• Latin America’s aviation growth is becoming more challenging to convert into profit
    September 9, 2026 from CAPA
    Latin America has emerged from the post-pandemic recovery with one of the aviation industry's strongest demand profiles, but the region is entering a more complicated phase. IATA's latest data shows Latin American and Caribbean airline...
  • India’s new Vijayapura Airport is not a Bangalore reliever, but could be in a cargo sense
    September 9, 2026 from CAPA
    A fresh round of airport concessions is long overdue in India. There are 26 airports that have been identified for it, with 11 in the first round when it comes. A new greenfield airport at Vijayapura in northern Karnataka state is due to...
  • Caribbean aviation: Strong tourism, weak foundations
    September 8, 2026 from CAPA
    The Caribbean enters the second half of 2026 with a familiar contradiction. Air travel demand is strong, international tourism remains resilient and the wider Latin American and Caribbean airline market continues to outperform the global...
  • London Luton Airport clears hurdles to expansion to 32mppa and contemplates increased inbound travel
    September 7, 2026 from CAPA
    Flying from Luton Airport, north of London and a designated airport serving the UK capital, one which had become the base of numerous charter airlines since the 1960s, became even more appealing after a 1970s TV advert suggested a...
  • Icahn loosens his grip on JetBlue, as profitability continues to elude the airline
    September 6, 2026 from CAPA
    Just as JetBlue Airways' CEO Joanna Geraghty began her tenure at the helm of the carrier in early 2024, aviation industry power broker Carl Icahn took a major stake in the airline, with two of his associates becoming board members....
  • Tourism no longer resets: resilience becomes the new competitive edge
    September 3, 2026 from CAPA
    A tourism crisis used to be measured in months of lost demand. Increasingly, the more revealing measure is how quickly travellers, airlines and destinations reconfigure around it. The new Resilience in a World that Doesn't Reset study...
  • Video of the week: Keeping regional Australia connected – the fight for viable growth
    September 3, 2026 from CAPA
    Regional connectivity is becoming an increasingly important test of Australia's aviation system. Demand for domestic tourism is creating new opportunities for smaller destinations, while travellers are showing greater interest in...
  • Scientists just overturned a century-old physics assumption
    September 3, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have discovered an unexpected form of the Hall effect, overturning the long-held assumption that this electrical response only appears when a magnetic field points perpendicular to a material....
  • Japan’s growing LCC sector: part two – JAL Group eyes expansion for Jetstar Japan and Zipair
    September 2, 2026 from CAPA
    The Japan Airlines Group is using a multi-pronged strategy to tap into the strong market for LCCs in Japan, and an ownership restructuring of its primary LCC signals more growth. This two-part analysis examines the LCC stables of Japan's...
  • TAV Airports' lounges grow in popularity, but airport loyalty programmes remain rare
    September 2, 2026 from CAPA
    A recent financial statement from TAV Airports laid bare how much airport lounges, and to a lesser degree loyalty schemes, are contributing to the bottom line. In fact, in the last six-month period, such revenues increased by four...
  • Catchment Analysis: Norwich-Malaga return backed by demand
    September 2, 2026 from CAPA
    Malaga is one of the most popular overseas leisure destinations from the UK, yet Norwich - on the east coast of England - remains without a nonstop link despite strong demand from its local catchment. The market was previously served...
  • Interstellar solar sails hit a strange problem at 75% of light speed
    September 2, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Solar sails pushed by powerful lasers could reach incredible speeds, but relativity may eventually make the light itself work against them. At around 75% of the speed of light, scattered photons can begin creating drag, adding a...
  • President Trump presses for large scale Dulles Airport expansion – the case for a lease or P3s
    September 1, 2026 from CAPA
    There are those in the United States, led by the right-leaning Reason Foundation, who consistently argue for the privatisation of US airports either by lease, or public-private partnerships, to build specific infrastructure like...
  • Aircraft Interiors industry development summary: Jul/Aug-2026 - History of IFC in North America
    September 1, 2026 from CAPA
    2026 marked the end of an era for North American commercial inflight connectivity (IFC) when in May-2026, North American airlines stopped offering air-to-ground connectivity (ATG). Having connected over 2,000 passenger aircraft at its...
  • Japan’s growing LCC sector: part one – ANA Group strengthens focus on dual-brand approach
    August 31, 2026 from CAPA
    Japan's major airline groups have made some notable structural changes to their LCC stables to better position them for the next wave of growth in this segment. ANA Holdings made the decision to close down its hybrid/LCC, AirJapan, in...
  • Start me up: The prospective jet operators hoping to avoid status as Australia’s next rolling stone
    August 31, 2026 from CAPA
    Australia's domestic aviation market remains one of the world's most concentrated, with the Qantas Group and Virgin Australia accounting for 98.5% of passenger flights. Yet the market is beginning to attract a new generation of...
