Cathay Opens a New Door to Central Asia

Cathay Opens a New Door to Central Asia

Try, today, to fly from Hong Kong to Almaty. You can’t — not directly. You go the long way, connecting through the Gulf, or Istanbul, or Moscow, turning a regional hop into a day-long ordeal. From early 2027, that finally changes. Cathay Pacific has...
300 Feet From Disaster at Boston Logan

300 Feet From Disaster at Boston Logan

A football field is 300 feet long. On the morning of 20 June 2026, that was roughly the margin between an ordinary Saturday at Boston Logan and a disaster the whole country would still be talking about. Delta Flight 2351, an Airbus A319 in from Dallas with 135 people...
Toronto to Shanghai, Nonstop Once More

Toronto to Shanghai, Nonstop Once More

There was applause at the gate. On 3 June 2026, as Air Canada flight AC27 pushed back from Toronto Pearson bound for Shanghai, staff and travellers marked the moment with the kind of small ceremony airlines reserve for something that actually matters. A flight had...
SAS Bets Its Long-Haul Future on Airbus

SAS Bets Its Long-Haul Future on Airbus

Three years ago, SAS was a cautionary tale. The Scandinavian flag carrier was in bankruptcy court, shedding aircraft, and being written off in the trade press as the next great European airline to disappear. In June 2026 it is doing something only a confident airline...