One Mile at a Time
• Ben Schlappig
A UPS cargo aircraft and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 172 people collided while taxiing at Miami International Airport. Two passengers suffered minor injuries, and footage showed damage to an aircraft’s nose; the incident adds to operational and safety scrutiny at a busy U.S. hub.
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A UPS cargo aircraft and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 172 people collided while taxiing at Miami International Airport. Two passengers suffered minor injuries, and footage showed damage to an aircraft’s nose; the incident adds to operational and safety scrutiny at a busy U.S. hub.
U.S. airlines expect nearly 29 million passengers to travel over Thanksgiving in 2026, according to the report. The busiest airport days are forecast to be Nov. 29 and 30, following a record for TSA passenger screenings during the previous year’s holiday period.
The Nakash family is selling its controlling stake in Israeli airline Arkia after two decades, with the transaction reportedly valued at NIS 40 million to NIS 50 million. A separate report says Arkia is seeking renewal of its U.S. foreign air carrier permit, a key regulatory matter for its U.S. operations.
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The FAA lifted a nationwide flight-departure halt after a communications failure at air traffic control centers disrupted operations across the country. Officials attributed the outage, which began at 3:36 p.m., to overloaded routers experiencing instability; they said there was no indication of an attack. The shutdown was described as the longest since Sept. 11, 2001.
A Microsoft service failure lasting about 18 hours affected businesses across 74 countries, disrupting airline email and communications and forcing localized cancellations and delays, including grounded flights in India. Microsoft said overwhelmed servers—not a cyberattack—caused the outage; services are recovering, prompting renewed scrutiny of airlines’ operational dependencies.
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Southwest Airlines hosted a live gaming tournament aboard a flight at 35,000 feet, turning the cabin into an inflight gaming arena. The event coincides with the carrier promoting Starlink as it refreshes its inflight internet, though one report questions claims about gamer performance on the service.
The Master Executive Councils representing Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines pilots have unanimously approved a tentative collective bargaining agreement. The move brings the two sides closer to ending almost two years of negotiations, though the articles do not say the agreement has been finalized.
Ryanair inaugurated a 4,900-square-metre line-maintenance hangar at Porto on Nov. 10, 2026, expanding its existing airport facility from one aircraft bay to three. The added capacity increases the airline’s on-site maintenance footprint in Portugal.
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