  • Air cargo's resilience is real. Its foundations are not
    August 30, 2026 from CAPA
    Air cargo's 2025 performance looks impressive on the surface: cargo tonne-kilometres rose 8.5% and air freight's share of global trade value reached a record 29.5%. But beneath those headline numbers lies a more fragile market. Growth...
  • Scientists turn one of the hardest plastics to recycle into high-performance engine lubricant
    August 29, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers have discovered a way to turn notoriously difficult-to-recycle PVC plastic into a key ingredient used in high-performance lubricants such as engine oil. The technique could give mountains of plastic waste a valuable second...
  • AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy
    August 27, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers used AI to search through more than 100 million possible settings for 3D-printing a high-performance NASA alloy. After only 40 experiments, the system identified six successful configurations, including one that worked at a...
  • Tiny quantum engines reveal useful energy hiding in “waste heat”
    August 19, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    A tiny machine made from just an atom and particles of light may sound impossibly simple, but it raises a surprisingly difficult question: what counts as heat, and what energy can still do useful work? University of Basel researchers...
  • World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine could help unlock massive quantum computers
    August 14, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    A tiny superconducting engine has successfully converted heat near absolute zero into useful work, demonstrating the first cyclic quantum heat engine of its kind. Future versions could operate autonomously inside quantum computers,...
  • This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze
    August 8, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists have created the first quantum material that can sort and transport different quantum states of light at room temperature, potentially removing the need for bulky, ultra-cold refrigeration systems. Built from a gold film...
  • Mysterious Milky Way object accelerates protons beyond one quadrillion electron volts
    August 1, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists have identified LHAASO J1912+1014u as a cosmic accelerator that can push protons beyond one quadrillion electron volts. The finding may help reveal where the Milky Way’s most energetic cosmic rays come from and how they...
  • Scientists left water inside a battery and nearly doubled its power
    August 1, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    A surprisingly simple change could make sodium-ion batteries far more powerful while opening the door to turning seawater into drinking water. Researchers at the University of Surrey found that sodium vanadium oxide performs much better...
  • This new alloy is up to 10 times stronger than steel and surprisingly flexible
    July 30, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Engineers have transformed a notoriously brittle cobalt-aluminum compound into a material that is both extremely strong and capable of bending without breaking. Their nanoscale design produced a yield strength about six to 10 times...
  • A strange quantum effect dramatically boosts energy transfer
    July 22, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers discovered a proton-assisted mechanism that greatly improves how triplet energy moves between quantum dots and nearby molecules. The proton briefly shifts position, helps coordinate electron movement, and then returns to...
  • A tiny universe in a bottle reveals clues to the origins of life
    July 19, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers have created cosmic dust from scratch by recreating space-like conditions inside glass tubes. The dust contains complex carbon-rich molecules built from elements essential to life and produces infrared signals similar to real...
  • Scientists built a camera that can track invisible particles in 3D
    July 17, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    A new particle detector called PLATON could replace millions of tiny detector components with a single block of light-producing material. Using a light-field camera, highly sensitive photon sensors, and AI, it reconstructs particle paths...
  • Scientists thought the universe was uniform. New evidence says otherwise
    July 7, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    What if one of the biggest assumptions in cosmology is wrong? New research suggests the universe may not be perfectly uniform in every direction, as scientists have long believed. A puzzling mismatch known as the cosmic dipole anomaly...
  • Quantum mechanics once baffled scientists. Now it's changing the world
    July 5, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Quantum mechanics has journeyed from a strange and controversial idea to the foundation of some of humanity’s most advanced technologies. Now researchers are pushing its boundaries even further, with potential breakthroughs in energy,...
  • New research reveals the hidden pollution left behind by fireworks
    July 3, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists have uncovered new evidence that fireworks can pollute both the air and water in ways that extend beyond the visible smoke. The findings show that leftover debris, fine particles, and airborne chemicals may affect ecosystems...
  • Scientists create quantum sound device that could transform communications
    July 1, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    A new quantum device can generate precisely controlled bursts of sound-like particles, or phonons, by forcing electrons through an ultra-thin crystal at extremely low temperatures. The surprising behavior pushes beyond the limits...
  • Simple water trick slashes diesel engine pollution by over 60%
    July 1, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    A surprisingly simple fuel modification could help tackle one of diesel engines’ biggest problems: pollution. Researchers reviewing studies from around the world found that mixing small amounts of water into diesel fuel can dramatically...
  • NASA’s Cold Atom Lab is creating one of the weirdest forms of matter in space
    June 23, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is turning the International Space Station into a frontier for quantum research, creating ultra-cold matter that behaves in astonishing ways. The experiments could unlock new discoveries about the universe...
