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Three people died and two others were injured after an Airborne Aviation tour helicopter crashed on the afternoon of March 26, 2026, near Kalalau Beach on Kauai’s remote Na Pali Coast, according to county officials. The helicopter was carrying one pilot and four passengers. Kauai Police Dispatch received a text-to-911 message at about 15:45 local time reporting that a helicopter had crashed into the ocean near Kalalau Beach, the County of Kauai said. In an earlier update, county officials said all five people aboard had been injured. A later county release said three people had died and two others were…

AeroTime columnist Ann Cederhall is an instructor with IATA on Airline Distribution Strategy and with Aeroclass on Airline Retailing, Ann is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events. She has authored numerous highly regarded articles and white papers in the travel industry press. As one of the owners of the consulting firm LeapShift, Ann brings an extensive track record of delivering business value in project and product management roles worldwide.   The views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of AeroTime.  Do you truly have the heartbeat of your distribution contracts at your fingertips? Or are you operating…

There are a small number of airlines that offer inflight chefs, who generally help with preparing meals in first and business class. In this post, I’d like to talk about that in a bit more detail — which airlines have inflight chefs, and is this just a marketing gimmick, or is there some substance to it? Which airlines have onboard chefs? To start, let’s talk about which airlines actually have inflight chefs. Nowadays you’ll find them on select flights of the following airlines: Austrian Airlines Garuda Indonesia Saudia Airlines Turkish Airlines Onboard chef on Saudia Back in the day, Etihad…

Lufthansa is marking the 100th anniversary of its founding with another special aircraft livery, this time designed by its own employees. The end result is an Airbus A321neo design that tells the personal stories of the people behind the airline. Under the motto ‘Made by many. Remembered by all’, the carrier invited all Lufthansa Group employees to submit their stories via the company intranet. A jury selected the 20 best submissions, which were then put to a company-wide vote. The twelve winning motifs now appear on the aircraft, which carries the baptismal name ‘Hamm’ and the registration D-AEIM. image “All…

The Part-IS Workshop 2026 will take place on 7 – 8 October 2026 at the EASA premises. The workshop will bring together aviation stakeholders to reflect on experience gained so far with the implementation of Part-IS and to discuss the next steps. It will cover lessons learned from both complex and non-complex organisations, highlight common implementation challenges and potential solutions, and present available guidelines to support aviation organisations and competent authorities. Registration will open in June 2026. More information will follow in due course. source

The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman broke ground on a prototype launch silo for the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile on February 13, 2026, at Northrop Grumman’s Strategic Missile Test and Production Complex in Promontory, Utah.  A new silo design, built from scratch  The prototype is intended to enable engineers to test and refine modern construction techniques and validate the new silo design before work begins in operational missile fields. Under the restructured program, Sentinel will no longer reuse the existing Minuteman III silos, which are already around 60 years old. Had those silos been refurbished under the original plan, they would have been approaching 150 years…

The drone era has triggered a burst of entrepreneurial energy. From military forces and security services to retail giants and logistics operators, pretty much everyone is investing in drones, and there is no shortage of uses and applications being developed for them.  This increase in interest in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has been followed by a surge in the number of companies building them. Whether its industry giants or garage startups, barely a week passes without new drones of all shapes and sizes being unveiled. Drones which will all need to undergo systematic testing before making it to the market. …

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Scandinavian Airlines and the Norwegian Armed Forces have renewed their Medevac agreement, keeping a specially configured Boeing 737 on standby through 2027 for medical evacuation missions tied to the war in Ukraine.   The extension, approved by the Norwegian government, has been formalized with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency. It should ensure continued access to a civil-military capability that has transported more than 3,500 wounded and critically ill patients since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.  SAS crews operate alongside medical personnel from the Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services (NAFMS) in a partnership that has spanned more than 25 years, though the Ukraine evacuation operation has defined its most operationally intense chapter. The missions are conducted…

A California National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crossed in front of a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 on final approach to Santa Ana’s John Wayne Airport on the evening of March 25, 2026, triggering an onboard collision avoidance alert and prompting an FAA investigation.  United Airlines Flight 589, operating from San Francisco International Airport with 162 passengers and six crew members, was descending through 2,000 feet on approach to John Wayne Airport (SNA) when the incident occurred, at approximately 8:40 p.m. local time on March 24, 2026.  The Black Hawk crossed in front of the 737-800 at an altitude of 1,425 feet. At their closest point,…