FlightAware Predictive Technology Added to The United Airlines Operational Toolset

FlightAware announced today that United Airlines has integrated its predictive data tool into the airline's operational toolset to help decrease the instance of preventable delays; reduce missed passenger connections; and help prevent flight cancellations. FlightAware operates the world's largest flight tracking and data platform, fusing thousands of data sources around the world to provide the most accurate and comprehensive flight tracking intelligence. Over half of all estimated… (flightaware.com) Mehr...

A History of the Boarding Bridge

Surprisingly thorough history of the jetbridge, the origins of which date back to 1931... (www.airporthistory.org) Mehr...

Air Force 2 Reports Bird Strike and Returns - C-17 Becomes Air Force 2

Air Force 2 Hit By Bird Strike After Takeoff From New Hampshire. Vice President Mike Pence, who attended a rally in Gilford Tuesday, returned to Washington via cargo jet after Air Force 2 was grounded (patch.com) Mehr...

Would you risk getting COVID-19 for unlimited flights?

Despite conclusive evidence that COVID-19 can spread rapidly on flights, airlines are attempting to woo passengers back onto planes with unlimited flight promotions. (nypost.com) Mehr...

Pilot may have been attempting aerobatics when crashed in Groton, SD.

The pilot died and his wife was hospitalized. This was at a Fly In/Drive In event. He was flying a 1997 American Champion 8KCAB (www.argusleader.com) Mehr...

Heart Unveils Electric Propulsion System for ES-19 Airliner

Heart Aerospace on Wednesday unveiled the electric propulsion system that will power the ES-19 regional airliner it claims will be ready to enter commercial service in the summer of 2026. The Swedish company, which is backed by EQT Ventures, also announced that it has secured €2.5 million ($2.9 million) in financial support from the European Innovation Council Green Deal Accelerator Program. The 19-seat ES-19 features four propellers powered by electric motors. The preliminary design for the… (www.ainonline.com) Mehr...

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's historic personal plane found rotting in ghostly Arctic aircraft graveyard

The rusting twin-engine Ilyushin Il-14P was found in Chersky, north Russia A photo shows Cold War tsar Khrushchev with the plane in the late 1950s It lies among other relics of Soviet aviation in the polar village's plane cemetery Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's historic personal plane has been found rotting in an aircraft graveyard in the Arctic. The rusting twin-engine Ilyushin Il-14P, which he flew after succeeding Stalin in the Kremlin, was located in Chersky, in the north of… (www.dailymail.co.uk) Mehr...

Airlines call for COVID-19 tests before all international flights

Global airlines called on Tuesday for airport COVID-19 tests for all departing international passengers to replace the quarantines they blame for exacerbating the travel slump. (uk.reuters.com) Mehr...

NTSB: Pilot's actions likely caused Earnhardt plane crash

A pilot's inability to maintain proper airspeed and the flight crew's decision to continue an unstable approach and landing likely caused the crash of a small plane carrying race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his family in 2019, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report released Wednesday. The NTSB's final accident report points to actions by the pilot and co-pilot in the Aug. 15, 2019 plane crash at an airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Earnhardt was with… (www.yahoo.com) Mehr...

Airforwarders adjust to new COVID business environment

A survey by the Airforwarders Association shows how COVID has impacted business for its members, who manage cargo shipments for retailers, manufacturers, non-governmental organizations and other entities. (www.freightwaves.com) Mehr...

Embraer (ERJ) suffers impacts of the pandemic and reduces employees

The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer worsened in situations with the break of partnership with Boeing and with the time of the pandemic... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Mehr...

Etihad To Increase Boeing 787 Fleet to 51 | Airways Magazine

Etihad Airways (EY) has unveiled to Middle-Eastern media that it will increase its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet to 51 by next year. (airwaysmag.com) Mehr...

Ukraine International Rolls Out 13 Hour Boeing 737 Flight To New York

Ukrainian International Airlines will be resuming service from its hub at Kyiv Boryspil International Airport to JFK Airport in New York City. The service will see spending 12 and a half hours in a Boeing 737-900. The flight will have a technical stop in Iceland. (simpleflying.com) Mehr...

Iran Air Refurbishes One Of Its Boeing 747s

Iran Air has completed the refurbishment works on one of its Boenig 747-200. The aircraft, registered EP-ICD, is a 32-year-old model and has been in service with Iran Air since 2008. (simpleflying.com) Mehr...

JetBlue Releases First Photos Of “Streamers” Tail on A321LR For London Flights

JetBlue has lifted the veil on a new and special tail livery, dubbed “streamers”. (www.gatechecked.com) Mehr...