Air Routes

Southwind Airlines Reenters EU Airspace with Antalya-Berlin Service

Southwind Airlines’ return to Western Europe on March 2, 2026 is the kind of operational milestone that looks simple on...

March 7, 2026 John Cushma 376

Air Routes

American Clears a Key Hurdle to Return to Venezuela: DOT Approves MIA-Caracas and MIA-Maracaibo

American Airlines (AA) has received U.S. Department of Transportation approval to restart daily nonstop service from Miami International Airport (MIA)...

March 6, 2026 John Cushma 519

Airlines

Muscat Becomes the Gulf’s Pressure-Relief Valve as British Airways and Qatar Airways Run “Mini-Hub” Airlifts

When a hub carrier loses its hub, the recovery playbook quickly stops looking like aviation and starts looking like logistics....

March 6, 2026 John Cushma 378

Airlines

Air France Presses Pause on Paris-Havana After Cuba’s Jet Fuel Shortage

Air France is temporarily suspending its nonstop flights between Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Havana José Martí (HAV) as...

March 5, 2026 John Cushma 577

Air Routes

Tahiti Goes Nonstop to Sydney: Air Tahiti Nui Opens PPT-SYD Dreamliner Service From December 2026

Air Tahiti Nui (TN) is putting Australia back on its nonstop map with a new Papeete (PPT)–Sydney (SYD) service that...

March 5, 2026 John Cushma 516

Air Routes

Spirit’s International Pullback Gets Real: Mid-April Cuts Strip Back Florida and Central America Flying

Spirit Airlines (NK) is taking another hard turn toward “survive first, grow later,” and the latest schedule filings show where...

March 5, 2026 John Cushma 430

Airlines

Virgin Australia Buys Nine New 737 MAX 8s as Fleet Renewal Accelerates

Virgin Australia (VA) is making a clear statement about confidence and balance-sheet strength: it will purchase nine of its twelve...

March 5, 2026 John Cushma 479

Air Routes

Lufthansa Adds Kuala Lumpur to Its Southeast Asia Map With the 787-9

Lufthansa (LH) is expanding deeper into Southeast Asia with a new nonstop between Frankfurt (FRA) and Kuala Lumpur (KUL), a...

March 5, 2026 John Cushma 471

Airlines

Air Congo Pushes Regional Expansion From Kinshasa as ATR72-600 Deliveries Slip Into April

Air Congo (4H) is moving ahead with its first major intra-African expansion even as a key piece of its fleet...

March 4, 2026 John Cushma 424

Airlines

TUI Activates Middle East Repatriation Flights as Gulf Hubs Reopen in “Recovery Mode”

TUI is starting return flights from the Middle East to bring home holidaymakers stranded by the region’s sudden airspace shutdowns...

March 4, 2026 John Cushma 412