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August 25, 2026 12:53 UTC —
Icelandair has completed a $686,000 deal for 49% of the Maltese airline subsidiary its collapsed budget rival PLAY left behind, gaining a second AOC.
August 25, 2026 12:44 UTC —
Israir has FAA approval to fly Tel Aviv to New York on ex-American Airbus A330s, becoming Israel’s third carrier on the nonstop route starting October 19.
August 25, 2026 07:06 UTC —
FAA orders V2500 operators to replace third stage compressor blades after engine fires and in-flight shutdowns. EASA followed. 1,462 US engines affected.
August 20, 2026 19:23 UTC —
Malaysia Airlines flight MH89 rejected its takeoff at Tokyo Narita on August 20, 2026, after the A330’s left engine caught fire.
August 19, 2026 20:34 UTC —
A British Airways Airbus A350 squawked 7700 for a possible hydraulic failure approaching Heathrow on August 18, 2026, and landed safely on runway 27R.
August 19, 2026 07:31 UTC —
A Lufthansa Airbus A380 touched down short of the runway at Munich, striking approach lights days after a similar incident nearby.
August 18, 2026 20:26 UTC —
Lufthansa Group’s first Starlink-equipped flight took off August 19, 2026, kicking off free high-speed Wi-Fi across 850 aircraft and nine airlines by 2029.
August 18, 2026 08:11 UTC —
An ATSB investigation finds a mechanic’s 33cm work light stayed inside a Qantas A380’s wing through a full Sydney-Dallas round trip, undetected.
August 18, 2026 07:53 UTC —
A SAS Airbus A320neo went around at Malaga after a TCAS alert when two firefighting aircraft entered the control zone with no radio contact.
August 17, 2026 20:03 UTC —
Hainan Airlines flight HU753 diverted to Krasnoyarsk, Russia after a mechanical fault on a Beijing-Manchester run. All 230+ aboard landed safely.
August 17, 2026 08:26 UTC —
Delta says its stopgap 44-seat A321neo first class cabin is running an 80% paid load factor, prompting a fleet-wide rethink of cabin size.
August 17, 2026 07:56 UTC —
A luggage container caught fire on the Malpensa ramp minutes before loading onto a British Airways flight to Heathrow, with nobody hurt, no flight impact.
August 16, 2026 08:10 UTC —
Delta flight DL82, an Airbus A350 from Atlanta to Paris, diverted to Dublin on August 15, 2026, after a suspected medical emergency onboard.
August 15, 2026 19:53 UTC —
KLM’s new Airbus A350 enters service with all 34 World Business Class suites locked out, after a seat certification hurdle stalled approval.
August 13, 2026 08:12 UTC —
FAA proposes an AD requiring inspection of Airbus A318, A319, A320 and A321 nose landing gear after cracks traced to a manufacturing defect.
August 13, 2026 07:41 UTC —
An IndiGo Airbus lost its left engine nearing Chennai on August 12, 2026, prompting a full emergency. All 224 aboard landed safely as the DGCA orders a probe.
August 12, 2026 15:17 UTC —
China’s COMAC C919 flew its first international route on August 12, linking Beijing and Mongolia, as Boeing and Airbus keep their global edge for now.
August 11, 2026 07:02 UTC —
A SWISS Airbus A330 diverted to Dublin on August 9, 2026 after a passenger’s power bank caught fire in business class. All 206 aboard were safe.
August 9, 2026 19:16 UTC —
The captain of Air India’s turbulence-hit AI2379 reportedly failed a psychoactive substance screening, and DGCA has grounded both pilots.
August 9, 2026 06:37 UTC —
A late Aer Lingus incident report meant investigators lost the black box data from a 44-degree bank and airspeed scare near Dublin.
