Luxair has placed firm orders for two Boeing 737-10s and three Embraer E190-E2s. The decisions lift its firm Boeing backlog to 12 aircraft and its Embraer E2 commitments to nine.
Luxembourg has taken its first visible step toward modernising air-traffic control at Findel. On 22 May 2026, Minister Yuriko Backes and ANA director Andrea Drescher inaugurated a full-scale mock-up of a future "hybrid" control tower, combining a controller's direct view with high-resolution video and detection overlays. It is the first concrete piece of the EUR 1 billion airport masterplan running toward 2032.
Luxembourg has announced a temporary drone-flight ban for a defined area on 16-17 May, with limited public-interest exceptions.
Doha's Hamad International, one of the world's busiest hubs, is reopening in May 2026 after airspace restrictions tied to the Iran-Israel conflict began in late February. Major carriers are returning amid a fragile regional ceasefire.
On 16 April 2026, Luxembourg's Ministry of Mobility and lux-Airport published a long-horizon airport plan that doubles passenger capacity, raises freight 50%, and pours €1 billion into infrastructure by 2032.
From Edinburgh to Tunis to Porto Santo, Luxair's network expands by nine destinations in summer 2026 — and the first of six Embraer E195-E2 aircraft is expected in the first half of the year.
Ethiopian Airlines began construction in January on a Zaha Hadid-designed mega-hub at Bishoftu, with phase one targeting 60 million passengers a year by 2030 and ultimate capacity of 110 million.