  • Chinese sodium battery surprised scientists by matching key Tesla benchmarks
    June 21, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers found that a Chinese sodium-ion battery performs far better than expected, with production quality and design features comparable to Tesla’s batteries. If engineers can improve cold-weather charging and energy density, sodium...
  • Oxford physicists just made Schrödinger’s cat even stranger
    June 15, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Oxford physicists have created an entirely new type of Schrödinger’s cat-like quantum state using components that are themselves highly quantum in nature. The advance could open new possibilities for more resilient quantum computers and...
  • MIT’s new spacecraft engine could send tiny satellites to Mars
    June 10, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    MIT researchers have shown that one fuel can power both chemical and electric spacecraft thrusters, potentially transforming what small satellites can do. The approach combines quick bursts of speed with highly efficient long-range...
  • What is space-time? A mystery at the heart of reality
    June 8, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    What if our biggest idea about reality is built on a hidden misunderstanding? A new philosophical look at space-time challenges the popular view that the past, present, and future all exist together in a timeless "block universe." The...
  • NASA’s X-59 is about to break the sound barrier for the first time
    June 1, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    NASA’s futuristic X-59 jet is about to face its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier for the first time. After a successful series of test flights that pushed the aircraft to near-supersonic speeds, engineers are preparing...
  • A quantum metasurface breakthrough could finally close the terahertz gap
    May 31, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers have developed a compact quantum detector that makes terahertz radiation much easier to detect. A specially designed metasurface funnels incoming energy into tiny active regions, greatly strengthening the electrical signal...
  • String theory suddenly emerged from simple physics rules
    May 19, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    Physicists may have uncovered a surprising new clue that string theory—the idea that the universe is built from unimaginably tiny vibrating strings—could be more than just a mathematical fantasy. Instead of assuming strings existed from...
  • Life Flight Network to Expand Bell Fleet with 3 New Bell 407GXis
    May 13, 2026 from ASDNews.com: Aviation News
    Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced the order of three additional Bell 407GXis by Life Flight Network, the largest not-for-profit air medical program in the country with the largest Bell HEMS fleet, operating...
  • Scientists finally solve the 100-year mystery behind tough tires
    May 13, 2026 from Aviation News -- ScienceDaily
    For nearly 100 years, reinforced rubber has powered everything from car tires to airplanes, yet scientists never fully understood why adding tiny particles of carbon black made rubber so incredibly strong. Now, researchers at the...
  • Otto Aerospace Phantom 3500 Clears PDR
    May 12, 2026 from ASDNews.com: Aviation News
    Otto Aerospace today announced the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its Phantom 3500, a major technical milestone that advances the clean-sheet business jet program from conceptual design into detailed...
  • Accelerating Vertical Flight Autonomy Through Integrated Test and Evaluation
    May 12, 2026 from ASDNews.com: Aviation News
    Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, supports customers developing next-generation vertical flight systems. With more than 30 years of experience in autonomy and rapid prototyping, the company provides an end-to-end ecosystem that...
  • Satair Finalises Acquisition of Unical Aviation and Ecube
    May 12, 2026 from ASDNews.com: Aviation News
    Satair, an Airbus company, announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Unical Aviation Inc. (“Unical”) and its subsidiary ecube. This milestone creates a premier, end-to-end global provider of Used Serviceable Material...
  • Tohoku Air Service Signs LOI for Purchase of eVTOL Agreement Lays Groundwork for eVTOL to Contribute to Safe and Reliable Urban Air Mobility in Tohoku
    May 11, 2026 from ASDNews.com: Aviation News
    SkyDrive Inc. (“SkyDrive”), a leading eVTOL (*1) aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Tohoku Air Service (TAS), a helicopter operator owned by Tohoku Electric Power Company, for...
  • CAE Pursues Strategic Alternatives for Flightscape
    May 10, 2026 from ASDNews.com: Aviation News
    CAE Inc. today announced that it is pursuing strategic alternatives for Flightscape, its aviation software business, as part of its ongoing portfolio optimization and disciplined approach to capital allocation to drive long-term...
  • NASA's X-59 Flight Tests Pick Up Speed with Two-Flight Days
    May 7, 2026 from ASDNews.com: Aviation News
    As flight operations for NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft accelerate, its team has picked up their testing tempo, completing two test flights in a single day for the first time. The first dual-flight day was on April 30 at NASA’s...
  • Key Development Milestone Met As Airlander 10 Operational Testing Delivers Excellent Results
    May 7, 2026 from ASDNews.com: Aviation News
    Continuous development, followed by thorough testing, is part of the critical role the engineering team at HAV play to ensure the aircraft has the best design and capabilities possible as we work towards Type Certification. Utilising the...
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