An Australian national, Thomas Bingham, has pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor for an assault on a federal officer. He was alleged to have committed the assault on a Transport Security Administration (TSA) officer at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in March 2026. Sentencing has been set for September 18. US Magistrate Judge Charles […]

While the skies of the United Kingdom are peaceful almost every single day of the year, that doesn’t mean that the Royal Air Force is resting on its laurels. Quick Reaction Alert fighter jets have only scrambled a handful of times in the past year to defend the UK’s airspace, but the operational tempo is […]

Frontier Airlines spent much of 2025 transforming Atlanta into one of the most important airports in its network. By December, the ultra-low-cost carrier was advertising 61 nonstop destinations from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), having added domestic, Caribbean, Mexican and Central American routes at a rapid pace. Within months, Atlanta became the busiest airport in […]

The Airbus A321XLR is one of the most impactful new airliners on sale, as it’s a narrowbody airliner designed specifically for long-distance flights. While the Boeing 757-200 was prominently used on some long-haul routes in the past, this was never its original intended role, whereas the A321XLR uses the venerable A321neo platform and adds improvements […]

For the four and a half years that have elapsed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, an Antonov An-124 cargo jet has been stuck at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). The huge aircraft belongs to the Russian charter and airfreight specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines, and it was seized upon its arrival in Canada after the […]

American Airlines is preparing one of its biggest narrowbody cabin changes in years, increasing the proportion of premium seats from approximately 25% today to around 40% in the coming years. The Fort Worth-based carrier announced the plan on August 18, 2026, alongside a major program to install seatback entertainment throughout its narrowbody fleet. The move […]

A preliminary report from Vietnam’s aviation authority has provided the clearest account yet of why a Vietnam AirlinesBoeing 787-9 came perilously close to catastrophe at Munich Airport (MUC) as it struck the ground at the end of the runway during takeoff on August 15. The crew reported that the aircraft’s acceleration briefly stopped halfway through […]

The Ryan X-13 demonstrated that jet-powered vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight was indeed possible, yet its unique cable landing technique would ultimately prove to be its undoing, despite compiling a remarkably successful test flight record. While the aircraft itself never entered service, the lessons learned from its development helped shape the future of military […]

Air Canada is comfortably the leading operator between Canada and the US. In the 12 months to May 2026, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) shows that the Star Alliance member transported 10.4 million round-trip passengers. The carrier had 37% of the large market.