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Middle East   Airports   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airlines  
Reuters • Alexander Cornwell, Joanna Plucinska

Flydubai Flight Diverts to Saudi Arabia After Pilot Allegedly Attacks Co-Pilot

Flydubai flight FZ1073, traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, made an emergency landing at Tabuk Airport after an alleged cockpit attack in which one pilot stabbed the other and appeared to try to crash the aircraft. Both pilots were hospitalized, while Israeli officials investigated a possible terror-related motive.

Also: The Aviationist, milesobrien.substack.com, thesouthafrican.com, The Guardian, Economic Times, The Independent and 4 more
2026-09-30T10:35:37.519265-07:00
Routes   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airlines  
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AeroTime • Jean Carmela Lim

Air New Zealand to add over 7,000 Shanghai–Auckland seats over Chinese New Year

By AeroTime: Air New Zealand announced it will add more than 7,000 seats between Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) and Auckland Airport (AKL) over the 2027 Chinese New Year period, one of the busiest travel seasons for Chinese visitors to New Zealand.

Also: Simple Flying and Routes Online
2026-09-30T07:37:05.460772-07:00
eVTOL   Archer Aviation  
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FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

US judge tosses Archer’s China-ties claims against competitor Joby

By FlightGlobal: The judge also left in place several of Joby's trade-secret-theft claims against Archer. A US Federal judge has tossed Archer Aviation's claims that it suffered harm after competitor Joby Aviation allegedly misled the US government by hiding ties to China and to China's communist party.

2026-09-30T13:05:01.718839-07:00