Airlines
The Country Where Planes Drive on Streets: A Strange Reality
Discover the bizarre world where people park airplanes in their garages and drive them down residential streets like everyday cars
11 September 2026 · 6 minRajkumar Agarwal
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Posts tagged "9/11-firsthand-experience"
Airlines
9/11 Attack: An Eyewitness Account of That Horrific Day from the Streets of New York
Hear the terrifying eyewitness account of the 9/11 attacks in New York on September 11, 2001, the collapse of the Twin Towers, and the true story of American unity.
10 September 2026 · 7 minRajkumar Agarwal
Aircraft & Manufacturing
India Set to Become Global Ship Leasing & Finance Hub: Sonowal
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal highlights India's push to become a global maritime hub for ship leasing, ownership, and financing at GIFT City.
10 September 2026 · 4 minRajkumar Agarwal
Safety & Regulation
United 767 Bound for Newark Squawks 7700 Over the Channel, Diverts to Heathrow
A United Airlines Boeing 767-300ER flying from Nice to Newark declared a general emergency over the English Channel on September 9 and diverted to London Heathrow, where it landed safely.
10 September 2026 · 10 minRajkumar Agarwal
Airlines
NATS Grounds Nearly 2,000 UK Flights in Third System Failure Since 2023 — Airlines Demand Chief's Resignation
A flight-processing glitch at Britain's air traffic control provider cancelled roughly 2,000 flights over two days, and Ryanair and Wizz Air are now openly calling for NATS chief Martin Rolfe to quit after the third major system collapse in three years.
10 September 2026 · 13 minRajkumar Agarwal
Aircraft & Manufacturing
GE Aerospace's $11.75 Billion Bet on Its Own Castings Supplier
GE Aerospace has agreed to buy castings maker Consolidated Precision Products for $11.75 billion, pulling a 15-year supplier of LEAP and GEnx engine parts in-house to secure capacity strained by record engine demand.
10 September 2026 · 12 minRajkumar Agarwal
Passenger Experience
Frontier Cuts Diamond Threshold 25%, Then Slashes Mileage Earning Up to 90% on Basic Fares
Frontier Airlines lowered its top Elite Diamond status requirement from 100,000 to 75,000 points, but paired the move with earning-rate cuts of up to 90% on Basic fares and new fees for perks elites once got for free.
10 September 2026 · 10 minRajkumar Agarwal
Airlines
Cathay Pacific and Google Just Ran 80 Flights to Test Whether Contrails Can Be Steered Away
Cathay Pacific and Google say a joint trial of AI-guided altitude adjustments across more than 80 flights cut the estimated warming impact of contrails by roughly 40% — and Cathay is now the first airline to test the approach on ultra-long-haul routes.
10 September 2026 · 11 minRajkumar Agarwal
Airports & Infrastructure
Mexico's ASUR Closes $992 Million Deal for 20 Airports Across Brazil, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Curaçao
ASUR has closed its roughly $992 million acquisition of Motiva's airport interests, adding 20 airports and about 45 million annual passengers to its network in one of the largest airport ownership shifts in Latin America this year.
10 September 2026 · 13 minRajkumar Agarwal
Airports & Infrastructure
TSA's New "Gateside" Program Lets Non-Fliers Past Security at 13 Airports
The TSA has launched Gateside by TSA PreCheck, a pilot letting eligible PreCheck members without a boarding pass through security at 13 US airports to see off family, meet layover passengers, or use gate-area shops.
9 September 2026 · 11 minRajkumar Agarwal
Aircraft & Manufacturing
Joby Aviation Starts Its First US Air Taxi Flights Under Federal Pilot Program in Texas
Joby Aviation is flying piloted eVTOL routes across the Dallas-Fort Worth area this month, its first flights anywhere under the FAA's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, from a new base at Fort Worth Alliance Airport.
9 September 2026 · 10 minRajkumar Agarwal
Passenger Experience
JetBlue Unveils BlueFirst — a Domestic First Class With 7 Inches More Legroom and No Change Fees
JetBlue revealed BlueFirst, a new domestic first-class cabin with 12 to 16 seats per aircraft, up to seven inches of extra legroom, and priority perks at more than 30 airports, set to open for booking this fall.
9 September 2026 · 10 minRajkumar Agarwal