FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Romanian investigators said a Dan Air Airbus A319 required a terrain-avoidance maneuver after the aircraft drifted substantially off its planned route while flying to Bacau. The report frames the event as a serious off-track occurrence that triggered evasive action to manage terrain risk.
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.
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• Hilka Birns
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• 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.
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
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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: Hunnu Air (MR, Ulaanbaatar) is considering leasing two A321-200NX(LR)s and two A330-200s to pave the way for a planned expansion into Europe, commercial director Turbold Tserenkhuu said at Routes Asia 2026, as cited by Aviation Week.
Associated Press
• Josh Funk
By Associated Press: Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane.
