Ryanair and Ryanair UK plan about 503,000 departure seats from Liverpool in winter 2026-27, up nearly 58,000, or 12.9%, from the previous winter, according to OAG figures. That is the largest absolute ...

Philippine Airlines (PAL) plans to return to India after a 13-year absence with new nonstop services from Manila to New Delhi and Mumbai, a move that would nearly double nonstop capacity between the ...

“Passenger growth was strong across almost every region [in 2025],” ACI World said. Africa posted a 9% year-over-year rise in passengers in 2025. The Middle East had the second-fastest rate of growth ...

Google plans to deploy a first test satellite for its orbital data center ambitions next month, carrying tensor processing units (TPUs)—its custom-designed artificial intelligence (AI) chips—with more ...

Several months before NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman dropped a hint last week about the launch of a Blackbird-like X-Plane project, the agency quietly removed a Lockheed SR-71A from public display ...

“Safety oversight has expanded, with 47 African carriers now enrolled in IATA’s Operational Safety Audit program, and blocked airline funds—money that carriers are unable to repatriate—have fallen ...

Germany, Austria and Luxembourg said they would work together to accelerate the market ramp-up of electricity-based sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) in Europe, by introducing a double-sided auction ...

The FAA is rescinding exemptions that have allowed certain Cessna Citation business jets that normally require two pilots to operate with one single-pilot, citing “safety concerns” and “widespread ...

An air-launched version of the hypersonic Castelion Blackbeard strike missile has reached the stage of at least captive carry testing on the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet. A video released on Sept. 25 ...

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Sceye’s high-altitude platform station (HAPS) was part of a ground-based laser-ranging demonstration, a forerunner to establishing optical communications with a stratospheric lighter-than-air vehicle.

VietJet is currently building a larger MRO facility at the airport near Ho Chi Minh City, which received its first commercial flight in December 2025. Once completed, the facility will cover two ...