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August 26, 2026
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A SWISS Boeing 777-300ER, operating flight LX9 between Chicago O'Hare, in the United States, and Zurich, Switzerland, was diverted this Tuesday to Lajes Airport, on Terceira Island…

25/08/2026 NoticiasArgentinas.com – News wire The certification was granted by Brazil's ANAC, the United States' FAA and the European Union's EASA. Buenos Aires, August 25 (NA). —…

FAA's final directive follows a proposal issued in March after a Boeing investigation found manufacturing discrepancies involving shim gaps. Recall affects some jets

The State Department approved a possible military sale to Italy that includes… The post United States approves sale of over 5,000 APKWS II kits to Italy for $364 million…

Maryland defense manufacturer targets large-scale U.S. production of two attritable drone platforms beginning in 2027 First Breach Inc. has completed the first flight of a proprietary drone…

Stealth jets are seen as the future of military aviation. Yet the Lockheed Martin F-16, Dassault Rafale and Saab Gripen are nowhere near ready for retirement. Lower costs, great…

Stealth jets are seen as the future of military aviation. But the F-16, the Rafale and the Gripen are nowhere near retirement. Lower costs, a large…

The US State Department approved a possible sale to Qatar of up to…
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A Boeing 737-500 operated by Sepehran Airlines ran off the runway while landing in Mashhad, Iran. The aircraft, registered EP-FSF, was carrying 127 people on board as flight IS4310 from…

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…

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…

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…

A Boeing 737-500 operated by Iranian airline Sepehran Airlines veered off the runway while landing at Mashhad Airport on Tuesday evening, August 25. According to aviation safety website The Aviation…
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Recaro unveils the R4, a new Premium Class seat certified for the Boeing 787, featuring a 16-inch monitor, connectivity and accessibility features

Kenya Airways is maintaining an ambitious target of 40% cargo market share, and is nearing an agreement to acquire a Boeing 777 freighter. Chief executive George Kamal, speaking during a half-year…

The US airline is already preparing to resume operations through a partnership with JetBlue, but is looking to expand its presence at the city's largest airport

Slovakia’s automotive and electronics industries are increasing demand for resilient, integrated logistics services. Growing trade with Asia, Europe and the United States is creating more complex…

A closer look at America’s ten oldest continuously operating airports .

United Airlines has announced 10 new destinations, two of them in Spain, in what it has called its biggest expansion in history. The US airline United Airlines will add Ibiza and…

For fans of classic airliners, few hotel rooms can have a better view than the…

The US airline United Airlines presented on 25 August 2026 at Newark Liberty International Airport its plans for deploying the new narrow-body aircraft type Airbus A321XLR…

Dolly Parton had a fear of flying and preferred to travel by tour bus. Still, the country legend left her mark on aviation too.
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Mammoth Freighters LLC announced today the delivery of its first converted freighter Boeing 777-200LRMF (MSN 32222 / N703DN) to Jetran LLC. This important delivery represents the…

Air Algérie wants to rely more heavily on foreign providers for extensive maintenance work. To that end, the airline has launched an international tender to preselect…

The United States Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, which unexpectedly landed in Moscow on Tuesday morning (August 25), returned to Riga that evening. The…

In 2020, after the failure of the XM2001 Crusader and XM1203 NLOS-C (non-line-of-sight cannon) programs, intended to

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems predicts the new drone it plans to pitch for the military’s “Massed Modular Aircraft” program will exceed many of the military’s requirements for a successor to…

They were meant for a special version of the Boeing 737 Max 10. But as certification dragged on for years, United Airlines has already changed plans…

Air Tahiti Nui will modernise the cabins of its four Boeing 787s from 2028. The project will cost 8.5 billion CFP francs (around €71 million)…

A death linked to US airline Southwest Airlines is occupying local investigative authorities in the state of Hawaii. Flight attendant Jenny Lupton, 50, was…