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The New Terminal One at John F. Kennedy International Airport is being built at a massive scale and promises to be not just one of the best in the country but also globally. As part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's $19 billion transformation of JFK Airport, it will be completed in two phases – the first phase, including the new arrivals and departures halls and the first set of 14 new gates, is expected to open in 2026. Once completed in 2030, it will have a total of 23 gates and will sprawl over 2.6 million square feet.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Pennsylvania as Earth reverberates from the impact of a speedy solar storm.

Ncuti Gatwa's shock regeneration is followed by an even bigger surprise as the show welcomes back a popular star of TARDIS past. BEWARE! Spoilers ahead!

Northern lights may once again be visible deep into mid latitudes tonight as geomagnetic storm conditions continue to wreak havoc with Earth's magnetic field.

IndiGo has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase its existing Airbus A350-900 firm order by 30 planes, bringing the total to 60. The move was announced at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Delhi earlier today, attended by Simple Flying.

The speedy solar storm arrived in style, sparking stunning aurora displays as far south as California and New Mexico.

Delta Air Lines plans to launch a brand new route between Atlanta, United States and Delhi, India as part of a broader cooperation agreement that it signed today with low-cost giant, IndiGo. The new route is "subject to government approval" and no start date has been announced just yet.

NASA's X-ray space telescope IXPE has made the first observation of polarized light emerging from an outbursting magnetar, neutron stars that possess the universe's strongest magnetic fields.

Earlier this month, two flights marked for United Airlines came scarily close to a mid-air collision above the skies of San Francisco. On Tuesday, May 13, United was operating an Airbus A320 service to Dallas, Texas, when it took the wrong turn during its climb, and ended up in the exact flight path of a Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 departing for Fresno.

At the Bernstein 41st Annual Strategic Decisions Conference, Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan outlined the extensive revenue and cost-cutting initiatives now underway at the carrier. This includes everything from basic economy fares to extra-legroom products. These changes primarily aim to generate around $1.8 billion in additional earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in 2025 and $4.3 billion in 2026. The conference took place on May 29. The backbone of Southwest's fleet is its Boeing 737 family aircraft, and the airline has big plans for how these will change.

Yesterday, it was published in an article by Eye of the Flyer, that a young girl provided some musical entertainment for Delta Air Lines passengers during a delayed flight, by singing her rendition of “How Far I’ll Go” from the Disney film, Moana. The impromptu concert was captured in a TikTok video that was posted three days ago, and is embedded below. The video inspired a conversation on the r/Delta Reddit thread, where customers had mixed opinions.

The White House is pulling the nomination of Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, saying that the next agency chief should be "in complete alignment" with President Trump's agenda.

Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia, has adjusted its schedule to Singapore between June and August, which will see the Airbus A380 operating double daily on select dates between Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD), and Singapore Changi Airport (SIN). This will boost the city pair with premium seats, and provides an easy stopover to the airline's onward flights to London, or through its code-share partners.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with 27 Starlink internet broadband satellites from southern California on Saturday, May 31, 2025.

Attention aurora chasers! Powerful geomagnetic storm conditions could trigger northern lights at mid-latitudes tonight as a coronal mass ejection impact is imminent.

Air Serbia is a small player on the global scale, all things considered. It operates to four long-haul destinations, two of which are in China and the remaining two in the United States. The carrier is truly a bridge between the two economic and political powers of the current world. As I have reflected on before, the carrier has engaged in a sort of balancing act, facilitating ties between Serbia and both countries in competition with one another.

Blue Origin completed its 12th human spaceflight today (May 31), flying six passengers on a 10-minute trip beyond the Karman Line and back.

In a move that comes in line with the company's rhetoric in recent years, it was announced on Friday, May 30, that Indian low-cost giant IndiGo would add ten new international destinations to its route network. The airline is looking to launch new long-haul flights operated by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that will extend its reach into the European continent and beyond. The airline will be leasing six jets from Norse Atlantic Airways for these flights. These routes will make IndiGo one of the latest carriers to push into the long-haul, low-cost market.

In general, Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) has been in the news regarding air traffic control issues since April 28, when a faulty copper cable failed, silencing radios for 30 seconds and blanking radar scopes for 90 seconds, making air traffic control blind to aircraft movements at the airport. However, the offending cable has at last been replaced by a new fiber-optic one. The upgrade was reported by CNN US on May 28.

Lufthansa plans to retire its fleet of Airbus A340-600s at the start of 2026 as the airline introduces more efficient replacements, according to information from aero.de. This primarily concerns additional Boeing 787s, of which Lufthansa hopes to receive eight to 10 more by the end of this year.