PaxEx   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Workforce & Skills Development   Airlines   Spirit Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Flight‑attendant sickouts force mass cancellations at JetBlue, Spirit and Frontier; Spirit an operational outlier

Flight‑attendant sickouts at JetBlue, Spirit and Frontier have forced mass cancellations and widespread schedule disruption, straining operations and passenger rebooking across multiple U.S. networks. Spirit in particular is facing a deeper reliability crisis — widespread cancellations and scheduling failures make it an operational outlier among carriers.

Also: Aviation A2Z and One Mile at a Time
2026-01-03T12:54:39.160644-08:00
Airports   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airlines   ATR  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Occupants safe after Buddha Air ATR 72 suffers runway excursion

By FlightGlobal: Nepalese carrier Buddha Air states that all passengers and crew escaped after an ATR 72-500 suffered a runway excursion at Bhadrapur. The aircraft was transporting 51 passengers and four crew members from Kathmandu on 2 January.

Also: Aviation24 and aviationnepal.com
2026-01-03T11:54:06.350309-08:00
Orders   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Airbus  
Reuters • Ananya Palyekar

Airbus set to beat 2025 delivery target with 793 aircraft, Bloomberg reports

By Reuters: Airbus delivered 793 aircraft in 2025, surpassing its revised annual target, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

2026-01-03T08:36:02.579192-08:00
Helicopter   North America   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
Associated Press • Associated Press

Helicopter crashes in Arizona mountains, killing 4 people aboard

By Associated Press: Officials say four people have been killed when a private helicopter crashed in the mountains in Arizona.

Also: The Independent, ABC News, the-independent.com and tass.com
2026-01-02T22:50:38.944307-08:00