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Air Canada has estimated that a three-day strike by flight attendants in August 2025 will cost the carrier approximately CA$375 million in operating income.  In its preliminary results for the third quarter of 2025, released on September 24, 2025, the airline said that this amount comes from three components: CA$430 million in lost revenue, CA$145 million in avoided costs, and CA$90 million in extra customer and labor-related expenses.  During the collective bargaining with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the union representing its flight attendants, Air Canada said it developed “comprehensive plans” to safely and efficiently wind down and…

While certainly a bit of a gimmick, you’ve gotta give Holiday Inn Express credit for its creativity… Holiday Inn Express introduces breakfast alarm clockHoliday Inn Express is a brand known for offering all guests free breakfast. Brands that offer free breakfast often try to heavily market that as a feature, for obvious reasons. Along those lines, Holiday Inn Express has just launched its latest initiative, which is kind of hilarious.Holiday Inn Express has unveiled a world-first hotel experience, intended to transform mornings. Select Holiday Inn Express properties will be getting scent-based breakfast alarm clocks. So rather than an in-room alarm…

A Tri-jet design from the 1980s, iconic in its looks, the aircraft first took to the skies in 1990 and entered commercial service within the year of the type’s maiden flight. Various factors constrained the production of the type, which also failed to meet certain targets, leading to orders being downsized or canceled, with the production ultimately ending in early 2001. ICAO Code MD11 Amount Built 200 Crew 3 Despite this, the MD-11s are still flying today, and data indicates they will be seen across the skies for quite a bit longer. Firstly, Who Still Operates The MD-11? Three operators…

In an attempt to change the landscape of European aviation, the Air France-KLM Group has become the first airline group to formally express an intent to bid for a minority stake in TAP Air Portugal (TAP). With at least two other groups also expected to bid, the race is on to see which will succeed in consolidating the European airline market. On September 25, 2025, the Franco-Dutch airline group announced it would submit an “expression of interest” for the 44.99% stake in TAP. The move comes after Portugal’s leader, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, approved a government decree in August…

Air Tahiti Nui will be canceling one of its two routes to the United States, and this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Air Tahiti Nui cuts Seattle flights after a few years Air Tahiti Nui has just updated its schedule to reflect that it’ll be cutting its route between Papeete (PPT) and Seattle (SEA) as of January 28, 2026. For context, as of recently the route has operated 2x weekly with the following schedule: TN52 Papeete to Seattle departing 7:00AM arriving 6:15PMTN51 Seattle to Papeete departing 8:30PM arriving 4:00AM (+1 day) The 4,784-mile flight is blocked at 9hr15min…

In a surprise move, Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier, has announced that it plans to commence a new route between its home hub and Palma De Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain. The airline will commence the three-times-weekly service using its new Airbus A321LR fleet in summer 2026. The Balearic Islands will become the 29th new destination announced by Etihad in 2025 and will mark the only direct connection between Asia and Palma de Mallorca, opening a new gateway to Ibiza and the wider Balearic Islands. Commencing on June 12, 2026, and operating until mid-September 2026, Etihad will operate…

SESIMBRA, Portugal — An hour from Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, on a clear sunny day in late September, a large, penguin-like robot peeks above the sea surface. It circles a Portuguese Navy ship from a distance, hardly visible to the human eye, concealed by the deep blue waters of the Atlantic ocean.The system is the Greyshark from Germany’s EuroAtlas, an autonomous underwater vehicle measuring 6.5 meters in length and weighing as much as a delivery van. It is one of the naval drones the German Navy brought to the Portuguese coastal town of Sesimbra to partake in NATO’s Dynamic Messenger and…

Delta Air Lines is reportedly replacing auxiliary power units (APUs) on its fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft to address toxic fume leakages. The news comes after long years of requests from flight attendants, who have been calling attention to this problem. According to a report by CBS News, the Atlanta-based airline said it is replacing APUs on more than 300 Airbus A320 family jets. The initiative, whose costs have not been disclosed, began in 2022, according to the report. Data from ch-aviation shows that Delta Air Lines operates a total of 321 Airbus A320 family aircraft, including A321s, A320s,…

Russian aircraft were intercepted over the Alaska ADIZ and the Baltic Sea hours after Trump suggested NATO should shoot down intruding jets. Two formations of Russian aircraft have been intercepted few hours apart in the Alaska ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone) and over the Baltic Sea. The first, on Sept. 24, 2025, saw NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) F-16s intercepting two Tu-95 Bear bombers and two Su-35 fighters, while the second, on Sept. 25, saw Hungarian Gripens intercepting three MiG-31s, one Su-35 and one Su-30. Coincidentally, these intercepts happened shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump commented on Sept. 23…

Drone developer Windracers has gained approval from the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to launch the country’s first international unmanned aerial system (UAS) flight for civil purposes.  On September 26, 2025, Windracers confirmed that permission had been given to fly its heavy lift drone ULTRA between UK airspace and the adjoining airspace of another state.  Approval from the CAA was granted on September 16, 2025, alongside Luftfartstilsynet, the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway, allowing the ULTRA drone to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) from Tingwall Airport (LWK) in the Shetlands to Haugesund Airport (HAU) in Norway.  Windracers said…