Aviation Daily Digest — May 21, 2026

# Aviation Daily Digest — May 21, 2026

Your daily 60-second briefing for pilots, drone operators and aviation pros — auto-aggregated from the industry's top sources.

Top stories

• [Boeing 737 MAX 10s & Airbus A321s: Hollywood Burbank Airport’s New Terminal To Debut This Fall](https://simpleflying.com/hollywood-burbank-airport-new-terminal-debut-this-fall/) — Simple Flying. Bigger and better than ever, with the same charm as always.
• [World's Busiest Airport May Drop TSA After 36% Of Screeners Didn't Show During Shutdown](https://simpleflying.com/atlanta-airport-replace-tsa-private-security/) — Simple Flying. A big change may be coming to ATL.
• [Boeing's 30 Stored 777X Jets Need Years Of Rework Before Airlines Get Them](https://simpleflying.com/boeing-30-stored-777x-jets-years-rework-before-airlines-get-them/) — Simple Flying. 30 Boeing 777X jets are built, stored, and not going anywhere for years.
• [Delta Air Lines To Restart LAX-London Flights "In A Few Years" With 70%-Premium Cabins](https://simpleflying.com/delta-air-lines-restart-lax-london-flights-70-percent-premium-cabins/) — Simple Flying. Delta eyes a premium-heavy LAX-LHR return as its Los Angeles battle intensifies.
• [Why Southwest Airlines' Boeing 737s Make A First Class Cabin So Difficult To Build](https://simpleflying.com/why-southwest-airlines-boeing-737s-first-class-difficult-build/) — Simple Flying. A closer look at what a Southwest Airlines first class product might look like, and what it would require.
• [The US Air Force Retired Its Most Capable Tanker & Replaced It With A Downgrade](https://simpleflying.com/us-air-force-retire-most-capable-tanker-replaced-downgrade/) — Simple Flying. A troubled transition for the USAF.
• [What Delta Air Lines' Delta One Suite Actually Costs Vs. American Airlines Flagship Business On Transatlantic Flights](https://simpleflying.com/delta-one-vs-flagship-business-cost/) — Simple Flying. The differences between Delta's business class offering and American Airlines'.
• [No Regrets: Why Delta Air Lines Easily Got Rid Of The Boeing 777](https://simpleflying.com/why-delta-air-lines-let-go-boeing-777/) — Simple Flying. Delta retired its Boeing 777s in 2020 without regret, favoring more cost-efficient Airbus jets.
• [Sinkhole shuts down LaGuardia runway, causing delays and cancellations](https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/laguardia-runway-sinkhole-delays-cancellations) — AeroTime. A sinkhole discovered near one of LaGuardia Airport’s two runways shut down part of the New York airport’s… The post Sinkhole shuts down LaGuardia runway, causing delays and cancellations appeared first on AeroTime .
• [5 Hidden Features Of The Boeing 777 Cockpit](https://simpleflying.com/hidden-features-boeing-777-cockpit/) — Simple Flying. The 777's unique quirks located within its flight deck.

Pilot community highlights

_The community is quiet today._

What pilots are talking about (X / Twitter)

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