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• Paul Ash
International flights have resumed from Sebha, restoring international air service from the southern Libyan city. The available report provides no further details on routes, airlines, frequency or the circumstances behind the restart.
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International flights have resumed from Sebha, restoring international air service from the southern Libyan city. The available report provides no further details on routes, airlines, frequency or the circumstances behind the restart.
The Court of Justice of the European Union issued two aviation rulings: Dublin Airport’s passenger cap may be considered when allocating slots, potentially costing an airline an allocation it has previously used; separately, airlines may challenge the European Commission’s listing of aircraft subject to an EU flight ban in the bloc’s courts.
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Dublin Airport’s legally binding annual limit of 32 million passengers may be considered when allocating airline slots. The cap could therefore lead an airline to lose an allocation it has previously used, linking airport capacity constraints directly to slot decisions.
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Emirates opened a company-operated travel store in Tokyo’s Otemachi business district on Oct. 14, offering ticket bookings and travel consultations. The move adds a second travel store in Japan after Osaka opened in July 2025, alongside plans to increase capacity to Narita with more seats on Boeing 777-300ERs.
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Deadly Houthi missile and drone attacks targeted airports in Riyadh and Abha, killing people and damaging Saudi Arabia’s aviation security posture. Airlines moved to evacuate aircraft worth as much as $4 billion from Riyadh, while Saudi authorities opened an investigation into how air defenses failed to intercept the barrage.
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An internal memo says Arlington County Fire Department did not provide adequate mental health support to first responders after the fatal collision near Reagan National Airport. The account highlights the impact of major aviation accidents on emergency personnel and the support provided in their aftermath.
Mumbai airport’s operator plans a partial rebuild of a 60-year-old terminal and has proposed temporarily reducing international departures, drawing objections from airlines. Separately, Malaysia Airlines says bilateral traffic rights are constraining its India expansion; it operates 80 weekly flights to 10 destinations in the country.
Regional Express is scheduled to restart service to Burketown on Nov. 16, 2026, following the airport’s reopening in October after six months of reconstruction, according to ch-aviation data. The return restores Rex’s scheduled air link to the Queensland community after the extended airport closure.
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