Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 operating Las Vegas (Harry Reid) to Reno suffered an emergency during takeoff when a cockpit display screen fell and struck the captain, leaving him incapacitated. The event occurred in the initial ascent, and the incident is now subject to investigation.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Romanian investigators have detailed a serious incident in which an Airbus A319 had to execute a terrain-avoidance manoeuvre after drifting substantially off its planned flightpath en route to Bacau.
ch-aviation
• Hilka Birns
By ch-aviation: Nigerian airlines may be losing more than NGN8 billion naira (USD6 million) annually due to the underutilisation of aircraft as operational and infrastructure constraints limit flying hours, according to an investigation by the newspaper This Day.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Airbus is intending to introduce additional information on managing approach and flare for A321s in an upcoming revision of the flight crew manuals.
Reuters
• Joanna Plucinska, Kate Abnett
By Reuters: The rise in jet fuel prices has increased the average fuel cost by $104 for each passenger on long-haul flights leaving Europe, campaign group Transport & Environment said.
ch-aviation
• Hilka Birns
By ch-aviation: This article is only available with a subscription for Commercial Aviation News, Operator & Airport Data.
Aviation Week
• Victoria Moores
By Aviation Week: All-business-class airline Beond has halted scheduled flights between Europe and the Maldives until October, saying the unit economics no longer work given the sharp rise in fuel prices.
Boeing
By Boeing: WASHINGTON, April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Ethiopian Airlines announced today the purchase of six 787 Dreamliner jets as the airline fully exercises commitments from its 2023 landmark order.
Dj's Aviation
Bloomberg
• Allyson Versprille, Ryan Gould, Siddharth Philip
