8+ hour, 41+ min ago   (996+ words) Both airline groups submitted binding bids in July, but the Portuguese government reportedly found the proposals too closely matched to select a preferred investor, prompting it to open a final round of negotiations expected to run for several weeks. The…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (449+ words) The battle for TAP Air Portugal has entered its decisive stage, with Portugal asking Lufthansa and Air France-KLM to improve their offers for a 44.9% stake in the national airline. Both European airline groups submitted binding bids in July, but the…...

21+ hour, 26+ min ago   (893+ words) Air France-KLM and Lufthansa have been asked to improve their bids for a major interest in TAP Air Portugal, intensifying the contest for an airline operating approximately 80 weekly flights to Africa. Both groups submitted binding offers in July for a…...

20+ hour, 7+ min ago   (623+ words) Lufthansa will trim its flagship Frankfurt–New York JFK route to a single daily roundtrip in the Winter 2026/27 season, reshaping transatlantic capacity. Lufthansa is set to reduce its Frankfurt to New York John F. Kennedy (JFK) schedule to one daily…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (199+ words) Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, is expanding its onboard connectivity programme with five additional Airbus A320neo family aircraft equipped with Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by SpaceX. The latest deployment brings the total number of Starlink-equipped Gulf Air…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (115+ words) FAI Technik equipped its first aircraft with Starlink in June. FAI Technik GmbH, a German MRO provider for business jets and a subsidiary of FAI Aviation Group Holding, has been appointed an authorised dealer and installer of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (305+ words) AviTrader Aviation News Lufthansa Technik and Emirates renew A380 maintenance deal Lufthansa Technik and Emirates reinforced their long-standing A380 base maintenance agreement. Under the new multi-year contract, Lufthansa Technik Philippines, the global MRO provider’s Asian centre of excellence for widebody base maintenance,…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (269+ words) by Connor Kerr | Sep 2, 2026 | Aviation World | 0 comments The 777X's wing is longer and far more slender than the metal wing it replaces, and it is built almost entirely from carbon-fibre composite. That combination — long, thin, and made of a material…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (190+ words) The T3B project, a complex for aircraft maintenance, has been completed at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. Construction was carried out by China Railway First Group Co., Ltd., and the facility is expected to be put into full operation in the near…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (274+ words) In July, enplanements at Jackson Hole Airport totaled 83,388, 8.6% more than the number of passengers who enplaned a commercial airline flight in July 2025. The July 2026 enplanement figure was not just the highest July count in airport history; it was the highest…...