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Remembering Ozark Air Lines: The Midwest Underdog That Rose Up There With the Biggest

Ozark Air Lines almost didn’t make it off the drawing board. Back in the 1940s, the company –  formed by four Missouri businessmen who were operating a small intrastate air service within the confines of the Show Me State – had applied to the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) for permission to start a local service […] The post Remembering Ozark Air Lines: The Midwest Underdog That Rose Up There With the Biggest appeared first on Avgeekery.

AVGeekery • Jan 17, 2026
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Aircraft Loses Contact in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi; Search Underway
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Aircraft Loses Contact in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi; Search Underway

Authorities are currently searching an ATR 42-500 aircraft, registration PK-THT, that has lost contact in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi. The aircraft, belonging to the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, was flying from and lost contact around 20km from Makassar Airport. Aircraft took off from Yogyakarta The plane operated by the Indonesia Air Transport for […] The post Aircraft Loses Contact in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi; Search Underway appeared first on Travel Radar - Aviation N

Travel Radar • Jan 17, 2026
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Ryanair and Elon Musk exchange jabs after X outage rekindles Starlink feud
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Ryanair and Elon Musk exchange jabs after X outage rekindles Starlink feud

A widespread outage of social media platform X in the United States has sparked a new online spat between Ryanair and platform owner Elon Musk. Ireland’s low-cost carrier did not miss the opportunity to comment, posting one of their many (non-aviation related) tongue-in-cheek messages on X: “Perhaps you need Wi-Fi, Elon Musk.” The sarcastic remark […]

Aviation24.be • Jan 17, 2026
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Cranky on the Web: More Hubs Aren’t Coming to the US
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Cranky on the Web: More Hubs Aren’t Coming to the US

Frontier Airlines is not selling tickets for flights beyond April 13. Why? – ABC27 Airline Weekly founder Seth Kaplan is asking the question many of us have been asking for awhile. Why is it that Frontier is only selling tickets for travel through April 13? There aren’t really any good explanations. The best reason would...

The Cranky Flier • Jan 17, 2026
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airBaltic Marks Record Passenger Numbers and Major Milestones
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airBaltic Marks Record Passenger Numbers and Major Milestones

Latvian airline airBaltic has closed 2025 with record passenger numbers, expanded connectivity, and major investments in fleet, technology, and training, capping off a year that also marked the company’s 30th anniversary. The year 2025 for airBaltic The airline operated 133 routes to 82 destinations in 38 countries, flying more than 47,000 flights during the year—up […] The post airBaltic Marks Record Passenger Numbers and Major Milestones appeared first on Travel Radar - Aviation News.

Travel Radar • Jan 17, 2026
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Podgorica aims to regain Tirana’s Montenegro passengers
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Podgorica aims to regain Tirana’s Montenegro passengers

Podgorica Airport hopes the upcoming opening of Wizz Air’s base in the Montenegrin capital will help it win back some of the 140,000 Montenegrin nationals who used the fast-growing Tirana Airport in 2025. The head of operator Airports of Montenegro, Roko Tolić, recently said, “We need to be at least as attractive as our competitors. Right now, we’re caught in a kind of squeeze between Dubrovnik and Tirana. We’ll try to change that, while taking into account the company, our capabilities and the

EX-YU Aviation News • Jan 17, 2026
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