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On June 13, 2025, it was reported that European aerospace conglomerate Airbus would begin flight tests for the next two variants of its best-selling wide-body jet, the Airbus A350. For more than a decade now, the Airbus A350 has been the core of the airline's widebody offerings, and the plane has gathered orders from carriers all across the globe. The aircraft manufacturer, however, is not satisfied with the status quo and is looking to continue building on the success of the model.

Breeze recently celebrated its fourth anniversary. It is the US's 15th-largest carrier for June flights, rising to 11th for seats for sale due to its 54-strong fleet of Airbus A220-300s, Embraer E190s, and E195s. Three airports have joined its map this month: Albany, Greensboro, and Key West.

During the latter part of June, Mars will put on a couple of eye-catching shows, teaming up first with a bright star and then, late this month, with the moon.

On June 12, Air India Flight 171, a London-bound service operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, crashed minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad International Airport. Of all those 242 people on board, only one person survived. The crash was probably one of the worst aviation disasters in Indian aviation history and the first hull loss for the Dreamliner family. Such plane crashes remain rare in modern commercial aviation, but when they do occur, the consequences are devastating.

Space visionaries, scientists, entrepreneurs and students from around the world are set to gather in Florida next week for this year's International Space Development Conference.

Salt Lake City is Delta Air Lines' fourth-busiest hub by flights. For the past 14 years, it has not had nonstop service to Asia. That changed on June 12, when the SkyTeam member inaugurated an alliance-driven route to Seoul Incheon, the first time South Korea has been linked to Utah. It became Salt Lake City's longest route ever.

Director James Gunn goes for the gusto when his superhero sensation arrives on July 11 in theaters and IMAX

Less than a day after its last batch reached low Earth orbit, SpaceX again added to its Starlink megaconstellation on Friday, June 13, 2025.

As first reported by Ishrion Aviation on Bluesky, Spirit Airlines intends to launch three new routes at the end of this summer. Simple Flying reached out to Spirit for comment and received confirmation that the speculated flights will commence in August. These are some of the latest additions in a widespread expansion of the famed ultra-low-cost carrier's network.

Since the beginning of June, Frontier Airlines has launched at least six new routes from Atlanta, three from San Diego, and three from Seattle-Paine Field, with the low-cost carrier looking to diversify its network amidst a challenging time for no-frills airlines in the United States.

Disney Plus is 60% off ahead of Father's Day, which means you can stream all the Star Wars and Marvel content available for just £1.99 a month.

Etihad Airways' passenger network comprises 94 destinations from its Abu Dhabi hub. After a long period of retrenchment and stabilization, the Gulf carrier is in growth mode again, adding 17 routes in 2025/2026, with more inevitably to be announced soon. One of the new markets is Atlanta, which will become Etihad's new longest route by distance. Flights start in less than three weeks.

A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost step toward unlocking the secrets of exoplanets, all through the invisible pull of gravity.

In recent years, incidents involving disruptive passengers have been on the rise, with our ability to return to the skies after the dormant years of the coronavirus pandemic seeming to be more than some passengers (and, often, their alcohol tolerance) can handle. While such situations can sometimes be resolved amicably, other instances are more serious, and end up resulting in costly flight diversions.

At the Kennedy Space Center, a new robot shovels up manufactured lunar dust as part of a larger test.

The United States Regional Airlines Association (RAA), on behalf of its member airlines, has asked the Federal government for an exemption related to the requirements for an installed physical secondary barrier (IPSB).

Auroras may be seen from Alaska to Wyoming as Earth is buffeted by turbulent space weather.

The space environment is not kind to human bodies. The final frontier may therefore be the perfect place to study cancer — and someday even treat it.

Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate, and could do so again, posing a threat to life.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 26 Starlink broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, June 12, 2025.