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Wing and Walmart are expanding their drone delivery service to 150 additional Walmart stores over the next year, aiming to make the service available to more than 40 million Americans. Wing and Walmart plan to operate more than 270 drone delivery locations spanning from Los Angeles to Miami by 2027, according to a release today […] source

Alaska Air Group Inc. is upgrading its technology systems in the wake of painful outages that upended operations and hit earnings, a crucial step in the company’s strategy to establish itself as a global carrier. Seattle-based Alaska is weighing moving operational, back-office systems and data center operations to the cloud, Chief Financial Officer Shane Tackett […] source

During my recent stay at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley (which I’ll be reviewing shortly), I discovered something that I don’t think I’ve ever seen before, in all of my years as a World of Hyatt Globalist member… though maybe I’m forgetting something? The Grand Hyatt Deer Valley’s unique(ish) Globalist Lounge As most OMAAT readers probably know, many hotels have club lounges, which can be accessed in a variety of ways. Some have to be outright paid for, while others can also be accessed by certain elite members. Many Hyatt hotels have club lounges, which guests can either purchase access…

Rodrigo Pacheco, chief executive of Levu Air Cargo, will join Cargo Facts LATAM 2026 for the panel discussion “Exploring the divergent narrowbody freighter segment” on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 11:15 a.m. (GMT-6). The fourth annual Cargo Facts LATAM conference will take place Feb. 10-12, at the Marquis Reforma in Mexico City, assembling decision-makers, global executives and leaders to share insights and analyze the latest market trends, air cargo developments and their potential impact in Latin America. View the full 2026 event agenda. Pacheco has been in his role at Panama-based Levu since 2022. previously CEO at Brazilian startup Connect Cargo…

Sun Country Airlines will operate an additional two freighters for Amazon Air, bringing the total to twenty-two, this year ahead of the carrier being acquired by Allegiant. Sun Country anticipates receiving the two freighters this spring for summer service, the carrier told Cargo Facts. Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel, owner of passenger airline Allegiant Air, announced […] source

The U.S. Navy demonstrated the manned-unmanned teaming capabilities of BQM-177s using Shield AI’s Hivemind software in a simulated CCA air combat scenario. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on Jan. 12, 2026, that the U.S. Navy completed a second successful demonstration of the BQM-177A subsonic aerial target equipped with Shield AI’s Hivemind software in late 2025. The test, conducted on Dec. 11 at Point Mugu Sea Range in California, is part of the service’s work towards the future fielding of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The disclosure of this demo follows the first demonstration of the AI’s integration on the…

This isn’t a good look for Turkish Airlines, but this also likely isn’t the first or last time that we’ll see something like this at the airline, as flagged by PYOK. Perhaps what’s wildest is the the airline even has a policy of banning people for saying negative things, so I guess the airline is just following its published rules! Yowzers. Turkish Airlines blacklists journalist for six months Turkish aviation journalist Ali Kıdık claims that he has been banned from Turkish Airlines for a period of six months, for violating the company’s “Safe Travel Passenger Tracking System.” Okay, that sounds…

By Scott Hamilton Jan. 12, 2026, © Leeham News: Airbus confirmed today that it delivered 793 jetliners last year. This was on a target revised downward from 820 guided at the beginning of the year. A late 2025 quality issue involving fuselage panels on the A320 resulted in a reduced target. Christian Scherer, who relinquished his position as CEO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft, responds to a question during his final press conference today wearing that hat. Credit: Leeham News. Officials also said that the number of engineless A320 “gliders” was reduced from a peak of 60 last year to a…

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Aviation has become the proving ground for an emerging energy concept that, until recently, belonged largely to the realm of science fiction. Researchers recently successfully beamed a tiny amount of electrical power from a moving aircraft to receivers on the ground, marking the first time wireless power transmission has been demonstrated from an airborne platform in flight.   The test was conducted over Pennsylvania using a Cessna Caravan single-engine turboprop flying at about 15,000 feet in challenging weather conditions, including 70-knot crosswinds. Despite the strong winds and turbulence, the system maintained alignment long enough to deliver a small but measurable amount of power to ground-based receivers, validating the ability to transmit energy optically from a moving source.   The demonstration was carried out by Overview Energy, a Virginia-based…