Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, has announced a record W2026 schedule at Bratislava, with 23 routes including 4 new routes to Paphos, Tirana, Turin, and Warsaw, delivering 125% traffic growth to over 2.2m passengers p.a. To support this record W2026 schedule, Ryanair will add a 4th based B737 aircraft in Bratislava from Oct 2026 – a $400m investment supporting over 1,600 local jobs, including 30 new high-paid pilot and cabin crew jobs. Ryanair’s $400M investment and 125% traffic growth at Bratislava is a direct result of the proactive policy of the Slovak Govt and Transport Minister, Jozef Raž, to grow traffic and tourism by abolishing enviro taxes, lowering airport charges, and cutting ATC fees. This policy has made Slovakia Europe’s fastest growing aviation market in 2026 with record traffic growth of 170% in April.

On May 22 2026, Icelandair inaugurated direct flights to Venice, Italy, from its hub in Reykjavik, marking the airline's expansion into one of Europe's most coveted destinations. The new route to Venice Marco Polo Airport reflects the carrier's strategic commitment to growing its European network and connecting travellers to world-renowned cities. Icelandair will operate three weekly flights between Reykjavík and Venice through to October 18, 2026, with departures scheduled for Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Flights will be operated by a 737-MAX8 aircraft.

Aer Lingus is celebrating the launch of its first flight from Dublin Airport to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania today. This new service will operate four times per week and builds on the airline’s partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers, one of the most storied football franchises in the US. Renowned as the 'City of Bridges,' Pittsburgh features over 446 bridges within its boundaries. To celebrate the inaugural flight, Aer Lingus lit the city’s Three Sisters Bridges on the Allegheny River in green, white and orange. Dubbed a ‘Bridge to Ireland’, the creative illumination added even further ambiance to Pittsburgh’s famous skyline.

Dieter Vranckx, Chief Commercial Officer of the Lufthansa Group Mr. Vranckx, most European airlines are confident that there will be no jet fuel shortage this summer. Customers can book flights with confidence, they say. Do you share that view? Yes, that applies to us as well. At all six European hubs of the Lufthansa Group — Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, Brussels, and Rome — as well as abroad, there are no signs from our suppliers that fuel supply will be at risk this summer.

The Lufthansa Group has reshaped its portfolio of climate protection projects and is placing a stronger emphasis on technology-based solutions. As part of its offers for more sustainable flying, passengers can contribute to CO₂ savings through the climate protection project portfolio. The new portfolio comprises 14 projects certified to the highest standards. The share of projects that permanently remove CO₂ from the atmosphere has been doubled and now accounts for around 20 percent. The projects are being implemented in Lufthansa Group’s home markets of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and Italy, as well as in other countries. In 2025, Lufthansa Group passengers contributed to climate protection projects covering more than 710,000 metric tonnes of CO₂ through more sustainable travel options - an increase of around 20 percent compared with the previous year.

JALUX Inc. (JALUX), the trading company of Japan Airlines (JAL), and ispace, inc. (ispace), a global lunar exploration company, today announced that the two companies have signed a payload service agreement (PSA) for ispace's next lunar landing mission, Mission 3, currently scheduled for 2028. Under the agreement, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) and JALUX will begin selling payload transport capacity to private companies and local governments on May 27, 2026, for delivery to the lunar surface.