Boeing 747s Are Back From the Dead

The “Queen of the Skies” seemed doomed to the desert boneyards, but package haulers are rushing to snap up the aging jumbo jets. (www.bloomberg.com) 更多...

Boeing 737 crashes on takeoff from Havana

Cuba’s state-run television reports that a Boeing 737 Cubana de Aviacion flight crashed as it took off from Havana’s Jose Marti airport. An airport source tells CNN’s Patrick Oppmann the flight was heading to Guyana, adding that there are casualties. It is unclear how many passengers were on board and/or if there are fatalities. (www.cnn.com) 更多...

FlightAware privacy policy updated

The privacy of our user’s data is important to FlightAware and FlightAware has taken many steps to protect that data. We updated our privacy policy to provide additional clarity about how we collect and use personal data as well as how users can manage that data. (flightaware.com) 更多...

Alaska Airlines' First Flight Piloted by Two African-American Women

Alaska Airlines added to its own history with their first-ever flight commanded by two African-American women pilots. Captain Tara Write and First Officer Mallory Cave operated the carrier's historic flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Portland (PDX). (www.foxnews.com) 更多...

MH370 search to end 29 May: new government

Malaysia's new government has declared that the current search effort for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will end on 29 May. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...

Escaped Monkey Captured At San Antonio Airport

SAN ANTONIO (CBS News) — Authorities say a monkey went bananas after escaping from its crate Monday at the San Antonio International Airport, CBS affiliate KENS-TV reports. The monkey made its escape as it was being transported from a plane to the baggage area. San Antonio Police said officials cornered the animal inside a room at the airport around 3:45 p.m. local time. (losangeles.cbslocal.com) 更多...

Folding wings of the 777X take shape (video)

Washington - Boeing released a video featuring the foldable wings of future 777X in its Everett factory, a first in civil aviation. The maiden flight of the aircraft is scheduled for next year. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

The World’s Shortest International Jet Flight? Aruba Airlines Launches 8-minute Flight To Punto Fijo

Aruban flag carrier, Aruba Airlines, launched what could arguably be labeled as the world’s shortest commercial flight by jet plane. The airline, in partnership with the Venezuelan government, inaugurated its Aruba (AUA)-Punto Fijo (LSP) route on its Bombardier CRJ-200LR yesterday. The two airports are separated by a short 50 miles. However, the two countries are separated by 15 miles (24 km). Currently, the world’s shortest commercial flight is Loganair’s Westray to Papa Westray, scheduled to… (airwaysmag.com) 更多...

Flybe to return all Embraer 195 aircraft

Regional carrier Flybe has confirmed it is to return all of its Embraer 195 jets, as part of plans to reduce the size of its fleet. (www.businesstraveller.com) 更多...

User Fees By Another Name - Dallas Set To Implement GA Landing Fee at Love Field

The city cited increasing costs for keeping up with traffic and maintenance needs in its decision to approve the fee. But airport officials also stress that they want to ensure that general aviation pays its “fair share.” (www.ainonline.com) 更多...

Man who ignited midair brawl on Seattle-to-Beijing flight sentenced to 2 years in prison

A Florida man who went berserk last July on a Seattle-to-Beijing flight, beating passengers and crew members with a wine bottle before being subdued, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison. (www.seattletimes.com) 更多...

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary: "Airlines are going to topple due to high oil prices"

On MAy 22, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary told CNBC that he expects some of their European rivals to request payment deferral in the coming months. The high fuel costs mean that a number of airlines in the region would fail, according to the Irish executive (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

FAA paves the way for supersonic passenger planes

Washington - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to regulate the noise emission of supersonic passenger aircraft, thereby promoting the market launch of new generation passenger planes. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

Lufthansa shows off new Airbus A350 at Vancouver International

Lufthansa gave press an inside look at its Airbus A350-900 in early May, as the airline made this British Columbia city its latest destination to be served by the jet. (www.usatoday.com) 更多...

Air Canada: No plans to exercise 787 options

Air Canada does not plan to exercise options on Boeing 787s, CFO Michael Rousseau said at a recent industry event. He cited market conditions for the decision. (canadianaviationnews.wordpress.com) 更多...

Vueling A320 almost to land at the wrong Hamburg Airport

Hamburg - On May 11, An Airbus A320 from Vueling was about to land at the wrong airport. Instead of its final destination Hamburg Airport at the north of the city, the flight crew intended to land at Finkenwerder, the airport at the local Airbus plant. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

How Airplane Windows Are Designed To Withstand Enormous Stresses, And How They Can Fail

Here's what you should know about the rules, standards and methods of design, and testing and manufacturing of these critical aircraft structures. (www.forbes.com) 更多...

