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The Federal Aviation Administration has opened a formal investigation into whether major US airlines complied with its November 2025 emergency order requiring carriers to cut flights at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports during the 43-day federal government shutdown. In a statement, the agency said it has contacted scheduled carriers that operate more than 10 daily flights at any of the airports listed in its November 12 order. Those airlines — a group that includes United, Delta, American, Southwest, JetBlue and others — now have 30 days to provide documentation showing they followed the mandated flight-reduction limits. Airlines that exceeded those limits could face civil penalties of up to $75,000…
The Airbus A350-1000 continues to expand its presence across major long-haul markets, especially among premium-focused carriers linking global business hubs. The airlines increase frequencies and optimize capacity worldwide, and several city pairs have emerged as the most heavily served A350-1000 routes in 2025. The ranking is based solely on total scheduled flights from January to December 2025, according to the data from Cirium. 10 Pointe-à-Pitre –Paris Orly 927 flights Credit: Victoria Agronsky Pointe-à-Pitre (PTP) in Guadeloupe to Paris Orly (ORY) by Air Caraïbes is an example of France’s long-distance domestic aviation footprint. With 927 flights between this Caribbean island and Paris,…
The B-1Bs of the 28th Bomb Wing are returning to Ellsworth AFB, after runway reconstruction has been completed in preparation for the B-21’s arrival. B-1B Lancer bombers from Ellsworth AFB (Air Force Base), South Dakota, assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron of the 28th Bomb Wing (28th BW), finished their ten-month temporary relocation to Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, and returned to their home base on Dec. 3, 2025. The relocation to Grand Forks allowed to conduct massive infrastructure and runway upgrade work at Ellsworth AFB, ahead of the arrival of the B-21 Raider in the immediate future. On the…
China is getting serious about marketing its homegrown large-cabin private jet after the Comac Business Jet (CBJ) appeared in VIP form at the Dubai Airshow 2025 for the first public display anywhere. A polished cabin walkthrough video posted on YouTube shows the C909-based aircraft positioned squarely against Gulfstream and Bombardier, even as questions remain over who the buyers for Comac’s twinjet might be outside of China. The CBJ is a new VIP derivative of Comac’s 90-seat ARJ21-700 regional jet, which the manufacturer has rebranded as the C909 as part of a broader marketing push. China’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) validated the type in 2021, but none of Comac’s jets has certification from EASA or the…
Spirit Airlines’ renewed bankruptcy and American Airlines’ sudden appearance in the case have revived questions about whether a larger move, including a possible merger or sale, could be taking shape. Spirit has already acknowledged that a merger or sale may be the “value-maximizing outcome,” drawing fresh attention to any signs of outside interest. Americans’ request to receive all filings in Spirit’s bankruptcy and its recent purchase of two Spirit gates at Chicago O’Hare have only added fuel to the speculation. While neither airline has indicated a merger is underway, the timing of American’s actions has raised understandable curiosity about what…
Congress’ proposed compromise National Defense Authorization Act would authorize $900.6 billion in discretionary defense spending in fiscal 2026, which would be an $8 billion increase over the Pentagon’s budget request this summer.The NDAA language, which lawmakers released Sunday night, would earmark $162 billion for procurement spending, and another $146 billion for research, development test and evaluation. It calls for $291 billion for operations and maintenance and another $234 billion for military personnel and health spending.The policy bill would fund several of President Donald Trump’s top defense priorities, including the sweeping Golden Dome missile defense program, the Air Force’s F-47 and…
For many years, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in the US federal state of Georgia has widely been known as the busiest airport in the entire world by passenger numbers. A key reason behind the huge scale of its operations is the presence of the US ‘big three’ legacy carrier and SkyTeam founding member Delta Air Lines, which calls Atlanta its home. However, what does the picture look like for non-US airlines? According to present scheduling data made available by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, carriers from outside of the United States of America are set to operate a grand…
The Airbus A350 is one of the world’s most efficient widebody aircraft and is part of the reason why the A380 Superjumbo project failed. It offers significant operational savings compared to previous generation widebody aircraft, but it is not cheap to buy. Airlines often don’t buy aircraft outright, they prefer to lease them from companies that actually own them. So how much does the Airbus A350 cost to buy? Numbers vary significantly due to the specifics of each airline and each aircraft’s configuration (as well as inflation when comparing multiple years). That said, here are some figures about what the…
The Pilot Attempted Several Times To Restart The Engine And Diverted To Long Beach Airport/Daughtery Field On October 20, 2025, about 1603 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Rutan Long-EZ, N8183K, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Long Beach, California. The pilot was seriously injured, and a pedestrian on the ground was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, he had flown the airplane from the Compton/Woodley Airport (CPM), Compton, California, to French Valley Airport (F70), Murrieta/Temecula, California, as part…
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