Aviation News Today

August 30, 2026 12:10 UTC — Etihad faces criticism after a physician said a cabin manager blocked her and a second doctor from treating a passenger during an in-flight emergency.

August 30, 2026 12:00 UTC — Air Canada has settled Brink’s lawsuit over the 2023 Toronto Pearson gold heist, ending an appeal over why its liability was capped near C$18,000.

August 30, 2026 09:47 UTC — A new study on organophosphate chemicals has put aircraft fume events back in the spotlight ahead of a September cabin air conference in London.

August 30, 2026 09:45 UTC — Inuvik airport’s runway extension to 9,000 feet is moving ahead, giving Canada’s NORAD forward operating location room for fighters and tankers.

August 29, 2026 17:42 UTC — Jetstar has launched Australia’s first low-cost nonstop to Sri Lanka, flying Melbourne to Colombo three times a week year-round on a Boeing 787.

August 29, 2026 17:38 UTC — Boeing and its SPEEA engineering union resume contract talks on August 31 after members rejected a deal and authorized a strike from October 7.

August 29, 2026 08:21 UTC — FAA airworthiness directive orders a fix for 276 Pilatus PC-12 turboprops after a trim panel was found blocking the emergency exit from opening inside.

August 29, 2026 08:19 UTC — Two fatal Alaska plane crashes in one week killed 12 people and stretched NTSB investigators as the agency heads into its busiest flying season.

August 29, 2026 08:07 UTC — The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has passed 15 years since type certification, with more than 1.3 billion passengers carried and 540 new nonstop routes.

August 29, 2026 08:03 UTC — The FAA is ordering owners of 957 Lycoming O-235, O-540 and IO-540 engines to replace a piston pin that has cracked and caused two engine failures.

August 28, 2026 17:32 UTC — A lightning strike knocked out Luton Airport air traffic control equipment on August 27, 2026, halting flights for 95 minutes and forcing 30 diversions.

August 28, 2026 17:29 UTC — Air New Zealand posted a NZ$336 million annual loss for 2026 as engine groundings, fuel prices and maintenance bills outpaced a rise in revenue.

August 28, 2026 08:42 UTC — Qantas will fit lie-flat business suites with sliding doors to 16 Airbus A321XLR jets from 2028, its first flat bed on a single-aisle aircraft.

August 28, 2026 08:28 UTC — The FAA is moving to fire two LaGuardia air traffic controllers who left their shifts early the night of the deadly March 22 Air Canada runway crash.

August 28, 2026 08:22 UTC — American Airlines downgrade refunds are capped at 40% of the fare, a formula a DOT complaint calls unlawful. Here is what the airline now plans to change.