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More international flights are destined for the West Coast of the United States, and American Airlines is keen to get in on the action. American plans to codeshare with Alaska Airlines on its new European routes, but has claimed that the airline will not want any flying done on the route with its pilots due to a conflict in scope clauses.

New York-based JetBlue is heading to Vero Beach, Florida, and while it's great news for passengers, the airport executives feel 'blindsided' due to federal law allowing them to operate to the Floridian airport. The issue is that it will make the airport exceed its service cap of 100,000 passengers, meaning that the airport's grants will drop from 80% to 50% from the Florida Department of Transportation.

Top Class Actions is reporting that United Airlines is facing a class-action lawsuit in California for selling window seats without any windows. The lawsuit alleges that United Airlines misled customers by promoting a seat as a window seat without an actual window being present, often charging extra for the seat. The plaintiff claims that such practices count as false advertising and is seeking compensation for those affected.

A Frontier Airlines pilot based at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is facing serious allegations after allegedly making a false bomb threat against one of the carrier's flights. The police say the incident, which happened back in May, appears to have been an attempt to target a former Frontier employee with whom he had a personal history.

Very long one-stop passenger flights get relatively little attention. It is the same situation for those services that touch the US. Between now and next February, the country's ten longest one-stop markets have maximum block times of between 19h 40m and 24h 20m. That finding is from examining all schedules using the latest OAG data.

Spike Aerospace, an innovative aerospace company based in Boston, says that it is making significant progress in the development of its flagship supersonic business jet, the Spike S-512 Diplomat. Spike is moving to complete an enhanced study on the aircraft’s technological features.

The US President has departed Joint Base Andrews in Maryland aboard Air Force One for a seven-hour flight to Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. The Cold War-era base will host talks between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will be their first face-to-face meeting in years.

A sonic boom was heard over parts of the UK today as a Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon raced to intercept a private jet over the south of England. The intercepted aircraft is aBombardier Global Express registered to Empire Aviation in Dubai, UAE.

AeroTime is reporting that on August 12, 2025, a ride-along passenger on an F-15D inadvertently activated the eject system while it was taxiing at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Massachusetts. The incident involved a two-seat F-15 variant operated by the 104 Fighter Wing. Online footage shows the jet rolling along the taxiway as the canopy is expelled, with the rear-seat occupant visible crawling nearby under what seems to be a deployed parachute.

Two easyJet aircraft were involved in a ground collision this morning that saw their wings come into contact with one another. The pair of Airbus A320-200 narrowbody twinjets were scheduled to operate flights from Manchester (MAN) toParis Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) and Gibraltar (GIB), but had to return to their gates.

JetBlue Airways has announced a new wave of expansion in three core markets for the carrier: Florida, Latin America, and the Caribbean. These consist of new routes along with some returning destinations. Some of the highlights include JetBlue's first-ever routes to Vero Beach, Florida, and the airline's return to Daytona Beach, both from JetBlue's largest hubs in Bostonand New York.

The prototype Boeing 777X registered as WH001/ N779XW arrived in Victorville to begin takeoff performance testing with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The big jet was spotted by B777Xlovers on Thursday morning, August 14. The series of trials will verify that the 777-9 meets FAA standards for safe and reliable operation under different runway and environmental conditions.

Southwest Airlines has renewed its lease and beefed up its flight schedules for the next year, reaffirming its commitment to be the dominant operator of Dallas Love Field (DAL) until at least the 2040s. The City of Dallas granted a 15-year extension to Southwest with significant improvements planned as well.

Avelo Airlines' fleet consists of 22 aircraft, not all of which are active. According to ch-aviation, it has 14 737-800s (which average 15.9 years) and eight 737-700s (19.2 years). When writing, the most recent delivery was N810VL, which is an ex-Gol frame. It arrived in July 2025.

Some flights at Porto Airport (OPO) were diverted on August 10, 2025, after a Ryanair flight declared an emergency in which the captain passed out. The flight landed safely, and the captain received medical attention upon landing, but declined to be taken to the hospital.

A Russian government Ilyushin Il-96 has entered US airspace and is on its way to Anchorage, ahead of planned high-level talks in Alaska. The long-range widebody, operating as flight RSD381, departed Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Thursday morning and is expected to land at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson.

UAE-based carrierflydubai is an airline on the up. Its fleet is set to grow by almost 15% this year, with the delivery of 12 new Boeing 737 aircraft, and it has many more on order alongside widebodies from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner family. Even so, the carrier believes it would be even bigger were it not for delivery delays.

A Boeing 747-8 operating a transatlantic flight for German flag carrier andStar Alliance founding member Lufthansa had to return to its point of origin yesterday evening after reportedly experiencing issues with its landing gear. The quadjet left Chicago for Frankfurt, but touched back down in the Windy City 75 minutes later.

An American pilot and social media influencer who has been stranded in Antarctica for weeks says he has done nothing wrong after being accused of landing there without authorization. The case, which was brought by Chilean authorities, has sparked a legal dispute over whether his diversion to the continent was justified.

Yesterday, aBoeing 747 freighter flying to Taiwan touched down in a rather more eventful fashion than might otherwise have been planned. The 747-8F, which was operating a cargo flight from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Taipei Taoyuan International (TPE) for UPS Airlines, suffered an engine pod strike upon landing.