PaxEx   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airlines  
Simple Flying • Abid Habib

Two onboard power‑bank fires in days hospitalise crew, spur calls to ban portable batteries

Two onboard power‑bank fires in January — an Asiana Seoul–Hong Kong flight on Jan. 8 where crew extinguished a passenger device, and a T'way Air Sanya–Cheongju flight on Jan. 10 that hospitalised three crew for smoke inhalation — have intensified calls to ban portable batteries on aircraft.

Also: Aviation Source and theaviationhub.co.uk
2026-01-11T05:04:02.162707-08:00
M&A   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines  
ir.suncountry.com • News Release

Allegiant and Sun Country to Merge, Creating Leading U.S. Leisure Airline

By ir.suncountry.com: Brings Together Airlines with Similar Flexible Capacity Models Serving 22 Million Annual Customers, Nearly 175 Cities, With More Than 650 Routes, and 195 Aircraft Complementary Route Networks, Diversified Fleet, and Third-Party Travel Business Expand Choice, and Service for Passengers, Allowing.

Also: New York Times, Airways Magazine, Aviation Source, World Airline News, Aviation Week, Airline Economics, One Mile at a Time, View from the Wing, The Points Guy, Airline Geeks, The Air Current, stocktwits.com and 14 more
2026-01-11T13:42:35.858823-08:00
Routes   Middle East   Europe   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airbus A320   Airlines  
AeroTime • Gabriele Petrauskaite

Etihad to launch nonstop Luxembourg–Abu Dhabi service, becoming first Middle Eastern carrier to serve Luxembourg

By AeroTime: Etihad Airways will start the nonstop service between Luxembourg and Abu Dhabi, aiming to become the first Middle Eastern carrier to serve the country.

2026-01-11T07:44:27.714993-08:00
eVTOL   Helicopter   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Policy & Regulation  
Vertical Mag

Vertical’s Top 10 Rotorcraft Stories of 2025 — Safety, Regulation & Design Advances

By Vertical Mag: | To ensure delivery of future emails, add [email protected] to your contacts. | |---| | | ![]() | Latest Issue Read Now | ![]() | | | ![]() | | Vertical’s Top 10 stories of 2025 This year brought hard lessons in safety, renewed debates over regulation, and advances in rotorcraft design and capability.

2026-01-11T16:08:55.088275-08:00