Author: FlyMarshall Newsroom

Big changes are coming to Icelandair’s long-haul Airbus A321LR network. According to the carrier’s recent schedule update for the peak summer of 2026, the single-aisle equipment’s US offer will see flights to Newark, New York JFK, Orlando, and Portland. In contrast, it was used on up to three daily flights to Seattle in the peak summer of 2025. Ch-aviation shows that Icelandair now has four LRs. However, the carrier recently announced that two additional frames will be leased. Each aircraft has 187 seats, comprising 22 in business class and 165 in economy class. It is the airline’s highest-capacity narrowbody. The…

Sikorsky has introduced a new family of vertical take-off and landing drones called Nomad, expanding its work on autonomous, long-range aircraft that can operate from land or sea without a runway.  The announcement came on October 6, 2025, less than a year after the company proved the flight performance of its experimental rotor-blown wing prototype. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, said the Nomad design combines the agility of a helicopter with the efficiency of a fixed-wing airplane.  Each Nomad aircraft uses a twin-proprotor configuration that allows it to take off, hover, and land vertically before transitioning to wing-borne flight…

Few names evoke the scale of US cargo power projection more than the LockheedC-5 Galaxy and BoeingC-17 Globemaster III. These two behemoths have carried the weight of US global logistics for decades, delivering tanks, helicopters, humanitarian aid, and other essential goods across continents. In 2025, they are still mainstays of strategic airlift, but they do so in markedly different ways. One prioritizes sheer cargo volume and range; the other prioritizes flexibility, agility, and access to austere fields. In our guide exploration, we’ll compare how the Globemaster and Galaxy stack up today, with numbers, stories, and surprising facts, to see what…

The Irish Air Corps received its third and last Airbus C295 aircraft at Casement Aerodrome on October 7, 2025.   This delivery completes a €300 million program to upgrade Ireland’s transport and maritime patrol capacity, the largest single equipment procurement in the history of the Irish Defence Forces.  New transport aircraft expands Irish Air Corps capability  The third Irish Air Corps Airbus C295 aircraft being delivered (Credit: Irish Defence Forces) With two C295 ‘Persuader’ aircraft already operating in maritime surveillance (MSA) roles, the new C295 is configured for transport duty. Its entry into service expands the Air Corps’ ability to conduct…

If you ask me, or anyone who is even borderline objective, United Airlines has by far the most interesting route network of any US carrier (United flies to the most destinations and most countries of any US carrier), and the airline keeps expanding. In recent years, United has made a game of allowing the public to guess new routes, and I sure enjoy playing along. Here’s the latest example of that, as the airline seems to be planning a big route announcement tomorrow. United plans to announce new international routes At 8AM ET on Thursday, October 9, 2025, United will…

The CEO of TAP Air Portugal, Luis Rodrigues, said at an event in Lisbon that the soon-to-be-privatized national airline is prepared for bullish growth in Brazil and Africa. The airline already flies to 13 Brazilian cities and 14 African destinations, including cities across Portuguese-speaking nations on both continents. Large markets for the company include Angola and Mozambique. Rodrigues cited Brazil’s huge opportunity, with a tourism market that accounts for around 6% of GDP, as opposed to 16% of Portugal’s GDP. Africa also offers immense potential despite some constraints. The airline’s geographic balance across North America, South America, Europe, and Africa…

Wizz Air plans to expand its operations from Wrocław Airport (WRO) in Poland, adding three entirely new destinations and increasing frequencies on three existing routes.  The new destinations from Wrocław will be the cities of Reykjavik, Dortmund, and Varna. Additionally, the low-cost carrier will enhance the frequency of its routes to Barcelona, Bari, Tirana, and Malaga, Wizz Air said in a statement on October 8, 2025.  Flights to Varna will commence on June 15, 2026, operating twice a week, while flights to Reykjavik will start the following day with three weekly flights. The service to Dortmund is set to begin…

BERLIN — Germany’s parliament has given the green light for a set of defense procurements collectively worth more than €7 billion ($8.14 billion), with new combat jets topping the list of new equipment.The purchase of additional tranche-five Eurofighters makes up more than half of the funding allocated today by the parliamentary Budget Committee, at around €3.75 billion ($4.36 billion). The twenty aircraft are set to be delivered from 2031 through 2034. Additionally, the Luftwaffe, Germany’s air force, will receive parts needed for the maintenance of the aircraft, as well as upgraded simulators for a total of €412 million.In Germany, military…

Riyadh Air, the Saudi start-up airline announced two years ago, will launch its first route from Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport to London Heathrow later this month. Flights will start on October 26 using a Boeing 787-9 that the airline is currently leasing for crew training, certification, and regulatory approvals. The service will initially only be available to employees and families of the airline and its owner, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF). These first passengers are able to acquire tickets by enrolling in Riyadh Air’s new loyalty program, Sfeer, which also launched today. Ticket sales to the public will…

Dassault Aviation has completed the 300th Rafale, marking a new milestone for France’s flagship multirole fighter at a time of record industrial momentum.  The announcement, made on October 7, 2025, comes shortly after the company inaugurated a new manufacturing and integration site in Cergy, northwest of Paris, designed to support both Rafale and Falcon jet production. Dassault described the 300th aircraft as “testimony to the operational, industrial, and commercial success of this combat aircraft, which has no equivalent in its category in terms of versatility and proven effectiveness in operations.”  From domestic skepticism to international validation Two decades…