Inflight Online
• Keith Mwanalushi
Etihad Airways has begun a four-weekly Boeing 777 service to Dhaka, adding capacity and connectivity to meet strong UAE–Bangladesh travel demand. The new schedule also strengthens global onward options via Abu Dhabi for the Bangladeshi diaspora, with the aircraft operated on four rotations per week.
Inflight Online
• Satu Dahl
By Inflight Online: The line-fit Neo Space Group in-flight connectivity has now been activated on board Saudia's Airbus A321XLR aircraft, NSG has announced.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: Philippine Airlines will resume nonstop flights between Manila and Dubai starting October 2, 2026, restoring direct service between the Philippines and one of the Middle East’s major travel and commercial hubs.
Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu
By Ars Technica: NASA’s quiet supersonic flight tests could eventually go on a national tour.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: British Airways has told its workforce of nearly 20,000 cabin crew that they are free to sleep in any spare passenger seat, including those in First Class, on certain long-haul flights operated by planes that the airline never bothered installing proper crew bunk facilities on.
Cranky Flier
• Brett
By Cranky Flier: , Operations It seems like a time-honored tradition for me to write about American’s operational problems. I suppose when an airline has them so consistently, that’s just how it goes.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Helicopter came down as it returned to Ras Tanura airport. Investigations are under way in Saudi Arabia after the fatal crash of a Leonardo Helicopters AW139 belonging to state-owned oil and gas producer Saudi Aramco.
Bloomberg
• Jorge Valero
By Bloomberg: The European Investment Bank will provide an unprecedented €3 billion ($3.4 billion) loan to Airbus SE as the European Union pushes ahead with plans to bolster its technological sovereignty amid intensifying competition from the US and China.
AeroTime
• Gabriele Petrauskaite
