Incidents

United’s Amsterdam-San Francisco Flight Didn’t Just Divert Once – It Had To Be Saved Twice

Passengers on United Airlines flight UA969 from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ended up on...

May 26, 2026 John Cushma 259

Incidents

Air France A320 Diverts To Amsterdam After Smoke Smell Triggers Precautionary Landing

An Air France flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) diverted to Amsterdam Schiphol...

May 26, 2026 John Cushma 172

Operations

Thai Airways Bets On Europe Even As Fuel And Geopolitics Keep Getting Worse

Thai Airways is moving ahead with European expansion despite one of the most difficult operating backdrops long-haul airlines have faced...

May 16, 2026 John Cushma 143

Incidents

Surinam Airways A340 Turnback From Amsterdam Shows How Small Gear Problems Can Become Big Long-Haul Problems

A Surinam Airways flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) was forced to return...

May 11, 2026 John Cushma 161

Airlines

Transavia’s Cockpit-Seat Overbooking Incident Exposes A Rare Conflict Between Flexibility And Flight Deck Discipline

Transavia is facing scrutiny after an overbooking incident on flight HV6134 from Hurghada International Airport (HRG) to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport...

March 23, 2026 John Cushma 351

Air Routes

American’s Winter 2026 A321XLR Push: Four Transatlantic Plays Built Around JFK and Philadelphia

American Airlines (AA) is getting ready to use the Airbus A321XLR exactly the way Airbus designed it to be used:...

March 8, 2026 John Cushma 477

Airlines

Delta Flight Diverts to Dublin After Mid-Atlantic Medical Emergency on Orlando-Amsterdam Service

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-900 operating flight DL90 from Orlando (MCO) to Amsterdam (AMS) diverted to Dublin (DUB) on...

February 16, 2026 John Cushma 626

Air Routes

Vietnam Airlines Charts New Ground With Hanoi-Amsterdam Nonstop

Vietnam Airlines is set to open a new long-haul chapter in summer 2026: the flag carrier plans to launch the...

February 9, 2026 John Cushma 521

Airlines

KLM Pulls Back from the Gulf: Suspending Dubai, Riyadh, Dammam and Tel Aviv

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 896

Airlines

Schiphol’s Snowbound Gridlock: KLM’s A321neo Taxies for Two Hours, Then Returns to the Gate

Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) doesn’t need many snow days to feel the strain. As winter weather tightened its grip on the...

January 7, 2026 John Cushma 469