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Airline Price-Gouging Could Become the New Normal
After Delta Air Lines faced public backlash for expanding its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to set fares for passengers, the airline sent a letter to federal lawmakers on Friday denying that it uses “personalized pricing” to price-gouge...

Plane crash in northeast Arizona kills 4 medical personnel
Four medical personnel were killed when a small plane crashed while attempting to land at a municipal airport in northeastern Arizona, according to officials. The crash involved a Beechcraft 300 and occurred around 12:35 p.m. local time on Tuesday...

Rajiv Bansal joins Sarla Aviation as regulatory advisor and strategist
Bengaluru-based Sarla Aviation has appointed Rajiv Bansal, former Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and former Managing Director of Air India, to lead its regulatory strategy and policy alignment as the company prepares to scale...

UK firm to start aviation production in Morocco
British aviation company, Vertical Aerospace, has announced that Morocco will participate in the production of the VX4 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft through a Spanish company’s industrial operations in Casablanca. In...

United Airlines flights taking off again after technical issue forced nationwide ground stop

United Airlines resumes operations after tech disruption, but 'residual delays' expected
NEW YORK -- A tech outage led United Airlines to ground flights nationwide Wednesday night, and even with the issue now resolved, over 1,000 flights were delayed and dozens were canceled. "We are working with customers to get them to their...

Air India Crash Probe Ongoing, DGCA Conducted 146 Audits Of Major Airlines This Year: Minister
New Delhi: The investigation into the fatal Air India crash on June 12 in Ahmedabad is ongoing, and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will examine all the aspects to determine the probable causes and contributory factors leading to...

Turkish Airlines carries 51.2 million passengers in seven months
ISTANBUL Turkish Airlines transported a total of 51.24 million passengers between January and July 2025, marking a 4.7 percent increase compared to the same period last year, the company announced in a filing with Borsa Istanbul on August 7....

Ural Airlines Aircraft issues mid-air emergency signal, lands in Astrakhan -
The Ural Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Astrakhan due to smoke in the luggage compartment, APA reports, citing Russian media. According to eyewitnesses, during the flight, the flight attendants announced that the plane would reduce...

More than 1000 United Airlines flights delayed in US due to technology problem
WASHINGTON, Aug 7, (AP): A technology issue prompted United Airlines to ground planes at major US airports Wednesday and more than 1,000 flights were delayed. The impacted system, called Unimatic, houses flight information that is fed to other...
United Airlines flights resume after tech issue resolved
NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. carrier United Airlines resumed flights late Wednesday, a few hours after a major computer system outage prompted the carrier to ground flights nationwide. "The underlying technology issue has been resolved, and,...

Flights of United Airlines resume with delays after system outage
Flights of United Airlines, one of the largest American carriers, resumed, but the company was still impacted by delays following a technology issue that prompted it to ground planes at major U.S. airports on Wednesday. The impacted system, called...

Atlantic City Lands on List of Spirit Airline’s Busiest Routes
Spirit Airlines continues to be the only full-time airline flying in or out of Atlantic City International Airport on a regular basis. (American Airlines does offer "service to Atlantic City", but that's via bus service between Atlantic City and...

More than 1,000 United Airlines flights delayed in the U.S. due to technology problem

Bozumbayev: Final report on AZAL plane crash to be ready in few months
11:20 En The final report on the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane near Aktau will be ready in a few months, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbayev said, Olaylar informs referring to Kazakh media. "The analysis stage is...

Drones vs. choppers: What’s the future of Spartanburg sheriff’s aviation program?
Take an instance last fall, for example, when a drone found someone who had wandered into the woods. “They were looking for an elderly person that walked away from home,” Reid said. “Kind of started in the evening, went into the nighttime hours....

United Airlines resumes flights after tech issue prompted ground stops across the US, causing major travel disruptions
By Alexandra Skores, Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A “technology issue” that prompted United Airlines to ground flights across the US on Wednesday, triggering more than 1,000 delays and dozens of cancellations, has been resolved, the airline told...

United Airlines tech outage causes flight cancellations, delays
More than 800 United Airlines flights were cancelled and hundreds more delayed by late Wednesday (August 6) following a major technology outage that forced a systemwide ground stop across the United States, severely disrupting both domestic and...

Police rule out foul play as search for missing Tasmanian plane enters sixth day over Bass Strait
The search for a missing light plane and its two occupants has entered its sixth day, Tasmania Police said on Thursday, August 7. The aircraft, a bright green Bristell S-LSA, took off from George Town airport at 12:45 pm AEST on Saturday,-August 2...

Jet2 passengers hauled off flight for vaping as plane forced to turn back
Intoxicated Jet2 passengers were removed from a flight for vaping after an aircraft was forced to turn back just one hour into a journey from the UK. The travellers, who departed with Jet2 from London Stansted, clashed with cabin crew and...