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AirSight and Flock Announce Strategic Partnership Following Grant Parish Smuggling Bust That Demonstrated the Speed of an Integrated Airspace to Roadway Response

18th August 2026

AirSight, the company behind the AirGuard airspace security platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Flock, the public-safety operating system trusted by thousands of US law enforcement agencies nationwide. The partnership establishes a real-time data feed from AirGuard into FlockOS, allowing airspace detections — including operator location — to appear directly in the same operating […]

Heart Aerospace Completes First Flight of World’s Largest Electric Aircraft

13th August 2026

  Heart Aerospace today announced the successful first flight of the company’s X1 demonstrator aircraft. Spanning 106 feet, measuring 76 feet nose to tail, and weighing more than 25,000 pounds at takeoff, X1 is the largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown. The flight took place on Wednesday, August 12th, 2026, at Heart’s X1 flight-test base at […]

North Platte Regional Airport Celebrates New Passenger Terminal Grand Opening

13th August 2026

A New Era of Air Travel Begins in Western Nebraska The North Platte Airport Authority celebrated the grand opening of a new passenger terminal on Aug. 10 at the North Platte Regional Airport. The $29.6 million terminal’s ribbon cutting was attended by numerous local, state and federal leaders, including Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and U.S. […]

Government of Canada announces modernisation of the Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport

13th August 2026

Strong and reliable transportation infrastructure is essential to keeping Northern, Arctic, and Indigenous communities connected. That’s why the first investment through the Arctic Infrastructure Fund (AIF) will be for the Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport, which serves as a lifeline for the local economy, ensures access to essential goods and services, and strengthens Canada’s presence in […]

Doncaster Sheffield Airport makes significant radar investment 

13th August 2026

Doncaster Sheffield Airport has invested in a multi-million-pound state-of-art radar system to underpin the airport’s future operational excellence.   The airport has appointed Raytheon UK, a leading air traffic management and digital transformation specialist, to provide and install the radar system at the site. The radar system will be delivered in 2027 and help to provide the […]

Independent study validates decade of local control as Ontario International Airport’s economic impact surges to nearly $5 billion annually

12th August 2026

Nearly a decade after Ontario International Airport (ONT) returned to local ownership, a new independent study confirms what travelers, businesses and communities across Southern California have experienced firsthand: ONT has become one of the region’s most powerful economic engines. A new analysis by Oxford Economics finds that Ontario International Airport generated $4.8 billion in annual economic […]

Aurrigo International takes off with £1.43m CAM funding to boost airport safety

11th August 2026

  Aurrigo International plc has been awarded £1.43million of UK government funding to investigate how autonomous vehicles can be used to make airports safer. The company, which moved into its new Advanced Engineering Centre in Coventry earlier this year, will use the CAM Pathfinder grant to deploy its Auto-Shuttle® vehicles to complete several routine tasks, […]

Vietjet next to land at Western Sydney International Airport

10th August 2026

Image: Aebion / Wikimedia Commons – CC0 1.0   Direct flights from Western Sydney to South East Asia are on the way, with Vietjet signing on to fly from the Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI).  Taking off in January 2027, Vietjet will operate twice weekly to Ho Chi Minh City, increasing to three […]

JFKIAT and SSP America debut Hunt & Fish Club at JFK T4

10th August 2026

  JFKIAT – the operator of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport – in partnership with SSP America – a division of SSP Group, a leading operator of food and beverage brands in travel locations worldwide – today announced the opening of Hunt & Fish Club, New York’s quintessential American steakhouse, at JFK T4. The restaurant’s […]

UK airports improve accessibility as demand for assistance reaches record levels

4th August 2026

UK’s aviation regulator publishes its annual Airport Accessibility Report for 2025/26, which assesses the quality of assistance services provided to disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility at the UK’s largest airports. A record 5.9 million passengers used assistance services and facilities at UK airports in 2025, continuing a long-term trend of demand growing faster […]