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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has seen a historic surge in airline travel. Just over a week ago, the agency reported screening almost 3.1 million passengers in a single day at airports across the nation, making it the busiest travel day in its 24-year history. Since then, it has added the seventh and ninth-busiest days in TSA history, meaning 2025 can now claim six of the agency's top 10 busiest days on record.

A cybercriminal group known as Scattered Spider has set its sights on the airline industry in North America. The group, known for hacking into corporate IT systems and holding sensitive information for ransom, has managed to reach two major North American airlines: Canada's WestJet and Hawaiian Airlines. Both airlines did not report any disruptions to their operations.

The American Journal of Transportation (AJOT) is reporting that Boeing is looking to acquire Spirit AeroSystems' Belfast facilities in Northern Ireland. This is as per statements made by Spirit and Boeing representatives to AJOT. This comes as part of a larger acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems' assets and facilities, with both Boeing and Airbus acquiring key parts of the company.

For Canada’s Birthday, the “Snowbirds” aerial demonstration team of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) made a special flyover in Ottawa. Earlier today, the unique team flew its Canadair C-114 Tutors over the Parliament Building in tight formation, celebrating the nation’s foundation day.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the MTG-S1 weather satellite for EUMETSAT today (July 1), then came back down to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how the Milky Way and other modern galaxies evolved.

The phenomenon is created by the shifting play of light and shadow over the lunar surface.

More than 1,800 Airbus A380 flights are scheduled to European destinations this month, according to the aviation analytics company Cirium. Six airlines will operate the double-decker aircraft on routes connecting various parts of the world to Europe.

A Spring Japan Boeing 737, operating a flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT) on June 30, was forced to make an emergency landing at Osaka’s Kansai International Airport (KIX) after the aircraft experienced issues with cabin pressurization.

Brazilian manufacturer Embraer has been seeing steady interest in its E2 jet family in recent months. The company had a successful showing at this year’s Paris Air Show and secured additional orders for the type. Additionally, this morning, Scandinavian Airlines placed a firm order for 45 E195-E2 aircraft, along with options and purchase rights for 10 more. The jets will be operated by SAS Link, the carrier’s regional subsidiary.

The Australian company Gilmour Space has delayed the launch of its Eris-1 rocket yet again, pushing back indefinitely from the previously planned July 2 date.

A fairly significant visit by the Belgian Royal family to Chile was disrupted not once, but twice, after a HiFly Airbus A340-300 encountered several technical difficulties. The visit, which occurred last week, made headlines in Belgium after Portuguese wet-lease specialist HiFly provided a less-than-royal service.

London Heathrow has more Airbus A380 flights than any other airport worldwide except (you guessed it) Dubai. Using OAG to analyze Heathrow's July schedule indicates 21 departures are available on most days. Frequencies remain almost unchanged year-on-year, but are down by 13% compared to before the pandemic in July 2019.

American companies launched 21 commercial space missions in June 2025, which was a new record for a single month, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

A distant cluster of galaxies is wrapped in a vast halo of high-energy particles that could be the work of supermassive black holes or a cosmic particle accelerator.

The Mars rover captured images of low ridges called boxwork patterns, which appear like spiderwebs from space.

Change is afoot in Boeing's executive leadership team. The US planemaker announced the appointment of its new Chief Financial Officer yesterday, with this news being followed today by the unveiling of the new President and Chief Executive Officer of its Defense, Space &Security division. The company has opted to appoint Steve Parker to this position, a veteran executive of almost four decades at Boeing.

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of physics.

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or long-distance transport in the early solar system."

Boeing has hired a new Chief Financial Officer. Jesus "Jay" Malave was announced as the company's new CFO as well as executive vice president on June 30, 2025, and he will step into these roles on August 15, 2025. Malave is formerly from Lockheed Martin, also serving as the CFO. Additionally, Boeing has promoted Brian West, the company's former CFO, to senior advisor for Kelly Ortberg, Boeing's CEO and president.