The Northern Ireland International Airshow will not take place in 2026 after councillors agreed to postpone the flagship seaside event until 2028. The move was agreed by the borough’s Leisure & Development Committee on Tuesday evening and will be ratified by the full council next month.

After eleven past editions, the Airpower air show will take place again in 2027. The long-awaited confirmation was issued in a press release by the Austrian Federal Army, ending months of speculation about whether Europe’s largest air event would be staged after the successful 2024 edition in Zeltweg.

or more than fifty years, the White-Red Sparks were the flying symbol of Polish aviation. Their red-and-white TS-11 Iskras painted the sky with smoke trails that became as familiar at Radom as they were at international airshows across Europe. The team’s elegant seven-ship formations were a highlight of countless displays, and for generations of spectators, they embodied both national pride and the skill of Poland’s pilots. When the Polish Air Force retired the Iskra in 2021 and formally disbanded the team a year later, many assumed that this chapter of airshow history had finally closed.