China Eastern Black Box Points to Intentional Nosedive

Flight data indicates someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed a China Eastern jet earlier this year, according to people familiar with U.S. officials’ preliminary assessment of what led to the accident. (www.wsj.com) Mehr...

Frustrated with Inaccurate Estimated Taxi Times?

FlightAware launches new predictive technology to take the guesstimate out of taxi times. (flightaware.com) Mehr...

Qantas 787 Flight Flew With 4 Covered Static Ports

A Qantas 787 was found to have four of its engine static ports taped up on a flight used to transport freight from from Melbourne to Los Angeles. (www.gatechecked.com) Mehr...

United Airlines Reaches Agreement With ALPA Union Amid Pilot Shortage

The Air Line Pilots Association has reached an agreement ‘in principle’ with United Airlines on new contract terms – a deal that is a direct result of an acute pilot shortage in the aftermath of the pandemic. The situation in the US has forced many airlines to scale back operations temporarily and revise contracts to boost pay and bonuses for employees. (simpleflying.com) Mehr...

FAA cleares PW-4000 powered 777s to fly again

United Airlines said Tuesday that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had cleared the return of the airlines’ Boeing 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney PW-4000 series engines... (www.aviationweekly.org) Mehr...

Airline unions favor Spirit-Frontier merger May 18

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA who represents Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines flight attendants said on Tuesday they backed the two carriers’ planned merger... (www.aviationweekly.org) Mehr...

FAA to let United use B-777 jets grounded after engine failure

Federal safety regulators have approved a path for United Airlines to resume using dozens of Boeing 777 jets that have been grounded since the engine on one plane blew apart over Denver last year. The FAA confirmed Tuesday May 17 that it has approved steps necessary for flights to resume using the planes, which have engines made by Pratt & Whitney. United’s chief commercial officer, Andrew Nocella, said some of the planes will be in use within a week. The planes had recently appeared in… (apnews.com) Mehr...

ATR to launch a new aircraft program in 2023

TOULOUSE, FRANCE — Franco-Italian turboprop aircraft manufacturer announced its plans for the next generation of its best-selling family of regional aircraft by 2030, the ATR' EVO. (www.airlinerwatch.com) Mehr...

Boeing needs to get its s*** together, Ryanair CEO says

New York (CNN Business)The CEO of Ryanair let loose a scathing, obscenity-laden attack on Boeing management Monday, saying company executives need either an immediate "reboot, or a boot up the a**." (edition.cnn.com) Mehr...

Don't Expect High Airfares To Go Soon, Frontier Airlines' CEO Believes

According to Barry Biffle, CEO of Frontier Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ULCC), airfares could remain high for the foreseeable future because the forces driving up pricing aren't going away. "Their input costs are going up. Unless that subsides, I can't see why fares would go down," Mr. Biffle stated while speaking at The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival. The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index shows that… (www.msn.com) Mehr...

Air France-KLM forms cargo alliance with French shipping giant CMA CGM

Air France-KLM and new airline CMA CGM expand their capacity and reach with a major cargo partnership. (www.freightwaves.com) Mehr...