Airlines

Lufthansa Eyes Extra Long-Haul Lift as Gulf Hubs Go Dark and Europe Becomes the Default Detour

Lufthansa (LH) is preparing to add long-haul capacity in the coming weeks as the latest Middle East crisis reshapes global...

March 8, 2026 John Cushma 508

Airlines

LOT Plans One-Off Repatriation Flights from Colombo and Malé to Warsaw on March 10

LOT Polish Airlines (LO) is deploying two special, one-time repatriation services to bring Polish tourists home from the Indian Ocean...

March 8, 2026 John Cushma 369

Airlines

Jazeera Restarts Umrah Charters from Jeddah and Madinah Using Stranded A320s

Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways (J9) has found a way to keep flying even while Kuwaiti airspace remains closed: it has restarted...

March 7, 2026 John Cushma 398

Airlines

Wizz Air UK Wins U.S. Operating Authority – But It’s a Charter Play, Not a Scheduled Transatlantic Launch

Wizz Air UK has secured regulatory approval to operate flights between the United Kingdom and the United States, a notable...

March 7, 2026 John Cushma 331

Airports

Azerbaijan Closes Southern Airspace After Drone Incursion Near Nakhchivan

Azerbaijan has temporarily restricted parts of its southern airspace after drones launched from Iranian territory entered the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic,...

March 6, 2026 John Cushma 363

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 425

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 610

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 528

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 458

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 447