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That didn’t take long. According to the latest schedule update to Cirium Diio, JetBlue has removed all flights between New York JFK and Amsterdam. However, it’ll continue to serve Schiphol from Boston. As the carrier had previously planned legal action to access slots at the Netherlands airport, it is quite a development. Of course, slot possession and route performance are two very different things. It is the second European route that JetBlue has ended, joining JFK to London Gatwick. However, the carrier will begin flying from Boston to both Barcelona and Milan Malpensa in 2026. Its transatlantic offering from the…

Video has surfaced claiming to be of a Ukrainian and United Nations (UN) pilot who was captured by terrorist group Al-Shabaab when his helicopter made an emergency landing in Somalia. Footage of the helicopter pilot appealing to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the UN for help was first reported by local media in Somalia on December 14, 2025. According to Garowe Online, a hostage appeal by the helicopter pilot, Oleynik Aleksandr, was published by Al-Shabaab’s media wing. In the unverified video, Captain Aleksandr describes himself as a “Prisoner of War” who is being held “thousands of miles away from my…

Earlier this year, a United Airlines flight attendant was arrested at Tampa International Airport (TPA) in the US federal state of Florida after a reported altercation with a member of staff from Cayman Airways. The incident took place back in March of 2025, but has recently come to the fore after bodycam footage of the flight attendant’s arrest surfaced on the internet over the weekend. The situation allegedly arose after the United Airlines flight attendant tapped his Cayman Airways counterpart on the shoulder during an employee shuttle bus ride due to the latter making a loud phone call. While a…

According to the new U.S. National Security Strategy, one of America’s policy priorities for Europe should be “ending the perception, and preventing the reality, of NATO as a perpetually expanding alliance.”By opposing NATO membership for Ukraine, the Trump administration has already expressed its doubts about the wisdom of NATO’s enlargement policy. However, other allies continue to adhere to NATO’s agreed-upon stance that the door remains open and Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” to membership.This could turn into another transatlantic train wreck, but it doesn’t have to.European allies should also recognize that NATO’s enlargement process has become counterproductive. Doubling NATO’s…

Riyadh Air has seen its third Boeing 787 Dreamliner roll off the production line in the United States (US) as the airline prepares to launch its first commercial flights. On December 14, 2025, Riyadh Air posted a series of photos of its latest 787 Dreamliner outside the Boeing facility while still requiring its carrier livery. The aircraft’s tail appeared in the Riyadh Air colors, but the all-white fuselage was still awaiting its new livery. “A new step toward our fleet’s readiness. Our third 787 Dreamliner aircraft rolls off the production line,” wrote Riyadh Air in a social media post. Additionally,…

Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific are two of the world’s best airlines. Not only do they operate under a similar business model in Southeast Asia, but their home countries/cities, Singapore and Hong Kong, are local economic competitors. Both airlines represent their home cities and have become famous for their incredible onboard experience and inflight service. Today, we will compare the two to explore which of the two offers the better business class. This will primarily focus on the hard product, given that an airline’s soft product is more variable. Singapore Airlines is based out of Singapore Changi Airport, while Cathay…

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — South Korea and Australia are offering to relieve Washington’s strained defense supplier network, as U.S. defense planners grapple with bottlenecks in munitions production.One partial solution is for overseas-based arms manufacturers to set up shop in the United States – something that Hanwha Aerospace from South Korea is proposing – and another is for American companies to build manufacturing facilities offshore.An example of the latter tactic is a new Lockheed Martin factory that recently opened in South Australia.Korean capacityHanwha Aerospace plans to establish an automated plant in the United States for producing propellant, modular charge systems and…

The first image of a fully assembled Falcon 10X, Dassault’s new large long-haul executive jet, has been published by French aviation news outlet Actu Aero.  The image, which has also been shared on social media, shows the first Falcon 10X airframe still in its green anti-corrosion coating at Dassault’s facilities next to Bordeaux-Merignac airport in southwestern France. Reportedly, this aircraft is already undergoing ground tests ahead of its maiden flight, which is expected to take place in the coming weeks.  [EXCLU] 🇫🇷 Le Falcon 10X Dassault Aviation franchit une étape clé : son premier prototype désormais entièrement assemblé a fait…

Each week, airlines from around the world submit schedule changes to Cirium Diio and OAG. Emirates’ latest update for December shows a new shortest Airbus A380 route. On one day only this month, it’ll deploy the superjumbo from Dubai to Medinah. It has temporarily become its new shortest service on the type. Separately, Emirates has scheduled 20 round-trip A380 flights to Guangzhou in February. It’ll be its second double-decker route to mainland China, joining Shanghai Pudong. The type was last deployed to Guangzhou in January 2024. Emirates’ 1-Off A380 Service To Medinah Credit: GCMap On December 25 only, Emirates plans a…

Germany has exercised an option to acquire 20 additional Airbus H145M light combat helicopters, bringing the total number of aircraft ordered under its framework agreement with Airbus Helicopters to 82 units.  The decision was confirmed by Airbus on December 15, 2025, and follows a contract signed in December 2023, which covered up to 82 helicopters for the Bundeswehr. Germany had previously committed to 62 aircraft, with deliveries beginning in November 2024.  Airbus Helicopters Germany Managing Director Stefan Thomé described the additional order as a “strong vote of confidence” in the helicopter’s performance and versatility.  The H145M is designated as the…