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GET
/
api
/
news
Route News
curl --request GET \
  --url https://app.airrating.io/api/news
{
  "origin": "<string>",
  "destination": "<string>",
  "news": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "summary": "<string>",
      "source": "<string>",
      "url": "<string>",
      "published_at": "<string>",
      "impact": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "cached": true,
  "cached_at": "<string>"
}

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Overview

Returns recent news articles, strike alerts, weather warnings, and disruption reports relevant to a given route. Powered by AI curation — only items with a meaningful impact on flight reliability are included.

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Request

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origin
string
required
IATA code of the departure airport.
​
dest
string
required
IATA code of the arrival airport.
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refresh
boolean
default:"false"
If true, bypasses the cache and fetches fresh news. Use sparingly — news is cached for 6 hours by default.
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api_key
string
required
Your API key.

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Response

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origin
string
IATA code of the departure airport.
​
destination
string
IATA code of the arrival airport.
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news
array
List of news items relevant to the route.
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cached
boolean
Whether the response was served from cache.
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cached_at
string
ISO 8601 timestamp of when the cache was last populated.

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Example

curl "https://app.airrating.io/api/news?origin=FCO&dest=LHR&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"
Response
{
  "origin": "FCO",
  "destination": "LHR",
  "news": [
    {
      "title": "Heathrow ATC staffing issues expected this weekend",
      "summary": "Air traffic control understaffing at Heathrow may cause ground delays of 30–60 minutes on Saturday.",
      "source": "AviationHerald",
      "url": "https://example.com/article",
      "published_at": "2026-04-08T14:30:00Z",
      "impact": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "cached": true,
  "cached_at": "2026-04-09T08:00:00Z"
}
You can also include news inline in the /api/score response by passing news=true. This avoids a second API call if you need both the score and news context together.