Routes   Air Cargo & Freight Logistics   Africa   Qatar Airways  
Airline Economics • Justin Pugsley

Qatar Airways boosts Africa capacity with new Port Sudan service and resumed Seychelles/Kigali routes from June 2026

Qatar Airways is expanding its Africa network with a new Port Sudan route and frequency increases across key markets including Cairo, Cape Town and Dar es Salaam. From June 2026, it will also resume services to Seychelles and Kigali—adding capacity aimed at passenger and cargo demand.

atcnews.org • the Indian Ocean islands

Qatar Airways is expanding its African network

airwaysmag.com • Lorne Philpot

Qatar Airways to Enhance Its African Footprint

Also: AeroTime and Aviation24
2026-05-19T00:39:35.939840-07:00
Routes   Middle East   PaxEx   Europe   Orders   Airlines   Boeing  
Skift • Gordon Smith

Riyadh Air Opens Bookings for Formal London Launch

By Skift: Riyadh Air formally opens public ticket sales for its Riyadh–London Heathrow route, with its own Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners taking over from July 1, 2026.

Also: One Mile at a Time, Aviation Business News, executivetraveller.com, FlightGlobal and airlinergs.com
2026-05-19T02:55:01.973662-07:00
Routes   Israel   Middle East   Airports   Policy & Regulation   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Airlines  
View from the Wing • Gary Leff

Israel May Let Emirates Fly Tel Aviv–New York

By View from the Wing: Emirates may get the right to fly Tel Aviv–New York, and not just as a stopover on the way to Dubai.

Also: Simple Flying, Live and Let's Fly and One Mile at a Time
2026-05-18T14:09:33.042783-07:00
Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Air India   Airlines   Boeing  
Reuters • Abhijith Ganapavaram, Aditya Kalra

Exclusive: India to monitor Boeing fuel-switch test tied to Air India London incident, documents show

By Reuters: Indian air safety officials plan to travel to Seattle to observe Boeing's testing of a fuel-control switch panel that was removed from an Air India 787 in February after ‌the pilots on a London-Bengaluru flight flagged a possible defect, according to documents seen by Reuters.

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2026-05-19T01:14:45.567809-07:00