Business Insider • Pete Syme

How airlines classify and handle thousands of disruptive passengers each year

Business Insider reports: 2021 saw five times as many unruly passengers as the year before, and incidents have remained high. International rules classify them into four levels.

2025-10-25T21:30:35.997813-07:00

Today In Aviation

Last Updated: Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, 11:08 PM PDT

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Independent.ie • Ali Bracken

Air‑rage forces Aer Lingus Dublin–Turkey flight to divert to Bulgaria

By Independent.ie: A drunk passenger on board an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Turkey was involved in a violent air-rage incident, forcing the pilot to divert the plane to Bulgaria.

2025-10-25T22:49:33.374872-07:00

PaxEx Europe Orders Airline Industry & Market Trends Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)

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aerotelegraph.com • Aero Telegraph Staff

Swiss takes off with its first Airbus A350 on inaugural passenger flight

By aerotelegraph.com: Die Schweizer Nationalairline hat am Samstagmorgen (25. Oktober) ihren ersten Airbus A350 offiziell in Betrieb genommen. Der Jet mit dem Namen Lausanne und mit dem Kennzeichen HB-IFA startete um 07.11 Uhr als Flug LX2152 von Zürich nach Palma de Mallorca - mit 233 Passagieren an Bord, die erstmals die neue Langstreckenkabine Swiss Sense» erleben konnten.

Air Data News

SWISS puts A350 into service on Zurich–Palma de Mallorca route

Simple Flying

SWISS Enters A350 Service with First A350‑900 Passenger Flight

Also: World Airline News, Aviation24 and telegram.me

2025-10-25T15:14:16.944316-07:00

Supply Chain Europe Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Policy & Regulation

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Air Data News • JCC; Ricardo Meier

France Authorises Airbus to Expand Toulouse Manufacturing Site by 18 hectares to Boost Production Capacity

By Air Data News: The French government has authorized Airbus to expand its Toulouse industrial site by 18 hectares (180,000 square meters), with work already begin across the.

2025-10-25T15:16:22.495762-07:00

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Reuters • Kanishka Singh

Alaska Airlines requests temporary grounding of flights Thursday evening after tech outage, FAA says

By Reuters: U.S. carrier Alaska Airlines said Friday it had restored operations after a technology outage that grounded flights across the country and forced it to cancel more than 400 flights, disrupting travel for more than 49,000 passengers.

Bloomberg

Alaska Air Suffers Second Major IT Outage in a Year; Flight Cancellations to Extend Into Friday

The Points Guy

Alaska Airlines issues hours‑long ground stop after IT outage

Also: Skift, Wall Street Journal, FlightGlobal, Aviation Source, Associated Press, Alaska Airlines, Wings, Simple Flying, Airline Geeks, The Hill, Airways Magazine, AeroTime and 25 more

2025-10-23T16:44:31.688026-07:00

Antitrust North America Airline Industry & Market Trends Policy & Regulation

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Reuters • David Shepardson

Aeromexico asks 11th Circuit to block US order forcing end to Delta joint venture on U.S.–Mexico routes

By Reuters: Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico asked a U.S. appeals court on Friday to halt a Trump administration order forcing it to unwind a joint venture that lets the carriers coordinate scheduling, pricing and capacity for U.S.–Mexico flights.

Also: Air Data News

2025-10-24T16:12:31.306376-07:00

Airline Industry & Market Trends Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection)

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GeekWire • Taylor Soper

Alaska Airlines to Diagnose Entire IT Infrastructure After Outage Disrupts 49,000 Passengers

By GeekWire: Alaska Airlines already tried to shore up its IT infrastructure after an outage in July forced the Seattle-based company to ground flights across the country.