JetBlue is strengthening its face covering policy to prohibit masks with vents or exhalation valves, and will no longer allow customers to claim exemptions from wearing a face covering altogether. (kokpitherald.com) 更多...
Alaska Airlines is the latest airline to announce it will no longer allow medical exemptions from its mask-wearing requirement. The carrier said that if a passenger was unwilling or unable to wear one, they would not be permitted to fly. Despite evidence that wearing masks can significantly limit the spread of the coronavirus, masks have become a flashpoint for conflicts aboard flights (as well as elsewhere). Alaska Airlines said on Wednesday that it will no longer fly passengers who are… (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
The city is advancing plans for its municipal airport with a focus on clearing out a desolate neighborhood, reopening a long-closed road and decommissioning a runway. (www.detroitnews.com) 更多...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday proposed to fine Boeing just over $1.25 million for violations in the program that allows company employees to perform oversight on behalf of the safety agency. (www.seattletimes.com) 更多...
After entering into voluntary administration in April of this year, Virgin Australia (VA) has announced its plans for restructuring and how it will operate post-administration. The plan focuses on six key points, each specific to a different facet of the company. (www.youtube.com) 更多...
Emirates has announced it will resume its A380 operations to Toronto starting 16 August, taking its A380 network to six cities. (kokpitherald.com) 更多...
Textron Aviation ushered in the next generation of its legendary King Air turboprop family on Tuesday with the introduction of the Beechcraft King Air 360/360ER. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) 更多...
Airbus announced that it had delivered 49 aircraft in July. Numbers were up from the months prior but included only narrow body jets of the A220 and A320neo families. Nearly half have yet to enter into service. This included Middle Eastern Airlines’ (MEA) and Vistara’s very first A321neo jets. (simpleflying.com) 更多...
With passenger traffic slowly increasing, Russia’s Irkut MC-21-300 (Иркут МС-21) is all set to take it to the skies. The aircraft is ready to lift off by the end of the year, with locally made engines. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
United Airlines is now cleaning pilot flight decks with Ultraviolet C (UVC) lighting technology on most aircraft at its hub airports to disinfect the flight deck interior and continue providing pilots with a sanitary work environment. (kokpitherald.com) 更多...
Air Transat announced the destinations it will offer travellers as of November 1, 2020, strengthening its overall program since gradually resuming its operations on July 23. (kokpitherald.com) 更多...
According to a new report, US federal officials are looking to fine Boeing due to its negligence involving the 737 MAX safety procedures. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
More than a decade has passed since researchers demonstrated serious privacy and and security holes in satellite-based Internet services. The weaknesses allowed attackers to snoop on and sometimes tamper with data received by millions of users thousands of miles away. You might expect that in 2020—as satellite Internet has grown more popular—providers would have fixed those shortcomings, but you’d be wrong. (arstechnica.com) 更多...
