Aviation News 18 November 2025

US Airlines News Today, December 2, 2025: Record Holiday Crowds, Shutdown Fallout, Airbus A320 Fixes and Travel Tuesday Deals

The U.S. airline industry is closing out the long Thanksgiving period with a mix of record passenger volumes, lingering government‑shutdown fallout, fresh disruptions tied to an Airbus A320 software recall — and some of the year’s most aggressive “Travel Tuesday”

2 December 2025

Airlines·Aviation·Industry News·Travel

Airbus A320 Software Recall: How Airlines Raced to Fix a Solar‑Radiation Glitch and Averted Global Travel Chaos

Airlines around the world have spent the last 48 hours racing to patch a critical software vulnerability on thousands of Airbus A320‑family jets after regulators warned that intense solar radiation could corrupt flight‑control data. As of Sunday, November 30, most

30 November 2025

Airlines·Aviation·News·Safety·Technology

Des Moines Airport Closed After Delta Flight 5087 Slides Off Runway in Major Iowa Snowstorm

Published November 30, 2025 Des Moines International Airport (DSM) remained shut to air traffic on Sunday after a Delta Connection flight arriving from Detroit slid off a snow-covered runway during a powerful post‑Thanksgiving winter storm, forcing the evacuation of everyone

30 November 2025

Aviation·Safety·Travel News·Weather

Heathrow Third Runway: £33bn M25 Tunnel Plan Puts Ancient Village of Harmondsworth at Risk

The UK government has thrown its weight behind Heathrow’s long‑debated third runway, choosing a £33 billion north‑west runway and M25 tunnel scheme that could wipe out much of the ancient village of Harmondsworth and neighbouring Longford. The decision, announced this week,

29 November 2025

Aviation·Infrastructure·Local News

Virgin Australia Becomes First Aussie Airline to Embed ChatGPT as OpenAI Lands Wesfarmers Enterprise Deal

Virgin Australia has become the first Australian airline to formally collaborate with OpenAI, announcing a landmark plan to put ChatGPT at the centre of how customers plan and shop for travel — on the same day OpenAI inked a separate

28 November 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Australia·Aviation·Business News·Technology

Qatar Airways Adds Nearly 3,000 Winter Flights, Expands Services to Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Shanghai and Singapore

28 November 2025 Qatar Airways is entering the Winter 2025–26 season with one of its biggest network boosts in recent years, adding nearly 3,000 additional flights and significantly increasing capacity to key markets in Asia and Africa. The airline is

28 November 2025

Aviation

Etihad’s Airbus A380 Heads to Tokyo Narita From June 2026: Daily Superjumbo Flights Boost Abu Dhabi–Japan Connectivity

On 25 November 2025, aviation and travel outlets around the world focused on one big network move: Etihad Airways is sending its flagship Airbus A380 to Tokyo Narita, adding Japan to the airline’s growing superjumbo network from 16 June 2026.

25 November 2025

Airlines·Aviation·Travel News

Breeze Airways Cancels Burbank–Redmond and Burbank–Eugene Routes Before Takeoff as Alaska Airlines Fills the Gap

Breeze pulls two Oregon routes before they ever launch Travelers in Central Oregon and the southern Willamette Valley woke up this week to confirmation that Breeze Airways’ much‑touted nonstops from Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) to Redmond (RDM) and Eugene (EUG)

25 November 2025

Aviation·Travel Industry

Seattle-Tacoma Airport Jet Fuel Shortage: BP Olympic Pipeline Leak Forces Flight Changes Ahead of Thanksgiving

Updated: November 25, 2025 A major jet fuel disruption is rippling through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in the middle of one of the busiest Thanksgiving travel weeks on record, after a leak forced BP to shut down its Olympic Pipeline

25 November 2025

Aviation·Energy·News·Transportation·Travel

Heathrow Third Runway: UK Backs £49bn Expansion Plan and Targets 2035 Opening

The UK government has formally chosen Heathrow Airport Limited’s (HAL) proposal for a third runway as the blueprint for expanding Britain’s biggest airport, setting a course for a planning decision by 2029 and an opening target of 2035. Gov The

25 November 2025

Aviation·Infrastructure·Transportation·UK News

Canada Weighs Saab Gripen and GlobalEye Deals as F‑35 Offsets Face Backlash – November 18, 2025

OTTAWA — November 18, 2025 Canada’s long‑running fighter jet saga took a dramatic turn today as the federal government signalled fresh interest in Sweden’s Saab Gripen fighter and a Canadian‑built GlobalEye surveillance aircraft — even as the country remains contractually

18 November 2025

Aerospace Industry·Aviation·Canada·Defense

Emirates to Offer Free Starlink Wi‑Fi on All Boeing 777 and A380 Flights by Mid‑2027

Airbus A380 Today: Emirates’ Massive Retrofit, Starlink Wi‑Fi and Future Replacement Plans – 18 November 2025

Dubai – 18 November 2025: Twenty years after its first flight, the Airbus A380 is once again at the centre of global aviation headlines. At this year’s Dubai Airshow, Emirates and its neighbours in Abu Dhabi and Doha have turned

18 November 2025

Aviation

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