AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
The FAA has established nationwide, moving temporary flight restrictions that create no‑fly zones around U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles and convoys. Violating the restricted airspace can carry criminal penalties, marking a novel federal enforcement posture toward small unmanned aircraft.
AirInsight
• Pablo Diaz
By AirInsight: Copa Airlines announced it will offer onboard Wi-Fi service starting in October 2026. The decision, confirmed through the company's official channels, represents a major shift in the product strategy maintained over the last decade, during which it remained the only major continental carrier in the region without passenger connectivity.
Business Traveller
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Flight attendants on a Delta flight used beverage carts to contain an unruly passenger, leading to an emergency landing in Alaska.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: New data from airlines, recruiters, and industry groups shows pilot hiring rebounding after a 2025 slowdown, with momentum building in 2026.
The Air Current
• Elan Head
By The Air Current: Helicopters and powered-lift operations now permanently limited in airspace following fatal January 2025 crash.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: A bid by green entrepreneur Dale Vince to create a zero-emission regional carrier has ended without the would-be operator ever getting off the ground following the appointment of provisional liquidators to Ecojet Airlines.
AINonline
• Kerry Lynch
By AINonline: More seamless, ‘quieter’ system in the works.
Aviation Week
• Bill Carey
By Aviation Week: AEG Fuels announced a new agreement to provide Jet A and SAF at high-demand business aviation locations served by fixed-base operator Jet Aviation.
Wall Street Journal
• Allison Pohle, Dawn Gilbertson
Reuters
• Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rajesh Singh
