Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
British Airways is offering a paid, unusual pilot role focused on keeping aircraft moving while remaining exclusively on the ground at Chicago O’Hare. The program—reportedly paying pilots up to $100,000 annually—targets repeated short taxi operations to help relieve airport congestion.
AINonline
• Charles Alcock
By AINonline: Plans included improved aerodynamics and more sensors.
Boeing
By Boeing: CAIRO, May 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and EgyptAir announced today the Egyptian national airline took delivery of its first 737 MAX. The 737-8 is the first of 18 airplanes leased from SMBC Aviation Capital to be delivered and represents the first 737 MAX in Egypt.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
By FlightGlobal: Avelo's chief thinks the Trump administration will be sympathetic to helping discount airlines overcome a competitive quagmire created by government policy.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: Spirit’s planes and slots will soon be up for sale and slots at places like Fort Lauderdale and LaGuardia could see high demand.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has outlined how the federal government is working with airlines to help passengers and crew members who have been left stranded after Spirit Airlines suddenly collapsed in the early hours of Saturday, grounding all flights with immediate effect.
The National UAE
• The National
By The National UAE: General Civil Aviation Authority said temporary restrictions in place owing to Iran war have Headphones Play/Pause English Play/Pause Arabic Bookmark The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority on Saturday announced the full resumption of air traffic operations in the country.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: An air traffic controller at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport made a moving tribute to the pilots of Spirit Airlines flight NK-1833 from Detroit, after realizing that the flight was to be the last ever flight of the ultra-low-cost carrier to land after it went into liquidation in the early hours of Saturday.
View from the Wing
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
