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Manchester is home to the third-busiest airport in the United Kingdom, which offers several connections to the United States, as well as Asia, Canada, and the Middle East. The airport is also set to gain new routes, including IndiGo’s new services to India.

Departing on Tuesday, June 17, a very special flight took off from New York’s JFK International Airport headed to the sunny shores of Bermuda, according to FlightAware. The jet bore aPan Am livery in homage to the iconic airline from the golden era of aviation.

The European manufacturer has bagged another order for its latest widebody A350-1000 aircraft. Taiwanese carrier STARLUX Airlines has confirmed a firm order for 10 additional A350-1000s, further strengthening its long-haul fleet as it expands international operations.

A mishap which led to a Beechcraft King Air colliding into a hangar roof has been attributed to a technical failure. Theplane crash happened on Monday, June 16th, and resulted in injuries to both the pilot and a passenger, as KCTV 5 reported.

Southwest Airlines flight 1843 was canceled on Monday, June 16, after blowing out a tire before takeoff. Thankfully, the incident at Rhode Island’s T.F. Green Airport (PVD) was limited to a flat, and the jet safely returned to the gate.

On June 17, the second day of the Paris Air Show, the 2025 SKYTRAX World Airline Awards were announced during a gala ceremony at the Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget. Qatar Airways was once again crowned the World’s Best Airline, securing the title for the ninth time.

JetBlue is planning to park and likely retire four of its oldest A320s rather than conduct planned cabin retrofits on the aircraft. The carrier had originally planned to upgrade the aircraft that still operate with the 150-seat layouts that they received at launch in the early 2000s. However, financial constraints are putting the brakes on this for at least four of the aircraft.

On June 24, Etihad Airways will begin flying the Airbus A380 from Abu Dhabi to Toronto.It will be the first time the carrier's double-decker quadjets have appeared in Canada. Excluding a one-off China Southern repatriation service in 2020, its arrival means Canada's busiest airport will have two A380 operators for the first time, joining Emirates.

This summer, Delta Air Lines will be streamlining travel options for premium flyers to many of Europe's hard-to-reach summer destinations. The carrier will now allow Delta One passengers the opportunity to book final-leg charter flights through the carrier's private jet subsidiary, Wheels Up. Those traveling to destinations like Athens, Nice, or Rome will be able to book onward private jet travel to high-profile but hard-to-reach destinations like Mykonos or St. Tropez. Wheels Up will arrange charter and transfer operations using its global fleet of more than 7,000 aircraft and helicopters.

It's the second day of the Paris Air Show, and we have another update from All Nippon Airways (ANA). The airline has unveiled "THE Room FX," a new supersized business class seat designed specifically for its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet. It was developed in collaboration with French seat manufacturer Safran Seats and the UK-based design firm Acumen.

An Alaska Airlines flight and other flights around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) were disrupted on June 14, 2025, after a passenger made remarks about having a bomb on board. The Alaska Airlines flight was forced to stop taxiing, and two of the airport's runways were closed.

Welcome to my 172nd weekly routes article! It includes nine mini-stories about subjectively exciting services that took off between June 10 and 16. While dozens of routes worldwide started in the examined period, only a selection of intriguing additions are covered in this article.

Seemingly out of nowhere, on December 3, 2023, Alaska Airlines, or rather its parent company, Alaska Air Group, announced that it would acquire Hawaiian Airlines, or rather its parent company, Hawaiian Holdings, in a transaction valued at $1.9 billion, including $900 million of the latter’s debt. At the time, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines had a domestic passenger market share of 5.5% and 1.3%, respectively. The combined company represents the fourth-largest domestic carrier in the US.

Recent times have seen Pratt & Whitney dominate the headlines concerning the world of modern commercial aviation for all the wrong reasons, as issues with the company's engines have had significant knock-on effects at airline customers worldwide. Now, however, the firm appears to have turned a corner, having secured major votes of confidence from key players in the low-cost sector this week.

An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Mexico City International Airport was forced to return and make a heavy landing at LAX on June 13. The pilots of the Boeing 737-800 reported issues related to a window seal leak just a few minutes into the flight. They ultimately felt that it was safest to return rather than press on with the nearly four-hour flight.

On June 12, Hawaiian Airlines inaugurated its first flight from Seattle to Anchorage. This development is, of course, because it is now a fully owned subsidiary of the Alaska Air Group. Flights are operated by theAirbus A330 and are the only widebodies operating between the two cities.

Airports, despite being massive hubs for global transportation, are also some of the most dangerous places for infectious diseases to surface. As places from which passengers depart for destinations all across the globe, airports are the ideal places for viruses to spread, as they can easily transfer between travelers and head off to new cities. Onboard aircraft, passengers are extremely close together, providing even more room for an infectious disease to spread.

Anchorage now has scheduled passenger flights to 19 airports in the Lower 48 US states. The latest addition is Sacramento, with the first flight ever from Alaska's most populous city departing on June 14. However, compared to 2024, Anchorage has lost flights to Seattle Paine Field.

Frontier Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney GTF engines to power 91 of its Airbus A320neo aircraft. The follow-on order will bring the carrier's total of GTF-powered aircraft to 235, including those already delivered.

A new upgrade option for the PW1100G geared turbofans has been released by Pratt & Whitney Engines. The kit promises to bring already in-service powerplants' durability nearly to par with its newly certified GTF Advantage update.