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Asiana Airlines Votes Itself Out of Existence: Korean Air Merger Set for December 17

Asiana Airlines Votes Itself Out of Existence: Korean Air Merger Set for December 17

Asiana shareholders approved the merger with 99.3% support on August 12, clearing the way for Korean Air to absorb its rival's 69-jet fleet and become the world's 10th-largest airline by December 17.

25 August 2026

Three Weeks Grounded: Why Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways Cut Bahrain and Kuwait Flights

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Passenger Experience

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JetBlue's New 12,000-Square-Foot Boston Lounge Has a Fenway Green Monster Wall — And a Catch for Economy Flyers

JetBlue's New 12,000-Square-Foot Boston Lounge Has a Fenway Green Monster Wall — And a Catch for Economy Flyers

JetBlue opens BlueHouse Boston at Logan on August 27, its biggest lounge yet at 12,000 square feet, with a Jackson Cannon cocktail menu and a Green Monster replica wall. But access is narrower than the space suggests — here's who actually gets in.

25 August 2026

American Airlines Just Ended Free Business Class Upgrades for Its Top Flyers — Here's What They Get Instead

WestJet Finishes Erasing Its 28-Inch Seat Experiment — and Airlines Are Taking Notes

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Airports & Infrastructure

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Istanbul Just Beat Heathrow by 300,000 Passengers — and Ended London's Three-Year Reign as Europe's Busiest Airport

Istanbul Just Beat Heathrow by 300,000 Passengers — and Ended London's Three-Year Reign as Europe's Busiest Airport

Istanbul Airport logged 8.15 million passengers in July 2026 against Heathrow's 7.86 million, ending London's hold on the title since 2023. The swing wasn't really about Istanbul surging — it was about Heathrow's Middle East traffic collapsing.

25 August 2026

2 Million Seats at Risk: Inside the Indefinite Strike Paralyzing Barcelona and Palma Airports

easyJet quits Leeds Bradford after 16 years, and Jet2 and Ryanair move on the gap within days

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Aircraft & Manufacturing

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Boeing Hands Its Flying-Car Bet to a Startup — and Takes a Fifth of the Company Instead

Boeing Hands Its Flying-Car Bet to a Startup — and Takes a Fifth of the Company Instead

Boeing is selling Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid to Archer Aviation in exchange for nearly 20% of the air-taxi startup, folding a decade of autonomous-flight R&D into one balance sheet before the deal closes late this year.

25 August 2026

The C919 Crosses a Border: What COMAC's First Scheduled International Flight Actually Proves

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Safety & Regulation

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24 Injured, Autopilot Failed, Pilot Drug-Tested: Inside Air India's AI2379 Scare

24 Injured, Autopilot Failed, Pilot Drug-Tested: Inside Air India's AI2379 Scare

An Air India A320 lost 250 feet in seconds over India on August 4, injuring more than a dozen people after an autopilot disconnect and a stall warning — and the captain's psychoactive substance screening has now triggered a confirmatory retest.

25 August 2026