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Amex Membership Rewards has just rolled out its newest airline points transfer bonus, which I’m sure many members will find to be valuable. I’d consider this to be more useful than the 30% transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy. Amex offering 20% Flying Blue transfer bonusBetween October 1 and October 31, 2025, you can receive a 20% bonus when you transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue. Transfer Amex points to Flying Blue with a 20% bonusThis promotion is being offered on Amex’s end (in the United States), and is hard coded into the transfer ratio, meaning you…

Yesterday, a Boeing 747-8 that previously belonged to Korean Air arrived at Hamburg Airport (HAM) in the north of Germany after an overnight flight from James M Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY) in the US federal state of Ohio. Needless to say, this is not the kind of sector that such an aircraft would have operated in its passenger-carrying life, which begs the question as to why it was flying this route. However, the aircraft in question isn’t just any Boeing 747, but, rather, one that will later be used by the United States Air Force as a ‘doomsday’ plane.…

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), and the United States Air Force (USAF) have begun Exercise Bushido Guardian 25, a large-scale trilateral fighter drill designed to strengthen integration among the three Indo-Pacific security partners.  The exercise runs from September 29 to October 10, 2025, at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan. Bushido Guardian began in 2019 as a bilateral exercise between Japan and Australia. The 2025 iteration marks the first time the USAF has joined as a full participant. “Bushido Guardian 2025 marks a pivotal moment as we train with our Royal Australian Air…

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Australian Army’s appetite for the M142 HIMARS is proving voracious. With the first two of 42 units arriving in Australia only in March, the country is already eyeing another 48 of these U.S.-built rocket launchers.This ambition was revealed in a notification issued by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency – or DSCA – published on Sep. 30.The DSCA stated that the U.S. government had approved this Foreign Military Sale of up to 48 rocket launcher vehicles, M1084A2 HIMARS resupply vehicles, M1095 trailers and Low Cost Reduced Range Practice Rocket pods.However, rather than just bolstering its rocket…

Throughout much of the 20th century, the commercial aviation market was dominated by American manufacturers. This includes major manufacturers, such as Douglas Aircraft Company, Lockheed, and, of course, Boeing. With few challengers, Boeing was able to maintain dominance throughout the industry for much of the century, including well into the 1970s. However, in the 1970s, a new European consortium called Airbus entered the scene with a new plan to challenge the major American aircraft manufacturers in the commercial aviation industry. What followed was a decades-long climb that reshaped the landscape of global aviation. Airbus has grown to become one of…

FedEx has opened a new air and ground logistics facility at Tallinn Airport, expanding Estonia’s access to global markets and strengthening the country’s growing e-commerce sector. The facility is located in the Tallinn Airport’s (TLL) southern business complex, according to a Sept. 26 release from FedEx. Outfitted with automated sorting systems, it can handle up […] source

QantasLink, the regional carrier within the Qantas Group of airlines, has announced that it intends to press ahead with a controversial plan to close three of its regional bases. The move comes despite outcry from unions at the airline, which state the move will be detrimental to the airline’s staff and passengers. The airline has said that pilot and cabin crew bases in Hobart (HBA), Canberra (CBR), and Mildura (MQL) will be wound down in April 2026. As reported by Australian Aviation, the closures will result in around 70 employees of QantasLink having to transfer to larger bases at Sydney…

The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Allegiant Air (NYSE: ALGT) and Frontier Airlines (NYSE: ULCC) are set to testify before a Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee on Tuesday. The hearing will include an extensive discussion of competition within the airline industry, according to reports from congressional aides. The primary situation at hand is a lack of competition in the market in the wake of Spirit Airlines’ continued demise. Greg Anderson, the Chief Executive of Allegiant Air, and Barry Biffle, the CEO of Frontier Airlines, will be the principal witnesses testifying at the hearing. They will be joined by Sharon Pinkerton, a…

Pilots for Deutsche Lufthansa AG and its cargo carrier voted for a strike in their dispute over pensions, raising the risk of disrupted operations just a day after the group set out financial ambitions that require job cuts. The Vereinigung Cockpit union said Tuesday that at least 88% of the Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo pilots […] source

On September 30, 2025, Taiwan-based carrier STARLUX Airlines unveiled the next phase of its developing codeshare partnership with Alaska Airlines. The company announced it would be adding 12 new US cities to its codeshare network, thereby bringing its growing North American network to 20 destinations linked via direct flights to Taipei. The new expanded codeshare arrangement will see the additional 12 cities served by Alaska Airlines linked to STARLUX operations to Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) through San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). The newly added codeshare cities include Minneapolis, Atlanta, Tampa, Anchorage, Raleigh-Durham, Orlando, Washington…