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Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport

Tehran FIR Goes Dark: Iran’s Sudden Airspace Shutdown Sends Airlines Scrambling

A short-notice closure of Iran’s Tehran Flight Information Region (FIR) jolted airline ops across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia...

January 15, 2026 John Cushma 1573

Airports

Salem’s Security Checkpoint Goes Dark: Why SLE Lost TSA Screening

Salem-Willamette Valley Airport (SLE) has been here before: a hopeful push to restore scheduled passenger flying, followed by a hard...

January 14, 2026 John Cushma 569

Airports

Black Ice Over the Danube: How One Morning of Freezing Rain Shut Down Central Europe’s Airspace Corridors

Central Europe’s winter ops playbook was tested hard this week when a band of freezing rain and extreme icing forced...

January 14, 2026 John Cushma 735

Air Routes

AIR UNIQON Revives BER-FDH With Dash 8-400 Speed and Business-Friendly Timing

Germany’s domestic route map quietly regained an important missing link this week. AIR UNIQON has restarted nonstop service between Berlin...

January 13, 2026 John Cushma 768

Airports

BWI’s $520M Connector Sets the Table for Southwest’s Next Baltimore Push

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) just flipped a major operational switch. The airport has opened its new Concourse A/B...

January 12, 2026 John Cushma 658

Airlines

Iran Links Go Dark: Airlines Freeze IKA Flying as Unrest and Connectivity Risks Rise

Foreign airlines quietly but decisively trimmed Iran flying over the weekend as protests expanded and operational risk on the ground...

January 12, 2026 John Cushma 641

Airports

Aleppo (ALP) Shuts Down Again – And Every Diversion Now Runs Through Damascus (DAM)

Syria’s aviation network is small, fragile, and—when it’s working—surprisingly consequential for the communities it serves. That’s why the sudden closure...

January 10, 2026 John Cushma 478