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Aviation analytics company Cirium has revealed the world's most punctual airline for February 2025. In a notable shift, for the first time in an extended period, a UK airline has secured a spot in the top ten most on-time carriers, both globally and within Europe.

Another disturbing incident has come to light about a passenger becoming violent onboard an airplane, physically assaulting at least two people on an American Airlines flight. Co-incidentally, the flight in question was the same Wichita-Washington service that was involved in the fatal midair collision in January.

An Air India New York-JFK-bound flight originating in Mumbai was turned around Monday morning following a threat. AI119 was roughly four hours into its almost 16-hour flight when a potential security threat was discovered onboard.

The German Lufthansa Group of airlines recently had CEO Carsten Spohr share with the March 6 Bangkok Post that the group sees growth connecting Europe with Asia. However, with long routes to avoid Russian airspace due to Russia’s War on Ukraine, Lufthansa and the other airlines of Lufthansa Group have to spend more and burn more fuel to connect Thailand with Europe for tourism and trade.

A typical US domestic flight in March will cover 595 nautical miles (1,102 km), roughly the distance from Atlanta to Houston Intercontinental.

Saturday, March 8, marked International Women’s Day - an opportunity to celebrate women's social, economic, and cultural achievements and their fight for equality and liberation worldwide. Many airlines celebrated the occasion with all-women-operated flights, among other campaigns, to highlight the significant contribution of women to the aviation industry.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, Florida-based ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines made the headlines for declaring bankruptcy, marking yet another turn in the carrier's long series of post-pandemic difficulties. To continue operating, the company was able to secure a large amount of provisional funding, but it became very clear that the Spirit which would exit the restructuring process would likely look significantly different from the Spirit Airlines of the past.

One-stop flights employing the same aircraft and flight number are usually intriguing, particularly if they involve long-haul operations or are different. Air Canadahas five stopping services this year. While no longer operated, they included its temporary stopover in Frankfurt en route from Mumbai to Toronto. This was to refuel and change crew, probably because of the detour from avoiding Russian airspace.

Delta Air Lines has introduced a new route between New York's LaGuardia International Airport (LGA) and Northway Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) in Panama City, Florida. This is part of the airline's reported expansion of 20 domestic routes for the summer 2025 season.

The northern aviation summer season is nearly here. On March 30, northern operators will switch to summer schedules based on IATA slot seasons. They will maintain them until October 25, with winter schedules taking effect the following day.

Following the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision to inject more competition at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), the US Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to grant 10 slot exemptions to air carriers for operations at DCA for either within- or beyond-perimeter routes.

Following a major airline ordering new aircraft is a slow, speculative and often frustrating process that follows a very similar pathway, irrespective of the airline or the airplane. It starts with mostly unfounded speculation that goes on for months and surprisingly finally gets announced at a major air show, such as the Paris, Dubai, Singapore or Farnborough shows.

In a drastic turn of events, the JetBlue pilot who was arrested last month on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, shot himself fatally on Friday. Jeremy Gudorf was detained in February before a flight to Paris out of Boston and was wanted in Huntersville, North Carolina.

The US District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Leonie Brinkema, has greenlit a shareholder class action against Boeing over safety issues with the 737 MAX aircraft, according to a report by Reuters.

A small aircraft crashed near a retirement community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday. According to authorities, the crash occurred in Manheim Township, and there are believed to be multiple injuries.

New York John F. Kennedy International Airport is among the best-connected hubs in the United States. The airport serves as a major hub for both Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, and is also the largest base for hybrid carrier JetBlue Airways. Given it serves New York City, the largest city and one of the largest business centers in the United States, there is high travel demand for New York from destinations across the country and world.

Despite recent economic tensions between Canada and the United States of America, Porter Airlines still claims that Canadians are willing to travel to the United States. Despite various trends involving canceling US vacations and avoiding goods produced in the United States, the airline has yet to see a significant drop in demand for flights to America. While the carrier has seen some impact from the boycotts, it has not yet been severe enough to justify drastic changes.

London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is considering building a shorter third runway than originally planned in an effort to cut costs in its multibillion-pound expansion plan, according to a report by the Financial Times (FT).

Frontier Airlines announced that starting in 2026, it will operate out of Terminal 6 (T6) at New York JFK Airport

TUI Airways has made adjustments to its United Kingdom-outbound flight network during the upcoming summer season, removing 12 routes, including one long-haul flight, to various leisure destinations.