50 SKY SHADES - World aviation news


Aviation Pulse Android App in Google Play Market

Airlines news

Latest aviation and aerospace news

Latest Airlines news

Airbus delivers first A321XLR for Air Canada

New nonstop Breeze Airways flight links Las Vegas and Lincoln

U.S. airline Breeze Airways announced the launch of nonstop service between Las Vegas and Lincoln, Nebraska. Introductory fares for the new route start at $74 one way. Schedule and fares Flights operate twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The lowest one-way fare is $74. This pricing fit...

Liebherr and GoJet Airlines ink leak finder service agreement

Liebherr-Aerospace has inked a bleed air leak finder service agreement with GoJet Airlines, a US-based regional airline. Under the agreement, Liebherr’s leak finder will be applied to GoJet Airlines’ entire fleet comprising more than 50 Mitsubishi CRJ aircraft. It supports the embedded B...

Viasat AMARA chosen to power Jetstar long haul Wi Fi

Jetstar Airways selected Viasat AMARA, Viasat next-generation in-flight connectivity solution to equip its upgraded Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. Viasat system will be installed across 11 Jetstar aircraft, delivering a fast, reliable in-flight internet experience that supports streaming, messaging and browsing in-flight. The solution was selected as part of Jetstar’s...

RECARO Aircraft Seating and Air India launch retrofit program with Premium and Economy class seating solutions for B787-8

RECARO Aircraft Seating and Air India have launched a retrofit program for the airline’s Boeing 787-8 fleet. As part of the program, RECARO is equipping Air India’s B787-8 aircraft with its PL3530 seats in Premium Economy Class and CL3710 seats in Economy Class. Both seat models are customized to Air India’s requirements and offer enhanced comfort, refined ergonomics, improv...

RECARO Aircraft Seating R2 Economy class selected for Japan Airlines new Boeing 737 Max-8 fleet

Japan Airlines revealed on 23rd March 2026 at an event held in Tokyo, the RECARO economy class seat R2 as part of its new B737 MAX 8 fleet. New Japan Airlines Boeing 737 MAX-8 fleet will be equipped with R2 seats in economy class. Each seat features well-positioned USB Type A & C ports, enabling every passenger to stay connected and conveniently charge their personal d...

Thales and Air India sign 10-year FlytCARE agreement for IFE maintenance

Air India has signed a 10-year agreement with Thales for its FlytCARE services package. This agreement provides a full turn-key maintenance approach, covering line maintenance, spares, repairs and logistics management support for Thales’ inflight entertainment systems on 57 Airbus and Boeing aircraft. Under the FlytCARE agreement, repair and maintenance will be delivered from Thale...

SITA research finds aviation’s record technology investment hinges on one thing: data coordination

SITA 2025 Air Transport IT Insights report finds that, while the air transport industry invested a record $50.8 billion in technology in 2025, a common obstacle keeps emerging: where data does not flow freely between systems and partners, that investment cannot fully deliver what it was designed to unlock. The cost of this data coordination gap is higher than ever now that the conflict in the Midd...

Air India welcomes its first retrofitted B787 featuring new cabin interiors and livery

Air India unveiled its first retrofitted, twin-aisle B787-8 (registered VT-ANT), marking the successful completion of a nose-to-tail cabin refresh of the first of 26 B787 aircraft. The aircraft, which received comprehensive interior upgrades at Boeing’s Modification Center in Victorville, California, was subsequently painted in Air India’s striking new livery at AeroPro, an FAA Part-14...

flyadeal announces seat choices for new two-class Airbus A330s

flyadeal, Saudi Arabia fast growing low-cost airline, has chosen European and Asian seat manufacturers to equip its brand new two-class widebody fleet of Airbus A330-900neo aircraft. Just a year before the first of the airline’s 10 A330s is scheduled to enter service, flyadeal has confirmed a dual cabin configuration featuring 406 Economy and 14 Premium Eco...

