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Last Updated: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 5:08 AM PDT
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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.
How airlines classify and handle thousands of disruptive passengers each year
By Business Insider: 2021 saw five times as many unruly passengers as the year before, and incidents have remained high. International rules classify them into four levels.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.