AeroTimeMiquel Ros

Riyadh Air completes maiden passenger flight between Riyadh and London Heathrow

AeroTime reports: Riyadh Air, the new national carrier of Saudi Arabia, completed its inaugural passenger flight on October 26, 2025. Flight RX401 departed Riyadh King Khalid International Airport (RUH) at 3.26am, landing at London Heathrow (LHR) six hours and 48 minutes later, all times local.

2025-10-26T05:07:34.471837-07:00

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aerotelegraph.comAero Telegraph Staff

Swiss takes off with its first Airbus A350 on inaugural passenger flight

By aerotelegraph.com: Die Schweizer Nationalairline hat am Samstagmorgen (25. Oktober) ihren ersten Airbus A350 offiziell in Betrieb genommen. Der Jet mit dem Namen Lausanne und mit dem Kennzeichen HB-IFA startete um 07.11 Uhr als Flug LX2152 von Zürich nach Palma de Mallorca - mit 233 Passagieren an Bord, die erstmals die neue Langstreckenkabine Swiss Sense» erleben konnten.

2025-10-25T15:14:16.944316-07:00
ReutersKanishka Singh

Alaska Airlines requests temporary grounding of flights Thursday evening after tech outage, FAA says

By Reuters: U.S. carrier Alaska Airlines said Friday it had restored operations after a technology outage that grounded flights across the country and forced it to cancel more than 400 flights, disrupting travel for more than 49,000 passengers.

2025-10-23T16:44:31.688026-07:00
ReutersDavid Shepardson

Aeromexico asks 11th Circuit to block US order forcing end to Delta joint venture on U.S.–Mexico routes

By Reuters: Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico asked a U.S. appeals court on Friday to halt a Trump administration order forcing it to unwind a joint venture that lets the carriers coordinate scheduling, pricing and capacity for U.S.–Mexico flights.

2025-10-24T16:12:31.306376-07:00
GeekWireTaylor Soper

Alaska Airlines to Diagnose Entire IT Infrastructure After Outage Disrupts 49,000 Passengers

By GeekWire: Alaska Airlines already tried to shore up its IT infrastructure after an outage in July forced the Seattle-based company to ground flights across the country.

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