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Malaysia is Closing the Sky Over its Biggest Airport for Six Days for National Day
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Malaysia is Closing the Sky Over its Biggest Airport for Six Days for National Day

Aviation Desk|26 Aug 20265 min
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Thailand Cut Air-Navigation Charges To Help Airlines

Aviation Desk | 25 Aug 2026 · 10:03

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Asia's Airports Had 5852 Delays In Two Days, Not Because Of Weather But Network Fragility

Aviation Desk | 25 Aug 2026 · 09:51

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Russia And Iran Intelligence Networks Alliance, An Emerging Threat to Civil Aviation

Aviation Desk | 24 Aug 2026 · 04:30

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A Court Saved Delta-Aeromexico's Alliance

Aviation Desk | 24 Aug 2026 · 04:19

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The Occupational Hazard At 35000 Feet Is Invisible, Should Airlines Treat Cosmic Radiation Like a Workplace Safety Risk

Aviation Desk | 22 Aug 2026 · 09:06

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Sabah Wants 12 Million Passengers. Can Kota Kinabalu Airport Grow As Much?

Aviation Desk | 22 Aug 2026 · 08:30

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Aviation Understands Changing Turbulence But Not The Next Icing Threat

Aviation Desk | 21 Aug 2026 · 05:50

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The Next Climate Solution May Not Be A New Fuel

Aviation Desk | 21 Aug 2026 · 02:46

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India Flew 780,000 people In One Day, Why Were So Many Airline Seats Still Empty?

Aviation Desk | 20 Aug 2026 · 05:01

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Drones Can Think Faster But Still Cannot Carry Enough

Aviation Desk | 20 Aug 2026 · 04:05

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Google Bought An Airline’s Internal Corporate Memory For $10 million.

Aviation Desk | 19 Aug 2026 · 14:00

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Russia Is Tightening International Route Rights As A Geopolitical Weapon

Aviation Desk | 18 Aug 2026 · 02:45

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China's 2030 Aviation Plan Is Writing The New Aviation Rules

Aviation Desk | 17 Aug 2026 · 05:24

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When Chicago Stops, America’s Airline System Stutters

Aviation Desk | 13 Aug 2026 · 12:01

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SkywatchGovernment & Regulatory Affairs
India May Rewrite Aviation Drug Testing

Aviation Desk | 13 Aug 2026 · 10:55

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SkywatchGovernment & Regulatory Affairs
Airlines Have More Time to Comply with Wheelchair Rules Disabled to Wait

Aviation Desk | 13 Aug 2026 · 09:47

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The Military Is About To Jam GPS. Are Civilian Pilots Prepared To Fly Without It?

Aviation Desk | 12 Aug 2026 · 01:39

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The Crane Near Auckland Airport Is A Warning: Cities Are Building Into Aviation’s Protected Sky

Aviation Desk | 12 Aug 2026 · 01:27

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When Mumbai Rain Does Not Stay in Mumbai It Travels To Goa

Aviation Desk | 11 Aug 2026 · 05:56

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Can the Airport Owner Also Own the Airline? Testing Aviation’s Biggest Conflict of Interest

Aviation Desk | 11 Aug 2026 · 05:28

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Aleppo Airport Is Flying Again. Is Aviation Rebuilding a City Before Politics Can?

Aviation Desk | 10 Aug 2026 · 05:27

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Typhoon Dolphin Is Not a Weather Story, It Is Asia’s Network-Resilience Audit

Aviation Desk | 10 Aug 2026 · 04:55

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India Is Preparing to Count Every International Airline’s Carbon-and the Compliance Fight Starts Now

Aviation Desk | 9 Aug 2026 · 13:01

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330,000 Square Miles Went Dark: The Frightening Single-Point Failure in Modern Air Traffic Control

Aviation Desk | 9 Aug 2026 · 12:48

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When Manila Weather Closes In, Where Do the Aircraft Go? The Philippines’ Diversion Problem

