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August 26, 2026
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One Pacific Airways wants to build a new flight network in Micronesia, operating Cessna 337, De Havilland Canada Dash 8 and Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft, plus its own flight school.
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Award under Lethal Unmanned Systems IDIQ reflects growing demand for AV’s next-generation, long-range precision loitering munitions and proven Switchblade 600 performance. ARLINGTON, Va., August 26…
Probable Cause: The airplane’s encounter with gusting winds resulting in a loss of altitude with performance insufficient to outclimb terrain.
With a network that handled 189,000 flights and 46,000 transfers last year, the company is rolling out live tracking technology and autonomous drones in its warehouses.
With a network that handled 189,000 flights and 46,000 transfers over the past year, the company is rolling out live tracking technology and autonomous drones in its warehouses.
The carrier expects to have all of its Dreamliners equipped by the end of the year.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will carry out extensive maintenance on runway 09/27, also known as the Buitenveldertbaan, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 8, 2026…
Brazilian airline Azul announced it will boost its operations for the high season and expand domestic travel options. Between December 5, 2026 and February 14, 2027, the…
Aug. 26, 2026, © Leeham News: For nearly 20 years, beginning with the Potemkin-airplane 7-8-07 rollout of the 787, Boeing has stumbled from one miscue after another. The depths to which it bottomed…
Universidad de los Andes, CADA (Colegio de Abogados de Derecho Aeronáutico), and the Advanced Air Mobility Institute have revealed details The post AAM Institute and Universidad de los Andes to…
Korean Air has announced it will begin operating a new route between Incheon International Airport, Seoul (ICN) and Hiroshima Airport (HIJ). The route will be operated daily by Korean Air’s fleet of…
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 26, 2026, © Leeham News: When Boeing was going through travails with the 787 program from 2007-2015, Airbus boasted it sold more A330s after the…
GE Aerospace has completed the first year of its CNC machinist apprenticeship program at its Wilmington, North Carolina, facility, with more than 80 apprentices graduating since the programme began…
Born on Aug. 26, 1918, in West Virginia, Katherine Goble Johnson showed exceptional aptitude for mathematics from an early age. She skipped several grades, graduating high school by 14 and college…
Pilot looks to expand job horizons with added qualification.
This column is geared more toward the younger crowd looking to enter aviation, so if you know anyone that might benefit from this, please pass it along to them. One of the first things I tell the…
Award enables operational test and evaluation of LeoLabs’ novel transportable 3D search radar systems for future defense missions
With more than four decades of service under the flag of the Italian Navy (Marina Militare), the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi set off yesterday, August 24, on its final…
<p><strong> </strong></p> <p>Delta plans to resume daily nonstop flights between New York-JFK International Airport to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport, with the first flight departing…
A new study shows that unprecedented heat will likely lead to the next mass extinction, wiping out almost all mammals within about... The article Extreme heat…
Flying the BD-5J Air Facts Journal From flying USAF fighters and corporate jets to sitting behind a desk, pilot John “Kid” Davee thought his military jet days were behind him—until an offhand joke…
The exercise marks the first deployment of Chinese J-16 fighters to Africa and sees them training against Egyptian Rafales and MiG-29M2s. Building on the 2025 edition of the Egyptian-Chinese Eagles…
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EgyptAir announced on August 26, 2026, that it has signed an agreement with renowned sports club FC Barcelona… The post EgyptAir to sponsor FC Barcelona in drive to boost carrier’s global profile…
Dubai International recorded a total of 31.5 million passengers in the first half of 2026, 31.3 percent fewer than in the same period last year. The decline was mainly due to…
Air Astana opens a selection process for Latin American pilots, focused on the Airbus A320 and professionals with few flight hours
Fedorov rejects that figure and maintains that the plan designed during his tenure envisaged offsetting the higher spending through savings from new procurement…
NextNav has partnered with Tiami Networks to evaluate 5G-powered sensing technologies for counter-UAS detection and airspace awareness. The companies will use NextNav’s 5G PNT Network The post…
The flood on the Nepal-Tibet border has left people dead and 384 travellers missing, as well as causing destruction and landslides. The post Disaster in Nepal leaves dead and missing after…
The Fairey Fulmar was the F-14 Tomcat of its day, and I will prove it. Comparing the Fairey Fulmar to the Grumman F-14 Tomcat is sacrilegious, but I don’t care. One was a stolid British 260-mph…
Baltic Ground Services (BGS) will provide fuel supply and ground handling services for My Freighter at Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava in the Czech Republic, Tallinn Airport in Estonia and Riga…
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