Middle East   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines   Qatar Airways  
Bloomberg • Danny Lee, Leen Al-Rashdan

Qatar Airways skips bonuses for ~60,000 staff after Iran-war flight cancellations; profit remains pressured despite still-strong

Qatar Airways QCSC says it will not hand out bonuses to nearly 60,000 employees this year, blaming Iran-war-driven disruption that forced the carrier to cancel tens of thousands of flights and forfeit billions in revenue. The move follows reported FY2025/26 profit of US$1.94 billion as regional disruption persists.

Australian Aviation • Jake Nelson

Big bucks for Gulf carriers despite Iran war

2026-05-22T04:25:35.513829-07:00
Routes   Europe   North America   Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines  
Aeronews • Teodor Stefan

Aeronews

By Aeronews: On May 21st, American Airlines launched 4 new routes to unlock even more access between the U.S. and Europe with new non-stop service to Budapest, Hungary (BUD) and Prague (PRG) from Philadelphia (PHL), and to Athens, Greece (ATH), and Zurich (ZRH) from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW).

2026-05-21T23:39:31.126284-07:00
MRO   Middle East   Africa   Aircraft Finance & Leasing  
AeroTime • Jean Carmela Lim

ADE secures USD 100 million from QNB Group to accelerate MRO expansion

By AeroTime: Asia Digital Engineering (ADE) has secured a US $100 million financing facility from QNB Group. The funding will be used to support the aviation maintenance company’s expansion as it grows beyond its roots as an in-house operation for AirAsia.

2026-05-22T03:23:53.099814-07:00
Airports   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airbus A350   Airbus  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

China Eastern A350 suffered brake failure before Shanghai airbridge collision: investigators

By FlightGlobal: Crew used reverse thrust to manoeuvre after 'total' loss of braking while taxiing. Preliminary investigations indicate that a China Eastern Airlines Airbus A350-900 experienced complete brake failure before colliding with a passenger airbridge at Shanghai.

2026-05-22T02:38:54.638317-07:00
Routes   Europe   Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines  
ch-aviation • Dominik Sipinski

Finland's LYGG expands North Sea oil and gas charter network

By ch-aviation: LYGG (Finland) (Helsinki Vantaa) will become the first company to offer scheduled charter flights from Den Helder, an airport in northern Netherlands, as it aims to gradually expand its connections between North Sea oil and gas hubs.

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2026-05-22T03:23:58.449317-07:00
Supply Chain   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Tupolev discusses Tu-214 production demands as it outlines modernisation plans to suppliers

By FlightGlobal: Future upgrades to twinjet type set to include two-person cockpit. Russian design bureau Tupolev is continuing to work on a transition to a two-person cockpit on the Tu-214, while it tweaks other systems on the twinjet.

2026-05-22T03:24:08.998623-07:00
Satellite   PaxEx   Europe   Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

British Airways Ultra-Fast Starlink Wi-Fi Rollout Slows to a Snails Pace: Only Five Aircraft Equipped

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The rollout of free ultra-fast Starlink Wi-Fi across the British Airways fleet has ground to an embarrassing halt as the airline grapples with continuing fleet reliability issues that are resulting in last-minute cancellations due to a lack of available aircraft.

2026-05-22T02:39:40.912743-07:00