Civil aviation news
Sector news aggregated from reference outlets, always linking to the original source.
August 13, 2026
Canadian airline Air Canada is selling a minority stake in its Aeroplan loyalty program. A consortium led by US investment firm Blackstone…
Air traffic is gradually returning to normal in Colombia following the severe earthquake. Five of the seven affected airports have reopened after technical inspections by the Colombian…
Guanajuato to host GAP's Advisory Committee Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) will hold this Thursday, August 13, the 2026 session of the Advisory Committee of the Airport…
The “new” Mexicana de Aviación faces one of the most important challenges in Mexican commercial aviation: proving that a state-owned airline can be competitive, efficient, safe…
The airports of the Aena Group (made up of 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London-Luton Airport, Leeds Bradford Airport and 17 airports in Brazil) closed the month…
In the first 7 months of the year, Viva reported a 0.9% decrease in passenger traffic compared with the same period in 2025. In a statement sent to the investor public of the…
Newark Liberty International Airport, New York, debuted this week a new Model 4 Surface Movement Radar (SMR-4) that will replace a previous one that was 30 years old…
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Our latest podcast episode is now live! This week, we were joined by Glenn Piper, Director of Global Product Manager The post PODCAST: Glenn Piper of WireMasters on Connecting the Future: The…
New stock market record for Indra: overcomes its governance crisis and the scrapped EM&E acquisition
It was on the day that the State Industrial Holding Company (SEPI) notified the Spanish stock market regulator, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), that it would not proceed…
Starting December 24 and every Thursday, Italian airline Neos will fly to Cozumel, Mexico, a Caribbean island near Cancún, in Yucatán. The route is Milan Malpensa-…
The impact of the Middle East conflict, including increases in the cost of jet fuel brought on by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has caused “higher than normal slot cancellations as airlines…
If your travel bag already feels overloaded with an action camera, a gimbal, spare batteries, and accessories, Insta360 thinks it has the solution. The company has unveiled its new flagship Insta360…
A fault in the power supply of the control tower at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport caused a halt to takeoffs and… on Wednesday at midday
The Vereinigung Cockpit union and Lufthansa Group's leadership have agreed to carry out a comprehensive arbitration process to resolve the simmering wage dispute at…
Sardinia is scrapping the municipal tax for those departing from one of its airports (Alghero, Cagliari, Olbia), only in winter. This is the decision adopted by the RAS, the Autonomous Region…
Emirates could launch a new route from Milan-Malpensa to Lima. According to the newspaper Corriere della Sera, the Gulf carrier is seeking the necessary traffic rights to…
Serbian airline Air Serbia has announced a new direct route between the southern Serbian city of Niš and the Austrian capital Vienna. Starting October 25, 2026, the…
Heart Aerospace, a U.S. company of Swedish origin, is preparing to fly the demonstrator of its future hybrid-electric regional aircraft. The FAA had granted Heart Aerospace a Special…
The flight by Spanish airline Iberia designed for the total solar eclipse took place last night. Those not on board were able to follow it in a media event that was broadcast…
As reported, AUA is discontinuing the Vienna-Graz route due to insufficient profitability. Franz Zussner spoke about this with Wolfgang Primus, head of Graz Airport.
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China’s domestically developed C919 passenger aircraft has completed its first international commercial flight, arriving in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Wednesday after operating a scheduled service…
Michele Bufo, CEO of SoGeAP, the company that manages Parma airport, is stepping down of his own accord to become general manager of SACAL, the company that manages the…
US leasing and investment firm 777 Partners has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the US bankruptcy court for the Northern District of Texas. The…
In China’s mountainous Yunnan, six heavy-lift drones worked in sync to transport a power grid tower component over a 700-meter route across rugged terrain. The operation was completed in just three…
The German manufacturer of the Do228 NXT, General Atomics AeroTec Systems GmbH (GA-ATS), and TRAKKA Systems AB, a Swedish provider of mission equipment for imaging and…
Northrop Grumman is unveiling Raid Hunter: The official name for its innovative 50mm Gun-Based Air Defence System. Designed to close a critical gap in short-range layered defense, Raid Hunter…
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Despite fewer flights, 1.4 percent more passengers / group-wide traffic grows by 2.2 percent
Ondas Inc. has been awarded a multi-million-dollar strategic tender by the Israeli Ministry of Defense to develop and produce the next-generation tactical attack drone capabilities. The program…
Catania Airport will remain closed due to the ongoing eruption of Mount Etna until at least 2 a.m. on August 14. Volcanic ash in the airspace is causing disruption for the seventh day in a row…
Dutch airline KLM is overhauling its economy-class catering concept on its European short- and medium-haul flights. Starting in October, the airline will introduce, under the…
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