Routes   Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Delta Air Lines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Delta to launch nonstop Newark–Los Angeles in April 2027, adding new New York and Austin routes to challenge United and JetBlue

Delta Air Lines will begin nonstop service between Newark (EWR) and Los Angeles (LAX) on April 12, 2027, positioning the carrier for direct competition on one of United’s highest-yield transcontinental markets. Delta is also adding three new routes, including winter 2026-27 seasonal flying, and a former JetBlue market; the moves underscore the “City of Angeles” as a battleground for West Coast network control.

Airline Geeks • Zach Vasile

Delta Adds Three New Routes

Also: Simple Flying and The Points Guy
2026-06-26T12:58:20.909131-07:00
Europe   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Airbus   Embraer  
Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Airbus CEO says Embraer should 'think twice' before entering narrowbody market

By Air Data News: Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said Embraer should "think twice" before entering the narrowbody aircraft market, arguing that competing against Airbus, Boeing and COMAC would be a difficult and costly undertaking.

2026-06-26T11:48:19.916088-07:00
China   Airports   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Asia-Pacific (APAC)  
Associated Press • SIMINA MISTREANU

Small aircraft crashes into Beijing’s tallest building, according to flight tracking service

By Associated Press: A small aircraft crashed into Beijing’s tallest building, the global flight tracking service provider Flightradar24 confirms, following witness accounts and evacuations in the city’s business district.

Also: Air Data News, AeroTime, FlightGlobal, Bloomberg, The Independent and 4 more
2026-06-26T07:26:24.183861-07:00
AI   M&A  
ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

US's flyExclusive nears approval for Jet.AI acquisition

By ch-aviation: flyExclusive (JRE, Kinston) is close to securing shareholder approval for the acquisition of Jet.AI after approximately 99% of votes cast to date supported the transaction.

2026-06-26T10:27:14.138756-07:00
Helicopter   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

FAA requires operators inspect PW210s powering some Sikorsky and Leonardo helicopters

By FlightGlobal: The US order comes after Transport Canada issued an emergency airworthiness directive. The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring helicopter operators to promptly complete inspections of some Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW210 turbines due to a problem involving exhaust frame cracks.

2026-06-26T08:56:11.085055-07:00