The EU has completed adoption of revised air-passenger rules that preserve existing compensation levels while adding firm claim, refund and rerouting procedures. They will apply 12 months and 20 days after publication.
Luxembourg's district court on 1 July ratified a plea agreement requiring Cargolux to pay roughly €1.15 million in fines and confiscation over influence peddling linked to its activities in Gabon from 2010 to 2015. The case, which Cargolux self-reported in 2015, targets only the company, not individuals. It lands months after the EU's top court upheld a separate €79.9 million cartel fine against Europe's largest all-cargo airline.
Cargolux, Luxembourg's flag cargo carrier, has agreed to pay about €1.15 million after a Luxembourg court ratified a negotiated settlement over influence-peddling linked to its operations in Gabon between 2010 and 2015. The case, which the airline voluntarily disclosed in 2015, targets only the company and no individuals — a rare corporate-governance moment for a champion majority-controlled by the Luxembourg state.
A single-engine light aircraft crashed into the CITIC Tower, Beijing's tallest building, on 26 June 2026, killing the pilot and injuring 13 people. Authorities confirmed the casualties but not the cause, while videos of the crash were rapidly censored inside China.
European airports and energy agencies have warned that a jet-fuel shortage could disrupt peak-season flights by late summer 2026, as Strait of Hormuz disruption drains the bloc's kerosene reserves.
easyJet has rejected a fourth, sweetened takeover proposal from US firm Castlelake worth about £4.93bn, calling it an opportunistic undervaluation — but it left the door open by sharing commercial data and extending the bid deadline to 5 July.
A vintage Antonov An-2 biplane made a failed landing at Luxembourg-Findel on 21 June 2026, closing the single-runway airport for hours and disrupting 66 flights and about 5,200 passengers. No one was injured.
A vintage Antonov An-2 biplane came down hard and ground-looped while landing at Luxembourg's only international airport on Sunday 21 June, damaging the runway and forcing it to close. All 12 people aboard escaped unhurt, but the shutdown of Findel's single runway diverted, delayed or cancelled dozens of flights before crews reopened it the same evening.