Aviation Desk | 9 Aug 2026 · 12:35

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SkywatchGovernment & Regulatory Affairs
Turbulence Is No Longer Just Weather: Air India’s 17-Injury Flight Forces India to Confront a New Safety Risk

Aviation Desk | 8 Aug 2026 · 12:27

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India’s MAX Fleets Are Not Affected Today. The Bigger Question Is What Happens at 30,000 Cycles

Aviation Desk | 8 Aug 2026 · 12:11

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The Next Boeing Problem Is Not Software: The FAA Is Checking MAX Fuselages for Cracks

Aviation Desk | 8 Aug 2026 · 12:02

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The Alliance That Could Redraw Australia–Japan Skies Without Buying a Single Airline

Aviation Desk | 7 Aug 2026 · 04:27

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One Cyclone Two Island Chains and No Plan B Asia’s Fragile Short-Haul Network

Aviation Desk | 7 Aug 2026 · 04:07

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India Says Aviation Is Booming. So Why Is Indore Flying Backwards?

Aviation Desk | 7 Aug 2026 · 03:42

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From Leaded Fuel to AI the FAA’s Quiet Push to Remake US Skies by 2030

Aviation Desk | 7 Aug 2026 · 03:08

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India’s Top-Rated Airport Has No Flights: What That Says About Metrics, Tourism and Route Planning

Aviation Desk | 6 Aug 2026 · 05:15

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SkywatchGovernment & Regulatory Affairs
352 Defects in Half a Year: Is India’s Safety Culture Catching Up or Just Catching More Issues?

Aviation Desk | 6 Aug 2026 · 04:58

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WestJet Ends Its First Cabin-Crew Strike in Company History With a Wage Win

Aviation Desk | 5 Aug 2026 · 05:24

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Saudi Arabia and UAE Lead a $183 Billion Middle East Airport Upgrade Wave

Aviation Desk | 5 Aug 2026 · 04:35

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India Hosts Routes Asia 2027: A Bid to Shape Asia’s Next Route Map

Aviation Desk | 4 Aug 2026 · 05:56

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Geopolitical Volatility In West Asia Now A Permanent Feature

Aviation Desk | 4 Aug 2026 · 05:45

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WestJet’s Flight Attendants' Strike Leads To Management's Offer: Union Disagreed

Aviation Desk | 3 Aug 2026 · 09:21

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IATA’s August Demand Warning: The Shock Is No Longer Evenly Shared

Aviation Desk | 3 Aug 2026 · 09:00

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The Real Story Is Not the Routes That Launch. It Is the Routes That Survive

Aviation Desk | 3 Aug 2026 · 08:08

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One Month On A Viral Boeing 777 'Scrapes the Runway' Video Splits Aviation Experts On AI Fakery

Aviation Desk | 1 Aug 2026 · 14:44

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A Malaysia Airlines Pilot Allegedly Tried to Smuggle 70000 Ecstasy Pills into Indonesia

Aviation Desk | 1 Aug 2026 · 10:08

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Mahan Air Sanctions Name an Kashmir & Delhi Addresses

Aviation Desk | 1 Aug 2026 · 09:43

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The Forgotten Birthday of Air India & Indian Airlines Still Celebrated By Forgotten Employees On 1st August

Aviation Desk | 1 Aug 2026 · 07:51

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IndiGo's 'CUTE Fee Goes Viral, India's Hidden Airline Charges Under Fire

Aviation Desk | 31 Jul 2026 · 09:43

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WestJet Flight Attendants's Strike Demanding Compensation for Unpaid Boarding Time of 35 Hours

Aviation Desk | 31 Jul 2026 · 09:27

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Airbus Will Miss the FAA’s Own July 31 Cockpit-Security Deadline, Today

Aviation Desk | 31 Jul 2026 · 09:14

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IATA Flags Urgent Engine MRO Bottlenecks: Capacity Crunch Becoming Permanent

Aviation Desk | 31 Jul 2026 · 08:46

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