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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for April 2026, showing that due to conflict in the Middle East, total global air cargo was up 4.0%, whilst global passenger demand was down -3.4% compared to April 2025.
New UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data released today shows more than 61 million passengers travelled through UK airports in the first three months of this year, breaking previous records for travel between January and March.
The UK’s first successful download of data from space using a deployable laser communications ground station has been achieved by Archangel Lightworks for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).