Operations News

Air India’s 787-9 Will Fly With 18 Economy Seats Blocked and Business Suite Doors Locked Open

Air India (AI) is set to introduce its first factory-built, “line-fit” Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner into revenue service on February 1,...

January 28, 2026 John Cushma 573

DHL Aviation has reinforced its Sub-Saharan Africa air network with the introduction of two dedicated Boeing 737-400 freighters, unveiled in...

January 28, 2026 John Cushma 475

UPS has formally closed the book on one of cargo aviation’s most distinctive workhorses: the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F. For two...

January 28, 2026 John Cushma 1046

Emirates (EK) and Nigeria’s Air Peace (P4) have activated a bilateral interline agreement that materially changes how passengers can stitch...

January 28, 2026 John Cushma 526

Cebu Pacific says it will complete the transfer of all turboprop flying out of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) by...

January 27, 2026 John Cushma 629

After a brutal weekend of snow, ice, and wind across the eastern two-thirds of the U.S., the Department of Transportation...

January 27, 2026 John Cushma 506

Sudan Airways (SD), known locally as SudanAir, has resumed limited flying after a six-month-plus hiatus—a restart made possible by the...

January 27, 2026 John Cushma 601

LOT Polish Airlines (LO/LOT) has expanded its Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet with the near-simultaneous delivery of three aircraft—SP-LYB, SP-LYD,...

January 26, 2026 John Cushma 510

KLM has suspended multiple Middle East routes and tightened its overflight posture as regional security risk escalates. In a statement...

January 25, 2026 John Cushma 1081

Stored airframes are becoming “new capacity” again Russian carriers are increasingly turning to aircraft that were parked years ago—some even...

January 24, 2026 John Cushma 563