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Delta Restores Full-Year 2025 Guidance on Strong Q2 Results, Signals Leisure Demand Recovery

Delta Air Lines reported record second-quarter revenues and delivered June-quarter results in line with guidance, citing solid US economic fundamentals and an improving response from consumers. The carrier reinstated its full-year forecast after earlier cuts and expects US leisure demand to strengthen in the back half of 2025.

2025-07-10T04:11:05.828047-07:00

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Portugal Relaunches TAP Air Portugal Privatisation with 49.9% Stake Sale

2025-07-10T06:38:47.968367-07:00

AeroTime

Qatar Airways Fully Equips Widebody Fleet with Starlink After 777 Retrofit

2025-07-10T02:51:46.279334-07:00

Military.com

European Court of Human Rights Rules Russia Shot Down Flight MH17

2025-07-09T06:35:44.615350-07:00

Hype Analysis

Riyadh Air: Saudi Arabia's New National Carrier Prepares for Launch Amid Regional Competition

October 15, 2024 - A report on Riyadh Air's development, outlining key milestones and future prospects as Saudi Arabia's new national carrier approaches its 2025 launch. Read More.

The 2024 CrowdStrike Outage: Unveiling the Aviation Industry's Cyber Vulnerabilities

October 9, 2024 - Examining the 2024 CrowdStrike outage that disrupted global airlines, revealing aviation's cybersecurity vulnerabilities and prompting industry-wide respon Read More.

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American Airlines 737-800 Declares Emergency, Diverts to Cayman Islands American Airlines flight AA920, a Boeing 737-800 operating from Cali, Colombia to Miami, declared an in-flight emergency Thursday and diverted to Owen Roberts International Airport in the Cayman Islands. The aircraft is en route to its alternate arrival following the unscheduled turn.

2025-07-10T15:25:26.270004-07:00

American Airlines 737-800 Declares Emergency, Diverts to Cayman Islands

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Spire Launches Aircraft Exposure Analytics to Quantify Weather Risk Spire Global has launched Aircraft Exposure Analytics, a service leveraging global ADS-B utilization and Significant Meteorological Information alerts to quantify aircraft exposure to turbulence, icing, storms and other hazardous weather conditions, enabling airlines and operators to assess flight-level weather risk with data-driven precision.

2025-07-10T13:14:08.787305-07:00

Spire Launches Aircraft Exposure Analytics to Quantify Weather Risk

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American Airlines Adds Three Winter 2025/26 Routes Across Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America American Airlines will this winter launch three new international routes from its US hubs and ramp up existing services across Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America. The additions target high-demand leisure markets, enhancing connectivity to several sun destinations for peak-season travelers.

2025-07-10T08:25:30.150065-07:00

American Airlines Adds Three Winter 2025/26 Routes Across Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America

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Virgin Atlantic doubles down on premium cabins with 787 Hi-J refits and A330neo high-J layout Virgin Atlantic is launching a major cabin overhaul of its next-generation fleet, retrofitting Boeing 787s with new Hi-J business-class suites and introducing a high-J configuration on Airbus A330neos. The upgrades aim to capture surging demand for high-yield business and premium economy travel.

2025-07-10T07:46:46.266593-07:00

Virgin Atlantic doubles down on premium cabins with 787 Hi-J refits and A330neo high-J layout

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Portugal Relaunches TAP Air Portugal Privatisation with 49.9% Stake Sale The Portuguese government has restarted the long-awaited privatisation of national carrier TAP Air Portugal, inviting bids for an initial 49.9% stake. The process, announced by Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, includes a 5% allocation for employees as part of efforts to strengthen governance and improve financial stability.

2025-07-10T06:38:47.968367-07:00

Portugal Relaunches TAP Air Portugal Privatisation with 49.9% Stake Sale

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Delta Restores Full-Year 2025 Guidance on Strong Q2 Results, Signals Leisure Demand Recovery Delta Air Lines reported record second-quarter revenues and delivered June-quarter results in line with guidance, citing solid US economic fundamentals and an improving response from consumers. The carrier reinstated its full-year forecast after earlier cuts and expects US leisure demand to strengthen in the back half of 2025.

2025-07-10T04:11:05.828047-07:00

Delta Restores Full-Year 2025 Guidance on Strong Q2 Results, Signals Leisure Demand Recovery

Times Aerospace

Emirates Rolls Out Premium Economy on Retrofitted 777s to Malé and Colombo Emirates has deployed its first retrofitted Boeing 777 featuring Premium Economy cabins on select flights to Malé (MLE) and Colombo (CMB) from July 18. The move expands its refreshed cabin offering, though ongoing retrofit slowdowns mean wider rollouts may take longer than originally planned.

2025-07-10T03:17:29.991417-07:00

Emirates Rolls Out Premium Economy on Retrofitted 777s to Malé and Colombo

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Qatar Airways Fully Equips Widebody Fleet with Starlink After 777 Retrofit Qatar Airways has completed installations of Starlink Ku-band LEO internet on its 54 Boeing 777s and is now fitting its Airbus A350 fleet, making it the first major airline to fully equip its widebody network with complimentary high-speed inflight Wi-Fi. Since October 2024, the carrier has operated more than 15,000 Starlink-connected flights.

2025-07-10T02:51:46.279334-07:00

Qatar Airways Fully Equips Widebody Fleet with Starlink After 777 Retrofit