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German Airport Strikes Cancel 3,500 Flights in One Day

On 10 March 2025, the Ver.di trade union orchestrated a 24-hour warning strike at 13 German airports, bringing the country’s aviation network almost entirely to a standstill and disrupting the travel plans of more than half a million passengers. The action — the largest coordinated airport strike in Germany in recent years — was designed to demonstrate the union’s resolve ahead of ongoing wage negotiations covering airport security workers and a broader group of 2.5 million public-sector employees, and it succeeded in causing precisely the scale of disruption that Ver.di intended.

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All 80 Survive After Delta Flight Overturns at Toronto

On 17 February 2025, a Delta Connection regional jet crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, flipped upside down, lost its tail and right wing, and caught fire — yet all 80 people on board walked away alive. The accident, involving a Bombardier CRJ900 operated by Endeavor Air on a flight from Minneapolis, is being studied around the world as a remarkable example of aircraft design and crew action saving every life in what could easily have been a fatal crash.

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67 Killed in Potomac River Mid-Air Collision

At 8:47 p.m. on 29 January 2025, American Airlines Flight 5342 — a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines — collided with a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at an altitude of approximately 300 feet over the Potomac River, less than half a mile from the threshold of Runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. All 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed: 64 passengers and crew on the regional jet, and the three-member Army crew. It was the deadliest aviation accident on American soil since 2001, and the first fatal crash of a US commercial passenger flight since 2009.

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Jeju Air 737 Crashes at Muan, Killing 179

On 29 December 2024, a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash-landed at Muan International Airport in South Korea with its landing gear retracted, overran the runway, and struck a concrete barrier at the far end of the runway. Of the 181 people on board, 179 were killed. Only two flight attendants, seated at the rear of the aircraft, survived. It was South Korea’s deadliest aviation accident in 27 years and one of the worst in the world in over a decade.

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EASA Lifts Four-Year Ban on PIA

On 29 November 2024, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) officially lifted its flight ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), allowing the country’s national carrier to fly to Europe again after more than four years. The decision followed a long process of safety reforms and independent assessments of Pakistan’s aviation regulator.
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Iberia Takes World’s First A321XLR Delivery

On 30 October 2024, Airbus handed over the world’s first production A321XLR to Iberia at its Hamburg delivery centre, marking a defining moment in the commercial aviation industry. The aircraft’s entry into service heralded a new era in which single-aisle jets — long confined to short and medium-haul operations — could credibly challenge widebody aircraft on transatlantic routes.
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