Air Routes

Iberia Sets a New Latin America High-Water Mark for Summer 2026

Iberia is going all-in on Latin America for summer 2026, publishing what it describes as its largest-ever programme for the...

February 12, 2026 John Cushma 568

Airlines

Solomon Airlines Pushes Back on Qantas’ Plan for a Fifth Weekly Brisbane-Honiara Flight

Solomon Airlines (IE) is formally opposing Qantas’ (QF) bid to add more capacity between Brisbane (BNE) and Honiara (HIR), arguing...

February 12, 2026 John Cushma 446

Airlines

Lufthansa City Airlines Launches Frankfurt Base With A320neo Service

Lufthansa City Airlines has officially opened its second operating base—this time at Lufthansa Group’s primary hub, Frankfurt Airport (FRA)—with first...

February 11, 2026 John Cushma 494

Air Routes

Canada’s Cuba Lift Starts to Unravel as WestJet and Air Transat Join Air Canada in Pulling the Plug

Cuba’s aviation fuel crunch is no longer a “watch item” for carriers—it’s now a schedule-breaking constraint that’s forcing Canadian operators...

February 11, 2026 John Cushma 482

Airlines

Lufthansa Stares Down a Germany-Wide Shutdown on February 12th

Lufthansa’s German operation is bracing for a sharp, systemwide hit on Thursday, February 12, 2026, after the airline’s pilots’ union...

February 11, 2026 John Cushma 966

Airlines

airBaltic Adds A220 Number 53 at Riga, Doubling Down on a Single-Type Strategy

Latvia’s flag carrier airBaltic (BT) has kicked off its 2026 deliveries with a factory-new Airbus A220-300 registered YL-BTC, welcomed into...

February 11, 2026 John Cushma 429

Airlines

United and JetBlue Flip the Switch on “Blue Sky” Cross-Sales

United Airlines and JetBlue have begun rolling out the next tangible feature of their “Blue Sky” collaboration: cross-platform booking. Starting...

February 11, 2026 John Cushma 348

Airlines

Air Canada Halts Cuba Flying After Jet Fuel Supply Tightens

Air Canada has suspended service to Cuba after authorities on the island warned they can no longer reliably supply jet...

February 10, 2026 John Cushma 348

Airlines

flynas and Syria Bet on a Hybrid LCC Model With flynas Syria

Saudi low-cost carrier flynas (XY) and Syria’s General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport have signed an agreement to...

February 9, 2026 John Cushma 403

Airlines

How a T’way 737-800 Turned Taipei Taoyuan Into a One-Runway Squeeze

Taipei’s Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) is built for throughput: two long, parallel precision-approach runways, tightly banked arrival waves, and...

February 9, 2026 John Cushma 669