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A recent Delta Air Lines transpacific flight diverted to Alaska after a passenger and flight attendant got into an argument during a bathroom visit, as flagged by PYOK. Oy, it’s amazing how things can escalate unnecessarily. Delta flight diverts over racial slurs, threats of violenceThis incident happened on Saturday, March 14, 2026, and involves Delta flight DL69, with scheduled service from Seattle (SEA) to Taipei (TPE), which ended up diverting to Anchorage (ANC). The flight was operated by an Airbus A350-900 with the registration code N512DN.The flight took off a little after 5PM local time, basically right on schedule, and…

Following the 2025 midair collision between a regional jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), the FAA is introducing a notable new safety measure. The agency will now suspend the use of visual separation between airplanes and helicopters in busy terminal airspace and require controllers to use radar separation instead.  The move, announced March 18, 2026, by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) head Bryan Bedford, applies in Class B and Class C airspace and in Terminal Radar Service Areas where helicopters cross arrival or departure corridors near airports.  The FAA said the new general notice…

Lufthansa will soon be unveiling Project FOX, the name of its all-new passenger experience. Lufthansa’s goal is apparently to become Europe’s most premium airline, which seems like it’ll take some work. Along those lines, as the first concrete example of Project FOX, Lufthansa has just announced all-new amenity kits. Lufthansa partners with BABOR on amenity kits & skincareIn the coming weeks, Lufthansa will be introducing new amenity kits, in partnership with German skincare brand BABOR. Specifically, these kits will eventually be available on all long haul flights — they’ll launch as of late March 2026 in first class, and as…

Lufthansa announced it has made a new offer to the Vereinigung Cockpit union regarding the company pension plan for cockpit employees at Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo.  The airline’s negotiators have proposed a “comprehensive pension package” that would involve transferring the transitional pension (ÜV) into the company pension plan (bAV). In a statement, Lufthansa acknowledged that the union has publicly presented the pension plans of competitors such as KLM and British Airways as exemplary, noting that these airlines have integrated pension systems and do not require a separate transitional pension. The airline expressed its openness to this option and a willingness…

We know that Lufthansa is currently trying to work on its passenger experience, particularly on long haul flights. We’re seeing the airline progressively roll out its new long haul Allegris cabin concept, which includes a new first class and new business class, among other things. However, that’s only part of what Lufthansa is changing, as the airline is also working on completely overhauling its soft product on long haul flights, which is long overdue. We’ve known for a over of years now that the airline is working on this. In the fall of 2025, the airline announced that this would…

Editor’s note: Boeing spent years doing rework on the 737 MAX and the 787 after the former’s grounding following two fatal crashes and the latter’s production flaws. “Shadow factories” began the 737’s rework after the 21-month grounding was terminated in November 2020. The last of 450 airplanes was delivered in 2025. Deliveries of the 787 were suspended in October 2020; 110 aircraft needed rework. The last of this inventory was cleared in 2025. This work is also known as “Change Incorporation.” Thirty-five 737 MAX 7s and 10s have been built and await certification, which idepends on design changes that must…

Air Seychelles, the small national airline of the Seychelles, is resuming long haul flights… even though it doesn’t have a plane capable of operating such service. Air Seychelles will fly from Mahe to Paris with leased plane It goes without saying that it has been a rough few weeks for global aviation, not just because of the spike in oil prices, but also due to all the flight disruptions in the Middle East. Beyond Gulf countries directly, this has also had a big impact on places like the Seychelles, which are heavily reliant on tourism, and where flights largely route…

French President Emmanuel Macron introduced “forward deterrence” in his speech at Île Longue on March 2, 2026, signaling France’s intent to involve European allies more explicitly in its sovereign nuclear deterrent. The move did not come out of nowhere. Throughout 2025, as Donald Trump returned to the White House and questions resurfaced in Europe about the long-term reliability of US security guarantees, Macron publicly opened the door to a more European dimension of French nuclear deterrence, including the possibility of deploying nuclear-capable Rafale abroad. In parallel, France and the United Kingdom deepened their nuclear coordination through the Northwood Declaration, signed…

Breakfast is one of the perks of hotel elite status that people value most, though the policies differ significantly among the major hotel groups. Marriott is the largest hotel group in the world, though arguably the Marriott Bonvoy program’s elite breakfast benefit is the most complicated one out there. By the time you finish reading the terms & conditions on the breakfast benefit, it may already be time for lunch. 😉 In this post, I’d like to explain Marriott Bonvoy’s breakfast benefit as simply as possible, because there’s a lot to understand. Why Marriott Bonvoy’s breakfast benefit is complicated Marriott…

The Aviator Symposium 2026, held on March 18, 2026, in Canberra, brought together nearly 1,000 aviators and Air Force personnel to examine how Australia’s Air Force is preparing for a more demanding strategic environment. Senior military leaders from 30 nations have arrived in Australia ahead of the Air and Space Power Conference 2026 (ASPCon26) to discuss the role of air and space power in National Defence.ASPCon26 positions the @AusAirForce as a forward‑leaning, credible voice in national… pic.twitter.com/zL55rh0LP7— Defence Australia (@DefenceAust) March 17, 2026 Opening the discussions, Air Marshal Stephen Chappell, Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), framed the…