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This is a list of aviation-related events in 2025.

Events

January

1 January
The flag carrier of Cambodia changed its name from Cambodia Angkor Air to Air Cambodia. [1]
7 January
A Cessna 208 Caravan seaplane operated by Swan River Seaplanes crashed during takeoff from Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Three of the seven people onboard were killed and three were injured. [2]
28 January
Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator successfully went supersonic, achieving a speed of Mach 1.1. [3] [4]
An Airbus A321 operating as Air Busan Flight 391 caught fire shortly before takeoff from Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea. All 176 people on board evacuated safely, with only 7 suffering minor injuries. [5]
29 January
A Beechcraft 1900 operated by Light Air Services crashed shortly after takeoff from Unity oilfield in South Sudan, killing twenty of the twenty-one people on board. [6]
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision involved American Eagle Flight 5342, a Bombardier CRJ700, which collided with a United States Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as the Bombardier CRJ700 was attempting to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River. [7] None of the 64 people on board the CRJ700 or the 3 on the helicopter survived the collision. [8]
31 January
A Learjet 55 operated as Med Jets Flight 056 crashed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., causing an explosion, setting multiple houses on fire. The 6 people on the aircraft were killed. One person on the ground was killed and at least nineteen other people were injured. [9] [10]

February

10–14 February
The Aero India Airshow is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. [11] [12]

March

25–30 March
The Australian International Airshow is scheduled to be held at Avalon Airport, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. [11] [13]

June

30 June
Oman Air, the flag carrier of Oman, will join the Oneworld alliance. [14]

July

21–27 July
The EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is scheduled to be held at Wittman Regional Airport and Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. United States. [15]

August

30 August – 1 September
The Canadian International Air Show is scheduled to be held at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [11] [16]

September

26–28 September
The Oregon International Air Show is scheduled to be held in Oregon, United States. [11]

Deadliest accident

The deadliest aviation accident of 2025 so far is the mid-air collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 and a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter above the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., just south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. All 64 people on board the Bombardier CRJ700 and 3 on board the helicopter were killed. [8]

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This is a list of aviation-related events in 2021. The aviation industry continued to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is a list of aviation-related events in 2022. Throughout the year, the aviation industry was recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is a list of aviation-related events in 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2025 Potomac River mid-air collision</span> Aviation accident in Washington, D.C.

On January 29, 2025, PSA Airlines Flight 5342, a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner, collided mid-air with a U.S. Army Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River a half-mile (0.8 km) from the approach end of runway 33 of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. All 67 people on board the two aircraft were killed in the crash.

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