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Skift • Gordon Smith

Riyadh Air opens public ticket sales for RUH–LHR flights on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, with full network details planned for June

Riyadh Air has opened full public sales for flights between Riyadh King Khalid International (RUH) and London Heathrow (LHR). The carrier says the launch will be operated on its incoming Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, with additional destinations scheduled to be revealed in June as it builds its initial global network.

Inflight Online • Satu Dahl

Riyadh Air opens ticket sales for Riyadh-London route on board new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners

Airline Economics • Calum Wilson

Riyadh Air opens public ticket sales as new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner due for delivery in 'coming weeks'

Also: One Mile at a Time, Aviation Business News, executivetraveller.com and airlinergs.com

2026-05-19T02:55:01.973662-07:00

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Airline Economics • Justin Pugsley

Qatar Airways expands Africa network with new Port Sudan route

By Airline Economics: Qatar Airways is expanding its African network with new flights to Port Sudan and increased frequencies across destinations including Cairo, Cape Town and Dar es Salaam.

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Qatar Airways is expanding its African network

airwaysmag.com

Qatar Airways to Enhance Its African Footprint

Also: AeroTime and Aviation24

2026-05-19T00:39:35.939840-07:00

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AeroTime • Jean Carmela Lim

Malaysia Airlines takes delivery of 16th Boeing 737-8, two more due this month

By AeroTime: Malaysia Airlines has taken delivery of its 16th Boeing 737-8, with the aircraft touching down at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) on May 18, 2026, as part of the carrier’s ongoing fleet renewal program.

2026-05-19T04:09:19.879211-07:00

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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Nigeria's Rano Air halts routes citing 300% fuel spike

By ch-aviation: Rano Air (R4, Kano) has announced the suspension of several routes rendered "commercially unsustainable" following a 300% price spike of Jet A1 aviation fuel in Nigeria.

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2026-05-19T03:39:43.729022-07:00

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Washington Post • Editorial Board

The FAA can’t continue to regulate itself

By Washington Post: The agency could regulate air traffic control without providing it.

2026-05-19T02:53:39.106736-07:00

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View from the Wing • Gary Leff

Israel May Let Emirates Fly Tel Aviv–New York

By View from the Wing: Emirates may get the right to fly Tel Aviv–New York, and not just as a stopover on the way to Dubai.

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Israel Wants Emirates to Launch Flights From Tel Aviv to New York and Bangkok in Bid to Lure the Airline Back

Aviation A2Z

Israel Taps Emirates for Seventh-Freedom Flights as Dubai Service Restitution Push

Also: Simple Flying, Live and Let's Fly and One Mile at a Time

2026-05-18T14:09:33.042783-07:00

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Reuters • Abhijith Ganapavaram, Aditya Kalra

Exclusive: India to monitor Boeing fuel-switch test tied to Air India London incident, documents show

By Reuters: Indian air safety officials plan to travel to Seattle to observe Boeing's testing of a fuel-control switch panel that was removed from an Air India 787 in February after ‌the pilots on a London-Bengaluru flight flagged a possible defect, according to documents seen by Reuters.