Wi-Fly update! Virgin Atlantic accelerates Starlink rollout for take-off

Virgin Atlantic announced an accelerated rollout of Starlink, the fastest Wi-Fi in the sky, as the airline gears up to introduce free, high-speed WiFi across its entire fleet, helping customers bring their world onboard from take-off to landing.  Virgin Atlantic will begin introducing Starlink connectivity onboard its Airbus A350 fleet from May, with&nb...

230,000 chocolate bunnies and full aircraft: SWISS reports positive Easter performance in 2026

Easter holidays are traditionally one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Demand for air travel remained high in 2026. Between 3 and 6 April 2026, SWISS carried a total of 211,527 passengers on 1,657 flights. The 2026 Easter performance confirms strong and sustained demand for travel. Despite the high passenger volume, Swiss International Air Lines ensured a stable flight operation and...

Air Tahiti selects Wiremind as technology partner

Air Tahiti has selected Wiremind as a new technology partner, and will implement its PASSENGER suite of solutions, marking the start of a collaboration focused on strengthening the airline’s commercial capabilities. Through this partnership, Air Tahiti will benefit from Wiremind’s data analysis expertise in passenger transport. The collaboration reflects Air Tahiti’s commitment t...

GetJet secures $31M financing from volofin to expand fleet and asset management operations

GetJet has secured $31 million in external financing from London-based volofin Capital Management Ltd. The capital injection accelerates the GetJet Group Growth Strategy 2026, focused on fleet expansion and the scaling of aviation asset management capabilities. The funding facilitates the acquisition of up to five additional narrow-body aircraft, scheduled to integrate into the fleet by Q2 20...

AZAL signed codeshare agreement with Air Serbia

Azerbaijan Airlines, part of AZCON Holding signed a codeshare agreement with Air Serbia, the flag carrier of Serbia. Effective May 2026, flights between Baku and Belgrade will be operated twice a week, in conjunction with Air Serbia’s upcoming flight schedule. As part of the codeshare partnership, AZAL will place its marketing code on Air Serbia-operated services, providi...

Upcoming events

Bahrain International Airshow 2026

18/11/2026 - 20/11/2026
Bahrain, Sakhir

AERO Middle East x Sand & Fun 2026

24/11/2026 - 26/11/2026
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

Essential news

Elevating Nevis: Premier Mark Brantley on aviation, tourism and economic transformation

Few infrastructure projects have the potential to reshape an island's future quite like the ongoing transformation of Nevis Airport. To gain deeper insight into this ambitious development and the...

Air Tahiti debuts exclusive all-business class experience with ATR 72-600 HighLine

Air Tahiti has received a new ATR 72-600 equipped with ATR’s HighLine All-Business Class cabin, becoming only the second airline worldwide to introduce this premium configuration on an ATR aircr...

iOS Apps development in Riga, Latvia

Top of the week

airBaltic files first monthly operating reports with U.S. court and publishes preliminary unaudited financial information

Air Baltic Corporation AS , Latvia’s national airline and the leading carrier in the Baltic States, announced that airBaltic and its subsidiaries participating in the voluntary Ch...

Elevating Nevis: Premier Mark Brantley on aviation, tourism and economic transformation

Few infrastructure projects have the potential to reshape an island's future quite like the ongoing transformation of Nevis Airport. To gain deeper insight into this ambitious development and the...

Embraer delivers first E175 with new RECARO cabin interior to American Airlines

Embraer has delivered the first E175 fitted with next-generation RECARO passenger seats to American Airlines, marking another step in the ongoing modernization of one of the world's most successfu...

Qantas Freight and Australia Post expand air cargo capacity with Airbus A321 freighter in western Sydney

Qantas Freight and Australia Post have entered the next chapter of their long-standing partnership with the arrival of the first of three additional Airbus A321 Passenger-to-Freighter (A321P2F) aircra...

Turkish Airlines and CFM sign landmark MOU for more than 600 LEAP-1B engines

Turkish Airlines has taken another major step in its fleet expansion strategy with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with CFM International for more than 300 LEAP-1B engines and a long-term...