Listen to the pilots of SWA1380 land the plane

Audio has been condensed but includes all publicly available ATC transmissions to/from SWA1380 from the time they declared an emergency to the time they stopped on the ground. Audio quality of these feeds varies dramatically just due to distance to transmitters, A/D converters, interference, receivers, bandwidth, bitrate, compression, digital artifacts, dither, all that fun stuff, etc. (www.youtube.com) 更多...

Saudia A330 makes emergency landing with nose gear up

A Saudia Airbus A330 made an emergency landing at Jeddah's King Abdul Aziz International airport with its nose landing gear retracted on 21 May. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise is in talks with Boeing and Airbus for an order of 400 aircraft

Dubai - The Gulf-based leasing company Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is in talks with Boeing and Airbus to buy 400 aircraft Reuters reports. The order cycle is slowing down for both Airbus and Boeing. However, industry experts predict strong growth for air travel in the coming years, notably led by the continued expansion of low-cost operators. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

Russian Utair orders 30, 737 MAX 8

Moscow - Khanty-Mansiysk -based Russian airline operator finally launches its long-delayed fleet renewal. In the backlog of Boeing, the order had been attributed to an anonymous customer. Now Boeing has revealed that it was Utair who ordered the 30, 737 MAX 8. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

Airbus Finding Difficulty in Selling the A330neo

After losing their Hawaiian Airlines order, it seems like Airbus is having trouble finding customers for their A330neo models. Their chances at winning orders in a recent bid to sell the A330neo to United Airlines as a replacement for their aging 767s is dwindling as competition with Boeing and their 787s is fierce. (finance.yahoo.com) 更多...

First Aircraft for WestJet Link Spotted in Vancouver

The first Pacific Coastal Airlines Saab 340B painted in the WestJet livery to do business as WestJet Link has been spotted in Vancouver, B.C. Photo of the aircraft included in the link. (www.theavgeek.net) 更多...

Cuba confirms 110 killed in country's deadliest plane crash since 1989

Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of an aging Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana had killed 110 of the 113 on board, making it the Caribbean island’s deadliest air disaster in nearly 30 years. (uk.reuters.com) 更多...

Investigators identify Russian military unit in downing of flight MH17

The Dutch Safety Board concluded that the Boeing 777 was struck by a Russian-made Buk missile. (uk.reuters.com) 更多...

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Has a Few Things to Say about Embraer’s Legacy 500

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, an accomplished pilot, recently visited Embraer to spend some time flying a Legacy 500, which the employees personalized for the occasion. Here’s what he had to say about it. (www.ainonline.com) 更多...

Allegiant Welcomes Its First-In-Fleet American Made Airbus A320

Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) this week welcomed its first U.S.-produced A320 aircraft from the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama. A team of Allegiant employees and executives from the company's headquarters in Las Vegas joined Airbus' leadership team at the production facility for a special ceremony to officially mark the delivery. The Airbus A320 is the 11th of 13 new A320 aircraft scheduled for purchase directly from Airbus, to be inducted into Allegiant's fleet this year.… (www.prnewswire.com) 更多...

One Statistic Shows Why Passengers Share the Blame for Uncomfortable Flights

America's airlines have become experts at earning money in recent years. More specifically, they've discovered the power of auxiliary income. As a result, complimentary services like checked luggage or in-flight snacks have been unbundled into new money-making avenues. (www.businessinsider.com) 更多...

Jet Airways Announces Flights To Manchester

Adding on to more news of success for Manchester Airport (MAN) is Indian carrier Jet Airways, announcing the launch of a four-times-weekly service from Mumbai starting November 5, 2018. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...

ANALYSIS: US Major Airlines' Fifth Failure

A three-year battle started by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines against the major Gulf carriers appears to have ended with little to show for the millions of dollars of campaigning by the US airlines and affiliated unions. (atwonline.com) 更多...

Au Canada, Une nouvelle étape a été franchie mercredi pour mieux protéger les clients des transporteurs aériens.

Le projet de loi C-49, qui établit la charte des voyageurs, a finalement été adopté par le Sénat mardi soir et est devenu loi mercredi après-midi après un an de débat. Les habitués du transport aérien devront toutefois attendre encore quelques mois avant d'avoir les outils nécessaires pour obtenir des compensations en cas de mauvais service. L'élaboration de cette charte revient à l'Office des transports du Canada qui doit lancer des consultations. (www.lapresse.ca) 更多...

Airbus Proposes H135 for Navy Trainer

Airbus Helicopters announced this morning that it is offering the light twin Airbus H135 as a candidate for the U.S. Navy’s planned helicopter trainer replacement program. (www.ainonline.com) 更多...

American Avenged A321T with the theme of the movie The Avengers

American Airlines in partnership with Marvel Studios and the American Cancer Society Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have unveiled to the public an Airbus A321T aircraft... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 更多...

Pregnant, deaf woman punched along with her service dog on airplane

Chaos on-board an airplane heading to Orlando when police say a man punched a service dog in the face because his wife was allergic. He also hit the animal's owner, who is deaf, and pregnant. (www.wthr.com) 更多...

