Aviation News

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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After recently making the headlines for reversing its famous "bags fly free" policy, Southwest Airlines has now attempted to begin expanding its network amid a long period of organizational restructuring. The carrier today announced that it would add two new routes to its schedule, including nonstop service from Will Rogers International Airport (OKC) in Oklahoma City to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). In addition to this flight, the airline will also begin flying from Eppley Airfield (OMA) in Omaha, Nebraska, to San Diego International Airport (SAN).

United Airlines has received the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration for its first Starlink-equipped aircraft type, paving the way for further installation on other aircraft. The airline plans to install this technology across its entire fleet of regional jets by the end of this year.

With today being April 1st, companies around the world have taken the opportunity to spread a touch of light-hearted joy by spinning a few April Fools' Day stories that are just slightly too good to be true. Whether you were able to smell the rat straight away or briefly believed the unlikely tales, it has been a fun start to the month seeing the different things that companies across the globe have come up with.

SAS has announced a significant expansion of its summer schedule, with the airline adding 28 new routes from Copenhagen, Denmark, Oslo, Norway, and Stockholm, Sweden, strengthening its role in connecting Northern Europe to the world.

An American Airlines flight from New York to Tokyo was forced to divert to Dallas/Fort Worth after it had already begun crossing the Pacific Ocean on its way to the Japanese capital.

Later this month, the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's second-tier club competition, will take place across the continent. Alongside Norwegian underdogs Bodø/Glimt's tie against Italian heavyweights Lazio, the remaining three quarter-finals each feature a British side, with Tottenham Hotspur taking on Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester United facing Lyon, and Rangers squaring up against Athletic Bilbao. The latter of these draws has prompted a boom in flights.

French planemaker Airbus has announced that the A380 will return. While the manufacturer broke many hearts by canceling the program on Valentine's Day 2019, it appears that April Fools Day is the perfect day to bring the giant of the skies back!

Lufthansa, citing new aircraft delivery delays, has said that it will begin deploying its Airbus A350-900 aircraft from Frankfurt, including to two destinations in the United States, Denver and Seattle.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) for some Boeing 757 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce engines. The AD was proposed because of instances of precooler failures in some engines resulting in head damage to some components.