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The US Federal Aviation Administration halted departing flights at US airports on 13 November 2026. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy attributed the stop to a communication issue affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers, and homeland security official Markwayne Mullin said there was no indi
Schools in Portugal closed and a large number of flights were cancelled on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, as Storm Charles hit the country, with Reuters putting the cancellations at more than 200.
Boeing plans to reduce its commercial airplane workforce by about 5% as it slows the increase in jet production, according to Anadolu Agency and The Guardian.
Paris prosecutors are investigating false bomb threats against dozens of European flights this week, including any links to foreign powers; no explosives were found and no one has been identified as responsible.
Singapore Airlines is upgrading its cabins at a cost of about S$2bn, adding double-bed accommodation as rival carriers invest heavily in high-end cabins.
An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome landed safely at a French airbase on 5 November 2026, as other flights landed in Bulgaria and Belgium amid reported bomb threats.
Threats against flights bound for Poland, Spain and Bulgaria on 3 November 2026 led to diversions and a temporary airport closure; no explosives were found on the planes inspected in Poland and Spain.
Cathay Pacific Airways said a data security breach at its technology service provider, Amadeus IT Group, affected about 53,000 bookings, and that its own systems were not affected.
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority says an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam killed one person and injured eight on 21 October 2026, hours after a deadly drone interception at an Aramco oilfield.
The US aviation regulator has certified the largest model in Boeing's 737 MAX family after years of delay, according to Reuters and France 24.
The captain of flydubai flight FZ1073 has described being attacked with a crash axe by his co-pilot, according to The Guardian, and UAE authorities say the co-pilot intended to crash the aircraft.
Delta Air Lines is postponing its planned Atlanta-Riyadh route to March 2027; Reuters and Anadolu headlines link the move to attacks on Riyadh's airport, but the reports do not include Delta's own explanation.
A Melbourne Islamic centre named in UAE prosecutors' findings about a co-pilot accused of attacking his captain mid-flight is not accused of wrongdoing, France 24 reported, and its manager has rejected what he called false accusations.
Tony Fernandes met Malaysian finance ministry officials in late September 2026; unnamed sources describe talks on possible government support, while the SCMP reports he denies seeking a rescue.
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said two attacks on 8 October on King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia aircraft killed three Saudi citizens, including a pilot, and injured several people; Yemen's Houthis claimed to have targeted the airport.
The UAE attorney general says an Omani co-pilot who attacked his captain on a 30 September Dubai-Tel Aviv flight planned a suicide attack on Tel Aviv's airport. The flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
The Coast Guard says a debris field off Massachusetts is from a Gulfstream G100 that vanished on a Bermuda–Boston flight on 3 October 2026, and the search for the six people aboard continues.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran would be "hit very hard" if it was behind a co-pilot's attack on a captain aboard a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, while Israel's prime minister said it was too early to say.
One pilot of Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the other in the cockpit on 30 September 2026. Passengers and crew subdued the attacker, the aircraft made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi and Emirati authorities have opened investigations into the motive.