Philippines AirAsia Targets 70-Aircraft Fleet by 2028

Philippines AirAsia (PAA) will grow its fleet strongly over the next 10 years and build up its hub at Clark. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...

Livery Update: Air Canada Paints First Airbus A320 In New Livery (+Photos)

The latest aircraft type in Air Canada’s fleet to receive the new black, white, and red livery, introduced in February 2017, is the Airbus A320. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...

Airlines Are Quietly Cutting Corners On Costs And Pilot Experience

Over the past couple of decades, the familiar landscape of the airline industry has changed dramatically. Now, smaller and lesser-known regional airlines carry roughly half of all domestic passengers for America’s “legacy” airlines. They supply the legacy airlines with a tremendous cost reduction. They do this by paying their employees only a fraction of what legacy airline employees make in salary. (dailycaller.com) 更多...

An Old Airplane is Not an Unsafe One

The recent crash of a leased-Cubana Boeing 737 has caused the media to focus on the age of the aircraft. The Mexican registered airplane crashed on takeoff from Havana on a domestic flight to Holguin. The aircraft involved in the accident was a thirty-nine-year-old Boeing 737-200 that was manufactured in 1979. The accident is under investigation, though the media is focusing on the age of the aircraft as a primary cause. (airlinegeeks.com) 更多...

Airbus: ACJ320neo Family enters production

Manufacture of the first ACJ320neo has begun, with elements taking shape across Europe and final assembly due to begin in June, followed by the first delivery of the “green” aircraft to Acropolis Aviation of the UK in the last quarter of this year. A second ACJ320neo will follow by year-end. (www.eturbonews.com) 更多...

Volaris Launches San Jose-El Salvador-Washington Dulles Flights

Ultra low-cost carrier Volaris Costa Rica started flying to Washington D.C. from San José’s Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) via San Salvador International Airport (SAL) since last week. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...

Airbus Supporting A319 Windshield Blow-Out Probe

Airbus has dispatched a technical team to support Chinese and French authorities leading the investigation into an incident in which a cockpit window separated from a Sichuan Airlines Airbus A319. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...

Mexico Suspends Damojh Airlines Operations Following Crash

Mexico’s Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) has suspended the license of Damojh Airlines, the operator involved in the May 18 crash of a Boeing 737-200, the civil aviation authority said on Monday. (www.ainonline.com) 更多...

Possible hijack attempt – Flydubai #FZ301 returned to Dubai due to a threatening passenger armed with a knife

Flydubai has denied reports on Wednesday of an attempt to hijack its plane in Iranian airspace. Azad News Agency said: “The Iranian Air Traffic Engineering Directorate announced that the flight of FlyDubai Airlines, from Dubai to Kabul, was over Iran when a person armed with a knife tried to enter the cockpit. The pilots succeeded in locking in and asked to return to Dubai airport.” (www.airlive.net) 更多...

Secret TSA Watch List Targets Combative, Unruly Passengers

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has created a watch list of people who act unruly and combative at airport checkpoints, according to an unsealed directive reviewed May 17 by the New York Times. (atwonline.com) 更多...

Boeing Trade-Case Win Prompts New Trump Threat of EU Sanctions

The U.S. threatened to impose sanctions against the European Union after the World Trade Organization ruled that Airbus SE received illegal government funding to develop jetliners, costing Boeing Co. sales. (www.bloomberg.com) 更多...

Seattle Welcomes Aer Lingus: Inaugural Flight From Dublin

Bagpipes roared across the ramp near gate A12 Friday evening as Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) welcomed its newest airline, Aer Lingus, for the first time. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...

EDIC Horizon orders two Bell 429S

EDIC Horizon International Flight Academy to acquire two Bell 429 aircraft. Based at Al Ain International Airport, the Horizon International EDIC Flight Academy uses its fleet of aircraft entirely ... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 更多...

U.S. Open Skies Agreement with Brazil Finally Implemented

After years of negotiations, on May 21 the exchange of diplomatic notes between the governments of Brazil and United States marked the final implementation of the Open Skies Agreement signed in March 2011. (airlinegeeks.com) 更多...

The second MS-21 starts flight testing (video)

Moscow - The second prototype of the MS-21 started flight testing phase on May 12 in Irkutsk. A total of four test aircraft are planned for the certification campaign of the Russian single-aisle. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

Éditorial sur la poursuite des employés d'AVEOS contre Air Canada.

L'action collective qui vient d'être autorisée contre Air Canada est une lueur d'espoir pour les ex-travailleurs de maintenance d'Aveos. Mais cette cause nous rappelle aussi à quel point les gouvernements, eux, ont fermé les yeux et passé l'éponge sur les obligations du transporteur. Le fédéral a beau avoir assoupli sa loi sur Air Canada il y a deux ans, le non-respect des obligations antérieures de l'entreprise continue à la hanter. (www.lapresse.ca) 更多...