Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Paddle Your Own Kanoo reports: United Airlines is urging flight attendants to accept a new scheduling system in exchange for immediate pay increases amid stalled contract talks.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Israel's competition regulator is set to rule that El Al set excessive fares while holding a monopoly on flights during the Gaza conflict. El Al says it has been notified that the competition authority is considering a "financial sanction" of 121.8 million shekels ($39.2 million).
AeroTime
• Gabriele Petrauskaite
By AeroTime: Saudi low-cost carrier flynas will establish a new airline in Syria, marking a step toward the gradual rebuilding of the country’s civil aviation sector.
South China Morning Post
Runway Girl
• Becca Alkema
By Runway Girl: A new UK passenger study suggests airlines may be missing a major opportunity to boost trust, spend and loyalty through more visible sustainability initiatives in the cabin.
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
By AirInsight: AerCap, the world’s biggest lessor with an owned and managed fleet of 1.557 commercial aircraft, grew its order portfolio last year with 103 aircraft. But none of these were direct orders with Airbus and Boeing.
Bloomberg Law
• Marisa Coulton
By Bloomberg Law: The Allied Pilots Association, which represents more than 16,000 American Airlines pilots, sent a letter to the American Airlines board urging “decisive action” to address what it called persistent operational, financial, and leadership failures.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Saudia is in early discussions with Boeing and Airbus over a potential aircraft order that could involve about 150 jets, as the Saudi flag carrier reviews.
Aviation24
• Bart Noëth
By Aviation24: On the evening of 5 February 2026, shortly before 22:00 (UTC +1), a SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A320neo, registered SE-ROM, was operating flight.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Reuters
• David Shepardson
Leeham News
• Bjorn Fehrm, Leehamcoeu
