Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
A Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 sustained damage after its right wing tip struck a ground structure at an airport in Greece. There were no injuries to the passengers or crew onboard the aircraft, which was able to return to service immediately following the mishap. Ryanair flight FR6080 departed from London-Stansted Airport (STN) at 09:00 on the morning of June 19, 2025.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 20, 2025
Following the overwhelmingly positive response to last year’s in-depth discussion, as featured in Vintage Aviation News ’s 2024 coverage of the inaugural event , AirCorps Aviation is proud to bring back “Wrenching on Warbirds” for a second year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. This unique technical forum focuses on the maintenance and restoration of the iconic North American P-51 Mustang and provides a rare platform for those who work behind the scenes—restorers, mechanics, and engineers—to share thei
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Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
The Cathay Pacific Group, which includes Cathay Pacific, Cathay Cargo, and HK Express, has released its latest set of traffic figures for May 2025. Simultaneously, the airline group has marked serving 100 global destinations for the first time in its history, as well as receiving a string of top awards for its services. Cathay Pacific , the group’s full-service passenger division, carried 36.1% more passengers in May 2025 compared with May 2024, while capacity in terms of Available Seat Kilometr
Cranky Flier
JUNE 20, 2025
Turns Out Running a Beach Hotel is Less Profitable Than Running a 2x Weekly Beach Flight In the least surprising plot twist since it connected Bismarck with Las Vegas, Allegiant is reportedly in talks to offload its Sunseeker Resort in a Florida swamp — the crown jewel of its “what if a n airline travel company that looks like an airline also owned a hotel?
Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
Driven largely by the huge increase in new services flown by its home-based airline, Turkish Airlines, iGA Istanbul Airport in Turkey , has taken the top spot globally in hub connectivity, surpassing Frankfurt in the 2025 rankings. This is according to the 2025 Airport Industry Connectivity Report published by Airports Council International (ACI) Europe.
Simple Flying
JUNE 20, 2025
The Boeing 777X is the US planemaker's next new aircraft on the horizon. First up is the Boeing 777-9, which is expected to debut next year (although its entry into service, or EIS, is six years behind schedule ), while the 777-8F is scheduled to begin commercial flights in 2028. Development of the passenger version of the 777-8, meanwhile, is currently on hold.
Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
Airways Aviation has announced the signing of a deal with Diamond Aircraft to purchase five all-electric eDA40 training aircraft, completed on the final day of the Paris Air Show 2025. The deal was finalized on June 20, 2025, as the Paris Air Show 2025 concluded, making it one of the last agreements made during the event. In a statement issued by Airways Aviation on LinkedIn, the company said that the agreement “reflects Airways Aviation’s continued investment in next-generation technology to de
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Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
Air New Zealand has announced plans to collaborate with Air China and Tourism New Zealand in order to drive more Chinese tourists to visit New Zealand. Over the next 12 months, the New Zealand flag carrier will invest more than NZD 700,000 ($419,000) in marketing through strategic partnerships. China is New Zealand’s third largest source of international visitors, comprising around 8% of total visitor arrivals.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 20, 2025
At the 2025 Paris Air Show held this week, Boeing shared that it is in the “early infancy” stages of discussions about potentially restarting production of the C‑17 Globemaster III. Speaking at the show, Turbjörn Sjögren, Boeing Global Services VP and general manager for government services, said the manufacturing giant has received interest from several countries, and that one unnamed nation is already engaged in preliminary conversations regarding a production restart.
Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has unveiled a new business class seat for its Boeing 787-9 fleet. The new seat, which is called ‘THE Room FX’ (where FX stands for ‘Future Experience’), was publicly unveiled on June 17, 2025, during the Paris Air Show. It aims to enhance the premium experience offered by the Japanese airline onboard its Dreamliners. It draws its design philosophy from one of ANA’s existing premium products, called ‘THE Room’, which has been fitted on the carrier’s Boeing 777-300ER flee
Simple Flying
JUNE 20, 2025
Iberia has unveiled an ambitious future for its long-haul network, with the Spanish airline, part of the International Airlines Group (IAG) alongside British Airways, outlining a potential investment of up to €6 billion ($6.9 billion) in its operations over the next few years.
Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
More than 120 free flights over the course of six years: that’s how many perks and freebies a Florida man obtained by faking a flight attendant identity. The Federal Jury of the South District of Florida convicted the 35-year old man, identified as Tiron Alexander, of wire fraud and entering into a secure area of an airport under false pretenses. Court documents presented as evidence at the June 5, 2025 trial showed that Alexander used a section of an airline’s website that was available only to
AV Web
JUNE 20, 2025
The European Aviation Safety Agency says even the most modern airliner flight decks aren’t smart enough to act as pilots so it’s backing off creating regulations to allow for single-pilot operations. In a report released Friday, the agency said it’s pausing its investigation into new regs until the electronics are brought up to the level of safety achieved by having two human pilots on the flight deck in all phases of flight.
Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
Air India has paid a poignant tribute to the cabin crew killed when a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad. In a social media post shared on June 20, 2025, the deceased Air India colleagues were named as Aparna Amol Mahadik, Shradha Mahadev Dhavan, Deepak Balasaheb Pathak, Irfan Samir Shaikh, Lamnunthem Singson, Maithili Patil, Kongbrailatpam Nganthoi Sharma, Saineeta Abin Chakravarti, Manisha Thapa and Roshni Rajendra Songhare.
Simple Flying
JUNE 20, 2025
The regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) demand that the air traffic control (ATC) tower at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) be staffed by 60 air controllers. According to CBS, as of today, the tower has only 29 controllers- less than half the required number.
Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
Qatar Airways claims that its planned new widebody paint facility would reduce aircraft ground time for airline operators across the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. The recently crowned Skytrax ‘Airline of the Year’ announced on June 19, 2025, that it had signed a strategic agreement with Barzan Holdings and Satys Aerospace to establish a pioneering widebody aircraft painting facility at Dukhan Air Base.
Simple Flying
JUNE 20, 2025
Cathay Pacific is set to resume flights from its hub at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to the fifth-busiest airport in Australia. The carrier will touch down at Adelaide Airport (ADL) in November 2025, marking its first services to the city since the route was discontinued at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
Aerotime
JUNE 20, 2025
Emirates has announced that it will be bolstering its services to Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), adding a third daily flight from October 26, 2025. On top of meeting market demand, Emirates claims that the added flight will offer its customers better connections and access to popular destinations across its network including Maldives, Bangkok, Bali, Hong Kong and Singapore.
One Mile at a Time
JUNE 20, 2025
JetBlue appears to be pulling out of my home airport , as flagged by @IshrionA and @xJonNYC , and I can’t say I’m terribly surprised. JetBlue pulls last remaining Miami route JetBlue has a hub in Fort Lauderdale (FLL), though in 2021, the airline decided to also expand to Miami (MIA). This obviously reflected how consumer demand evolved after the pandemic, and the big focus on leisure sun routes, particularly to Florida.
Simple Flying
JUNE 20, 2025
Canada’s Air Transat will expand its transatlantic route network by adding a new nonstop route connecting Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Istanbul Airport (IST) in Turkey. The new route will run year-round beginning December 6, 2025. Tickets for this new corridor will be available for booking within the next few days, the airline said.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 20, 2025
A Cold War-era fighter jet transformed into a monumental work of art will make its stunning debut at the Museum of Flight on June 21, as The MiG-21 Bead Project opens to the public. South African artist Ralph Ziman’s ambitious five-year multidisciplinary endeavor reimagines a Soviet-designed MiG-21 fighter jet, covering it entirely with tens of millions of vibrant glass beads.
Simple Flying
JUNE 20, 2025
Passengers at New York JFK Airport looking out the window on June 3 may have noticed a very peculiar object moving around the taxiways. This tiny, fully white machine appears to have a helicopter body with a long, straight wing, two vertical stabilizers, and a propeller at the back. It's the Beta ALIA CX300, an electric aircraft that promises to revolutionize flying with its low carbon footprint, low operating cost, and a quieter onboard experience.
Alaska Air
JUNE 20, 2025
Alaska Airlines is bringing TSA PreCheck® Touchless ID to Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles. The post A seamless security solution – coming to an Alaska Airlines hub near you appeared first on Alaska Airlines News.
Simple Flying
JUNE 20, 2025
For more than half a century, Southwest Airlines was synonymous with open seating, with passengers picking their seat when they boarded the plane. No more. The carrier is introducing assigned seating , with passengers able to start booking flights with assigned seats in Q3 of this year for travel beginning in Q1, 2026. Responses to the change among Southwest fliers have been mixed, as is expected when overhauling a signature policy.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 20, 2025
Last February, we reported HERE on the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada’s efforts to restore a rare example of a Junkers F.13, the first all-metal transport airplane to enter mass production and operational service around the world. Now, after nearly 50 years in the Canadian bush and nearly 20 years of restoration in Canada, Germany, and Hungary, the Junkers F.13 named City of Prince George is being reassembled for display in the museum.
