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August 26, 2026

In Mönchhof, Burgenland, regarded as Austria's oldest wine-growing municipality, the Marienkron Retreat & Health Resort hotel is focusing on the combination of regional viticulture…

Querétaro's Tourism Ministry announced that Aeroméxico will expand its services with Mexico City starting next October 25. “This decision is recognized as a…

Middle Eastern low-cost carriers (LCCs) have managed to rapidly grow their capacity despite recent geopolitical disruptions affecting the region, according to…

The Argentine Navy will definitively retire its Super Étendard aircraft by the end of 2026, after these aircraft have remained

So-called loitering munitions, colloquially known as kamikaze drones, will in future also be available for short-range use and no longer deployed only over long distances. After…

TDW Gesellschaft für verteidigungstechnische Wirksysteme mbH, a subsidiary of MBDA Deutschland, has demonstrated in a test trial the effect of the warhead system for the new loitering munition…

The new head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), David Cummins, revealed that the Gold+ public-private partnership program for airport security will be abandoned…

Air Algérie continues its return to Berlin in the 2026/27 winter schedule as well, though it changes the routing. From October 31, the Algerian airline will fly once weekly to…

Korean Air will open a daily route between Seoul-Incheon and Hiroshima from 23 December 2026, operated with an Airbus A321neo.

A power outage triggered a large-scale police operation at Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport overnight on 24 August 2026. The loss of electrical power caused the doors to unlock…

NOEMI Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian seaplane operator SkyHop Aviation for the potential introduction of up to 15 NOEMI amphibious aircraft in India. Under the…

The plan to replace TSA agents across the US is being scaled back and rebranded.

Dolly Parton died on 25 August 2026 in Nashville, at age 80. With her passes one of the…

Avcon Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Butler National Corporation, has delivered the first King Air B200 aircraft modified for specialised mosquito-control missions. The aircraft modification…

French Polynesia's government submitted a proposal to the overseas territory's assembly for financial support to airline Air Tahiti Nui. Planned is…

The National Military Command Center notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU), which issued an RO-Alert message at 07:31 to warn residents of the area about…

From Monday 7 September to Friday 25 September 2026. During this period, laser beam emissions are planned every day around the clock except weekends. Hence the creation of six restricted…

270 people lost their lives in the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988. A defendant acquitted at the Lockerbie trial has now died at the age of 70…

Ukraine marked its 35th Independence Day with a military display unlike any it had staged before: robots on the streets of Kyiv, naval drones on the Dnipro river and UAVs in the skies above the…

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…

Graham Wild, aviation coordinator at ADFA and UNSW, came to the conclusion after analysing annual data for Australian commercial air transport from the ATSB between 2003 and 2025. It comes after a…

Federal Express Corporation [FedEx] (FX) plans to invest approximately $150 million to develop a new integrated air cargo hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), strengthening the…

International air cargo in Latin America and the Caribbean posted its largest year-on-year growth of 2026 in June. The region moved 336,269 metric tons, an increase of 4.7% compared to…
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Japanese airline All Nippon Airways is continuing its collaboration with The Pokémon Company and has set the dates for deploying another special-livery aircraft on its international…

Russia and Belarus are negotiating additional expenses for their joint LMS-192 Osvey aircraft project. According to Russian Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov, there were…

Patria and Ukrainian drone manufacturer Center of Unmanned Technologies LLC (“General Cherry”) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on 23 August, 2026. As part of the collaboration, Patria plans to…

A study by the Institute for Tourism and Spa Research in Northern Europe (NIT), commissioned by car rental broker Sunny Cars, reveals a specific booking pattern among German holidaymakers…

On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David look at the ups and downs of Asia-Pacific’s aviation sector, and where recent route reshuffles might fit into the equation.

How the industry is working to make the terminal area safer.

Poland has received the first batch of 28 K2 Black Panther tanks acquired from South Korea, which will be assigned to the 16th Pomeranian Mechanised Division…