WestJet Finishes Erasing Its 28-Inch Seat Experiment — and Airlines Are Taking Notes
WestJet has confirmed the last of its densified Boeing 737 cabins is gone and its former Swoop and Sunwing jets have been rebuilt around a 174-seat layout. The retreat, triggered by a viral video, is the clearest evidence yet that there is a floor under economy legroom.
Rajkumar Agarwal · 24 August 2026
easyJet quits Leeds Bradford after 16 years, and Jet2 and Ryanair move on the gap within days
Delhi Airport Maps a Route to 140 Million Passengers — With a Pier, a People Mover and a Fourth Terminal
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WestJet Finishes Erasing Its 28-Inch Seat Experiment — and Airlines Are Taking Notes
WestJet has confirmed the last of its densified Boeing 737 cabins is gone and its former Swoop and Sunwing jets have been rebuilt around a 174-seat layout. The retreat, triggered by a viral video, is the clearest evidence yet that there is a floor under economy legroom.
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easyJet quits Leeds Bradford after 16 years, and Jet2 and Ryanair move on the gap within days
easyJet will end all flying from Leeds Bradford in early January 2027, closing a presence that began in 2010. Because it was only the airport's fifth-largest operator, the retreat says more about how thoroughly Jet2 and Ryanair have taken the airport than about Yorkshire demand.
24 August 2026Delhi Airport Maps a Route to 140 Million Passengers — With a Pier, a People Mover and a Fourth Terminal
Oslo Airport Shuts for Five Hours as Norway's Air Traffic Controller Strike Enters Its Third Day
The C919 Crosses a Border: What COMAC's First Scheduled International Flight Actually Proves
Air China flew a COMAC C919 from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar on 12 August, the type's first scheduled international passenger service. It got there on a bilateral airworthiness arrangement rather than Western certification — which is both the achievement and the ceiling.
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Pakistan extends its airspace ban on Indian aircraft for a sixteenth time, to 24 September
NOTAM A476/26 keeps Pakistani airspace shut to Indian-registered aircraft until 24 September, the sixteenth rollover since April 2025. The detours are now a structural cost line for Indian carriers, and they are showing up in network decisions.
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Two Widebodies, One Runway: The Week Munich's 26L Drew Two Investigations
Between 15 and 21 August 2026, Germany's BFU opened inquiries into two separate widebody events on the same Munich runway within 48 hours, while two long-haul jets declared emergencies for hydraulic problems and a fatal midair collision at an uncontrolled Pennsylvania airfield drew NTSB investigators.
23 August 2026