AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
Air France is extending its suspension of flights to Middle East regions while citing ongoing security concerns about the safety of operating to the area. The carrier’s decision underscores that conflict-related risk remains a live constraint on West Europe–Middle East network planning.
Washington Post
• Edward Russell
By Washington Post: Experts say that even if a shortage is avoided, high fuel prices will endure through the summer.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Aerospace laboratory DLR demonstrates control of trailing edge through artificial intelligence. German aerospace researchers have been testing a shape-shifting wing concept using an uncrewed aerial vehicle with a trailing-edge configuration driven by artificial intelligence.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A British Airways Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner has been grounded after it was ‘impaled’ by some engineering steps that had been positioned underneath the massive widebody aircraft while it was being refueled ahead of a flight from the airline’s home hub at London Heathrow Airport.
ch-aviation
• Vanja Popovic
By ch-aviation: This article is only available with a subscription for Business Jet News.
Leeham News
• Scott Hamilton
By Leeham News: May 5, 2026, © Leeham News: Not one of the numerous studies from every aviation/aerospace policy organization has quantified the costs of not addressing our workforce shortages at an industry-wide level, although concerns are rising at the academic level.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: Pegasus Airlines (PC, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) has secured approval from the Capital Markets Board of Turkey to issue up to USD250 million in debt securities on international markets.
ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
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Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
