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Ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have continued to disrupt airline operations across the region. In the past weeks, several carriers have adjusted their flight schedules, rerouted services, or extended suspensions in response to the escalating situation and to ensure passenger and crew safety.

TAP Air Portugal is making its newly inaugurated Lisbon-Los Angeles pairing a year-round connection, having initially launched the flight as a seasonal summer service in mid-May. As per data from aviation analytics company Cirium, the Portuguese national carrier will extend the route into the upcoming winter season.

On Saturday, June 21, a United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER took off from Washington D.C.’s Dulles International Airport (IAD) but returned after only an hour airborne due to an engine that overheated severely during takeoff. The jet itself has not left IAD in the wake of the incident.

Airlines and airports around the world handle countless amounts of checked luggage every day, with the vast majority of bags and other items ending up right where they need to. However, in the rare event that such baggage goes missing, passengers can be left in the dark with no end in sight to their bagless ordeal, which can be a cause of major frustration that eats into holidays or business trips.

There are perhaps few weapons systems ever developed that are as deadly as the B-2 Spirit bomber. A long-range heavy strategic bomber designed to penetrate enemy anti-aircraft defenses by using low-observable stealth technology, this aircraft might be the deadliest platform operated by the United States Air Force. An extremely unique weapon and the most expensive aircraft ever developed, the B-2 Spirit has long played a key role in the Air Force's global strike capabilities.

Air France will reportedly suspend all winter Airbus A350 flights on its route between Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) and Denver International Airport (DEN), according to the aviation analytics company Cirium.

Singapore Airlines is celebrating its one-year anniversary at London Gatwick Airport today. The route, connecting Singapore with London’s second-biggest airport, was launched on June 22, 2024, and has since grown from its initial five weekly frequency to daily.

Turkish Airlines is reportedly scaling back plans to add more flight frequencies to several key US destinations. According to the aviation analytics company Cirium, the Turkish national airline has dropped its plans to add more flights between its main hub at Istanbul Airport (IST) and the cities of Atlanta, San Francisco, and Denver.

Brazil’s Azul Linhas Aéreas has reportedly axed three routes from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). The news comes almost a month after the Brazilian airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States.

New York-based hybrid service carrier (HSC) JetBlue has, in recent months, extensively pursued the elimination of unprofitable routes. The airline's goals of consolidating its network in order to reduce individual operating costs and streamline passenger traffic have come amid financial difficulties that the airline has been forced to cope with. On Friday, June 20, 2025, JetBlue made one of its boldest moves yet when it comes to consolidating its network and retreating away from routes that face heavy competition.

U.S.-based planemaker Boeing has faced a host of issues involving the Boeing 737 MAX family. There have been multiple deadly crashes involving the type, and the aircraft has been grounded multiple times by aerospace regulators all across the globe. As a result, it is relatively unsurprising to see that Boeing does not have plans to develop another generation of the troubled Boeing 737. Instead, the carrier will be moving towards a clean-sheet replacement, and one of our clearest indications of this yet came this week.

Hong Kong Airlines has arrived in Sydney, Australia, launching a direct route to the largest Australian city. The airline will become the 52nd airline partner at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, the best-connected airport in Australia. This service is built upon expanding bilateral traffic rights between Australia and Hong Kong.

Speaking with me on the sidelines of the 2025 Paris Air Show this week was Captain Ahmed Adel, EGYPTAIR's Chief Executive Officer. Shortly after the company signed an agreement with Accor Aviation for the supply of the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System to be fitted on its Boeing 737 MAXs, the executive sat down with Simple Flying to impart his plans for the company over the next few years.

Aptly derived from French in the mid-18th century, somber was the unfortunate buzzword at the 2025 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget. The original word comes from Latin, of course. A combination of "under" (sub) and "shade" (umbra), of which, ironically, there was very little in the steaming Parisian summer sun.

Boeing-supported eVTOL manufacturer Wisk has chosen Miami as one of its initial launch markets for air taxi services in the United States. The company plans to identify the best locations and evaluate the potential for building vertiport infrastructure at airports throughout the Miami metropolitan area.

The black boxes from the Air India Boeing 787 crash may be sent to the United States for analysis, according to a report by The Economic Times. This news comes more than a week after the accident, which claimed the lives of 241 people on board the London-bound flight.

Passengers at New York JFK Airport looking out the window on June 3 may have noticed a very peculiar object moving around the taxiways. This tiny, fully white machine appears to have a helicopter body with a long, straight wing, two vertical stabilizers, and a propeller at the back. It's the Beta ALIA CX300, an electric aircraft that promises to revolutionize flying with its low carbon footprint, low operating cost, and a quieter onboard experience.

On Thursday, June 19, multiple sources reported that Dr. Doreen Benary, a New York-based emergency pediatrician, was suing Singapore Airlines following an allergic reaction that she received on a flight from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York. According to the lawsuit, Benary claims that she informed the cabin crew of her shellfish allergy when she boarded the aircraft and sat down. She, sitting in business class, was allegedly served a meal that contained shrimp, and thus she became violently ill shortly after eating.

LEGO enthusiast Richard Paules built a replica of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) with 150,000 LEGO pieces, and the model was acquired by the airport. While there are only a limited number of airlines serving DCA, like American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, many passengers flying to the airport will be able to view the masterpiece from next week.

For more than half a century, Southwest Airlines was synonymous with open seating, with passengers picking their seat when they boarded the plane. No more. The carrier is introducing assigned seating, with passengers able to start booking flights with assigned seats in Q3 of this year for travel beginning in Q1, 2026. Responses to the change among Southwest fliers have been mixed, as is expected when overhauling a signature policy.