Simple Flying
JUNE 20, 2025
Star Alliance member United Airlines is set to up its game with services to the Irish Capital, with the airline announcing it will operate daily nonstop flights between Chicago and Dublin Airport year-round. In addition to these services from the Windy City, a second daily service from Newark to Dublin will take flight across the summer season and into the winter months.
Aviation News
JUNE 20, 2025
At the Paris Airshow on Wednesday, Embraer signed a significant agreement with SkyWest Airlines for an additional order of 60 E175 aircraft, with purchase rights.
Simple Flying
JUNE 20, 2025
Spanish flag carrier Iberia recently unveiled Flight Plan 2030, a strategic roadmap anchored by a $6 billion investment to scale operations and renew its fleet. Under the plan, the airline aims to expand its long-haul fleet from 45 to approximately 70 widebody aircraft.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 20, 2025
When it comes to curbing poaching activity in South Africa, one of the most useful tools is a small general aviation airplane. Leaders at Atlanta-based Elephants, Rhino & People (ERP.ngo) can tell you all about it next month at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The organization will be at the show for the first time, and to celebrate, it has launched a campaign to fund its second airplane, a CubCrafters NX Cub to be used for anti-poaching and herd monitoring flights in South Africa.
Aviation Bussiness News
JUNE 20, 2025
At the Paris Air Show, Air Austral and Madagascar Airlines signed a codeshare agreement and a Special Prorate Agreement (SPA), marking a decisive step in the revival of their commercial cooperation. This partnership aims to strengthen connectivity between Madagascar, Réunion, and other regional and international destinations, while expanding fare options and travel opportunities for customers of both airlines.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 20, 2025
Every day, the team at Aircraft For Sale chooses an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, a good deal, or has other qualities we find interesting. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily. Today’s Top Pick is a 2007 Aviat A-1B Husky. For pilots looking for a go-anywhere, do-anything taildragger with robust performance and low total time, this Husky delivers.
Aviation News
JUNE 20, 2025
Cologne/Toulouse, 21 February 2025 – The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has officially granted Type Certification for the Airbus A321XLR powered by Pratt &
One Mile at a Time
JUNE 20, 2025
United Airlines is known for its network of Polaris Lounges , intended for long haul business class passengers. While the lounge network is already pretty “mature,” that doesn’t mean the airline has stopped investing in these facilities. We recently saw the Polaris Lounge Chicago expanded considerably. Now we’re seeing the Polaris Lounge Newark get a bit of a glow-up, adding seating capacity in a way that passengers will no doubt appreciate.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 20, 2025
On this day in aviation history, 59 years ago (June 20, 1966), Sheila Scott became the first British pilot to fly solo around the world. She was the third woman ever to accomplish this feat. Scott departed from Heathrow Airport in London on May 18, 1966, flying a Piper PA-24-260 Comanche B registered as G-ATOY, affectionately named Myth Too. Sheila Scott in the cockpit of her Piper PA-24-260 Comanche B, G-ATOY, “Myth Too.“ Before becoming a pilot, Sheila Scott served as a nurse at Haslar Naval H
One Mile at a Time
JUNE 20, 2025
In this post, I want to talk about something I’m passionate about — good coffee. I travel a lot, I’m often jetlagged , and I’m an early riser, so I’m going to keep this focused on the core of the blog, and talk specifically about good airline and hotel coffee (which on the surface seems like an oxymoron, since you’ll usually get the best coffee at local cafes).
Inflight Pilot Training
JUNE 20, 2025
1. One-of-a-Kind Aviation Hub Inflight isn’t just a flight school—it’s a complete aviation ecosystem. From your first Discovery Flight to earning advanced ratings, every step happens under one roof. We operate as a flight school, fixed-base operator (FBO), maintenance shop, flying club, social club, and aviation community. This rare integration means that you’re not bouncing between vendors or coordinating with multiple providers.
Aviation News
JUNE 20, 2025
In anticipation of the NATO summit held on 24–25 June 2025 at the World Forum in The Hague, the Netherlands launched Operation Orange Shield, the largest deployment ever by the Dutch military.
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