A 26-year old woman allegedly hacked into the systems of a flight training school in Florida to delete and tamper with information related to the school's airplanes. In some cases, planes that previously had maintenance issues had been "cleared" to fly, according to a police report. The hack, according to the school's CEO, could have put pilots in danger. (www.vice.com) 更多...
“The first thing you do when you’re in trouble is call, climb and confess — and he did not do any of the three," Diehl said. “These are very basic rules that flight instructors tell their students.” (abcnews.go.com) 更多...
Boeing's former 737 MAX test pilot, Mark Forkner, was indicted for fraud Thursday for allegedly misleading regulators about problems tied to the aircraft's two fatal crashes. (abcnews.go.com) 更多...
England's COVID Pass system went offline for hours on Wednesday, causing British travelers to remain stranded at airports. Some passengers couldn't board their flights, while others suffered delays as both the National Health Service (NHS) website and app experienced issues. (arstechnica.com) 更多...
The aircraft landed safely at Boeing Field at 19:09. According to some sources, it suffered an electrical stabiliser trim failure. The replay of the flight on Flightradar24 shows that the crew had difficulties maintaining altitude and never reached FL150 requested by ATC, nor were they able to maintain FL130 instructed later to return to BFI. (www.aviation24.be) 更多...
ASL Aviation Holdings, an Ireland-based firm, intends to purchase up to 10 conversion kits to make their ATR 72 freighters run on hydrogen. (www.aerotime.aero) 更多...
Airbus' high-endurance stratosphere drone, the Zephyr S, has set a new altitude record for an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in its class, soaring to 76,100 ft (23,915 m) in the skies over Arizona during two flights totaling 36 days aloft. (newatlas.com) 更多...
A judge has extended a restraining order preventing United Airlines from sending unvaccinated employees on indefinite unpaid leave. (simpleflying.com) 更多...
Emergency crews at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. are responding to a jet that has been stopped in the middle of the airport's main runway. The jet sat on the runway for about 10 minutes before fire and rescue crews arrived, according to a video taken of the plane and posted to social media. (www.foxnews.com) 更多...
Honda Aircraft Company today unveiled the "HondaJet 2600 Concept", at a special event hosted by Honda Aircraft Company at the 2021 NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE). Presented as the next generation of business jet, Honda Aircraft displayed a mockup of the HondaJet 2600 Concept to collect customer feedback and validate market demand. (markets.businessinsider.com) 更多...
Big retail companies are scrambling to rent their own freighter aircraft, desperate to get goods to shelves but it is cost them 3 to 5 times more than normal because of the huge congestion within the air supply chain. (www.freightwaves.com) 更多...
Several hundred anti-vaccination protesters, most of them Boeing blue-collar workers, voiced loud and angry opposition to the company’s newly announced vaccine mandate Friday outside the Machinists union hall in Everett. (www.seattletimes.com) 更多...
United Airlines recently shared clues on a mass expansion they would be implementing on their route network. After thoroughly analyzing those clues, here is where we think United could be heading next. (aeroxplorer.com) 更多...
Yesterday, United Airlines released a video full of clues as to where their next group of international routes would be set to go. The airline built much anticipation around this announcement, and the day has finally arrived for the airline to officially announce these routes. (aeroxplorer.com) 更多...
The International Air Transport Association will certify logistics providers for meeting the highest standards of handling lithium batteries going on aircraft. (www.freightwaves.com) 更多...
Delta had strong revenue growth and a profit in the third quarter, a first since COVID. Cargo played a key part in that success. (www.freightwaves.com) 更多...
A former Boeing Co chief technical pilot, accused of deceiving federal regulators evaluating the company’s 737 MAX jet, was charged with fraud on Friday, pleaded not guilty and was released, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in northern Texas said. (www.metro.us) 更多...
A Namibian Air Force F-7 fighter crashed into a security fence at the end of the runway at Ondangwa Airport. The pilot was injured. (aviation-safety.net) 更多...
Southwest Airlines continued to cancel and delay a handful of flights Tuesday although it expects "exponential improvement by the hour." (www.foxbusiness.com) 更多...
Southwest Airlines will give pilots and flight attendants DoorDash memberships starting October 12. The US is currently experiencing a labor shortage, caused by numerous political and social factors. Some workers, including flight attendants, told Insider they have quit due to on-the-job abuse. Southwest Airlines is giving flight attendants and pilots a six-month DoorDash subscription that will cover delivery fees and reduce service fees for purchases, The Dallas Morning News reported. The… (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
A senior U.S. House Democrat who oversaw a massive investigation into the Boeing 737 MAX said on Friday the indictment of a former chief technical pilot should not be the end of the accountability in the two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. (www.foxbusiness.com) 更多...
Southwest and its pilots union have steadfastly denied that workers walked off the job to protest a federal vaccine mandate. (The pilots sued the airline to stop the mandate.) (www.usatoday.com) 更多...
Earlier this week, a Tokyo-bound Japan Airlines Boeing 777 had to return to Los Angeles after departure following an engine malfunction. (simpleflying.com) 更多...
A $2 billion project to build a 1.5 mile elevated rail link connecting New York City to LaGuardia Airport was officially put on hold Tuesday, after weeks of criticism from public officials and a lawsuit from neighborhood and environmental groups. (www.seattletimes.com) 更多...
Flight leg sharing, exclusive to Global Gold and Platinum tier subscribers, allows the limited and secure unblocking of any single flight segment. Operators maintain overall privacy while leveraging greater flexibility. Users can privately share any specific flight leg of a blocked aircraft by offering temporary “view only” access to anyone, even non-account holders, via a simple email. (flightaware.com) 更多...
In all, with the new operations and the restart of flights, the Brazilian market will have 27 weekly connections from the Air France-KLM Group to its hubs in Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 更多...
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will receive their first KC-46 tanker aircraft next month during a delivery ceremony at the military base in southern New Jersey. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) 更多...
Delta Announced that it will start doing direct flights from KDTW to PHNL starting February 2022. Flights happening once a day in a Beoing 767-300ER (news.delta.com) 更多...
The McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was carrying 21 people: 18 passengers and three crew members. Everyone was evacuated safely from the plane, with one person reporting minor injuries. (www.foxnews.com) 更多...
The Airbus BelugaXL is a large transport aircraft based on the Airbus A330-200 Freighter airliner, built by Airbus to replace the original Airbus Beluga in the movement of oversized aircraft components like wings. (www.leaderlive.co.uk) 更多...
FlightAware, the largest provider of flight information and actionable aviation intelligence, announced the launch of FlightAware Global Silver, a lower-cost addition to the popular Global flight tracking suite platform used by over 15,000 business jets for accurate, reliable flight tracking. Global Silver, the first level and newest entry in the three tier Global flight tracking platform, provides an enriched experience for business aircraft operators needing simplified connectivity among… (flightaware.com) 更多...
"Business aviation traffic numbers soared to the highest they've been in three years, exceeding 2019 numbers by 26% this past week (October 11 - October 14) as thousands gathered to innovate and grow business aviation at the 2021 NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas." (blog.flightaware.com) 更多...
