4 and 17. Regular service will resume on March 25. Click here to see my last jam-packed article!

The Bahamas has announced that Avelo Airlines will add a flight from the metro area known as The Research Triangle to Nassau, the island nation’s capital, starting in June.

The Wizz Air Group consists of four units: Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (IATA code: 5W), Hungary (the original unit; W6), Malta (W4), and UK (W9).

The chief executive of Air India has estimated that Airbus and Boeing will continue to struggle to deliver aircraft on time due to various supply chain constraints for at least the next four to five years, hampering the industry’s ability to grow capacity.

The US Navy, in a study at the request of the United States federal courts, has decided to affirm keeping the Boeing EA-18G Growlers at Washington State’s NAS Whidbey Island instead of moving them to NAF El Centro in the Southern California desert. Among other reasons for denying the judicial suggestion, the Growler training environment, servicemember families, and the El Centro community would all be adversely impacted.

Honduran authorities have confirmed that an Aerolínea Lanhsa aircraft crashed shortly after taking off, claiming the lives of 12 people, while five were rescued from the Caribbean Sea.