BIG AVIATION REPORT

Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 20:22:26 MT

THE AIR CURRENT · AIRLINES

THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT AIRSPACE IS A SLIVER OF SKY BETWEEN TWO WARS...

Repeated Houthi missile strikes on Riyadh International Airport are exacerbating a key vulnerability for global aviation as growing instability across Europe and the Middle East forces hundreds of daily transcontinental flights into one acutely vulnerable sli…

SCOTT: Ask what this does to pairings, the MEL, and the jumpseat. Press releases are written for investors. You fly the leftover.

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