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Emirates has passenger flights from Dubai to London Gatwick, Heathrow, and Stansted. The latest development sees up to 90 weekly departures in the upcoming winter, with 12 to 13 daily services. This is because Heathrow will grow from 42 to 48 weekly (mainly seven daily), and—as previously disclosed—Gatwick will rise to a high of four daily. According to Cirium Diio data, Emirates has not previously had 13 daily flights to London. The prior record was 12, which was last available in October 2024. The increase is influenced by Qatar Airways and joint venture partner, British Airways, growing Doha-London flights to…

Spain’s government-owned airport operator Aena announced on October 1, 2025, that it has initiated the tender process for the development of two hotels, which will be located within the premises of Barcelona-El Prat (BCN) and Madrid-Barajas (MAD) airports.  Once completed, these will be the first ever hotels to operate within the grounds of these two large international airports. Despite handling more than 120 million passengers combined in 2024 (66 million in Madrid and 55 in Barcelona), neither airport currently has a hotel within its premises. So, passengers wishing to spend the night in or near the airport must opt for properties…

JERUSALEM — Israel Aerospace Industries concluded its first half of 2025 with a 13% increase in sales and a 10% increase in net profit, according to the company’s financial statements for the second quarter of the year published on Tuesday.The Israeli company’s total revenue stood at $3.22 billion in the first six months of 2025, with 65% of it stemming from its sales abroad at a time when some Europeans governments have begun to criticize Israel’s actions in the ongoing Israel-Gaza war.IAI noted in its the report that “the State of Israel’s foreign relations have an impact on the company’s…

Even as the powerful Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II becomes a staple on the flightline of air forces around the world, and the sixth-generation Boeing fighter begins development, three of the biggest jet engine makers are working in a different direction. These high-flying, supersonic fighters make enormous thrust from their large jet engines, but the wingmen of the future will be smaller. The US Air Force has been actively developing the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drone that will accompany the “exquisite” manned platforms on the future battlefield. To provide an engine for that unmanned fighter drone, a much smaller turbofan…

Lufthansa Technik and Cathay Group have just entered a landmark maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) partnership. Under the contract, Lufthansa Technik will exclusively provide Total Component Maintenance (TCM) to Cathay’s fleet of widebody Boeing aircraft for the next six years, which includes 52 B777 and 20 B747 planes. By overseeing every aspect of component management, Lufthansa Technik said it can deliver consistent reliability and operational steadiness throughout the airline’s aircraft. According to the MRO provider, this tailored support solution, designed to meet Cathay Pacific’s specific needs, provides optimal flexibility while maximizing fleet availability and cost performance. “Cathay has entrusted Lufthansa…

This week, Denmark imposed a nationwide ban on all civilian drone flights as European leaders gather in Copenhagen for the European Union Summit. The move follows repeated drone incursions in recent weeks, which Danish authorities have labeled “hybrid attacks,” after sightings of unidentified drones forced airport closures and threatened military sites. Denmark is far from alone. In recent weeks, NATO fighters scrambled over Poland to intercept 19 Russian drones while another Russian drone loitered in Romanian airspace for nearly an hour. Debris washed ashore in Bulgaria and Latvia, and unidentified drones have also been reported over Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein region, Norway’s…

The significant airfield repair and upgrade work might support frontline fighters in the future, as the U.S. develops distributed basing to counter China in the western Pacific. As a part of its plan to revive old World War Two-era airfields in the western Pacific to counter China, PACAF (Pacific Air Forces) released on Oct. 1, 2025 images of works “rehabilitating” the runway at Tinian airfield, in the Northern Mariana Islands. The works involve “repairing roads and preparing facilities to ensure PACAF is ready to respond anytime, anywhere in the Indo-Pacific,” the command said. Images were also released on the DVIDS…

Dubai-based megacarrier Emirates has announced plans to operate a further six flights per week to London-Heathrow Airport (LHR), bringing the total number of weekly flights between the two hubs to a staggering 48 flights. All of the additional flights will be operated by the carrier’s fleet of Boeing 777-300ERs. Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, will expand its London Heathrow (LHR) operations from October 26, 2025, which happens to be the start date of the IATA winter 2025/26 scheduling season. The additional six services have been strategically timed to connect overnight departures from Heathrow to Dubai (DXB) for convenient onward…

MUNICH — The German navy has received its first of eight Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance and counter-submarine aircraft, the country’s military announced on Thursday.The aircraft, handed over at the manufacturer’s Seattle, Washington, production plant, are meant to strengthen Germany’s maritime surveillance capabilities globally. A special focus will be on detecting and combating enemy submarines, said Vice Adm. Jan Christian Kaack, the navy’s chief of staff.Germany decided to procure the P-8A Poseidon in 2021 with the intention of replacing Berlin’s aging fleet of P-3C Orion aircraft, which currently serve on naval surveillance and sub-hunting missions.Initially, officials ordered five P-8 aircraft…

Continuing with our examination of airline fleets around the world, let’s move over to Japan to look at the aircraft operating for Star Alliance member ANA – or All Nippon Airlines. It’s been over 3 years since we looked at this airline’s fleet so let’s look at what’s changed and what’s stayed the same! source