Avianca Sues Couple For $90,000 Over Disruptive Behavior On Flight

Avianca is suing a couple for US $90,000 in damages following an incident on board a flight to Sao Paulo Guarulhos. (www.gatechecked.com) More...

Decorated pilot Harry Stewart, Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100

Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of the famed 332nd Fighter Group also known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The group were the nation’s first Black military pilots. The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed his death. The organization said he passed peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on Sunday. (apnews.com) More...

JAL strikes parked Delta 737 in Seattle

A taxiing JAL 787 struck a parked Delta 737 at KSEA. The Japan Air Lines flight had arrived from Tokyo Narita a few minutes earlier. No injuries reported. (komonews.com) More...

Unruly Passenger Smashes Plexiglass Window On Frontier Airlines Flight

A Frontier Airlines passenger had to be restrained after becoming combative mid-flight from Denver to Houston. (www.gatechecked.com) More...

Cessna Caravan landing at BIKF Keflavik, Iceland with 47+ knot winds

Fast forward to 5:00 in to the video. FA doesn't like links with time references: For those that do not know Guido Warnecke, he is a former commercial charter pilot that now does transfers, shuttling aircraft all across the globe. This part of one of his videos is interesting not for the flying of the Grand Caravan in the air, but the flying while taxiing! It is impressive to see how the yoke is reacting to the strong cross winds and shows how Guido is wrestling with the yoke even to… (www.youtube.com) More...

FAA Drops Flight Arrival Rate at Reagan National

The Federal Aviation Administration is reportedly reducing rates to help ease the strain on air traffic controllers at the airport. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

JetBlue Axes Key Northeast Route

The airline plans to end this route in April, citing rising costs. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

How Allegiant’s Florida Resort Became a Drain on Its Profits

In December 2023, Allegiant Air officially opened a resort in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. The resort, which spans 22 acres, has 20 restaurants and bars, and 785 rooms, was once called “transformational” for Allegiant by the carrier’s former CEO and founder Maury Gallagher. The ultra-low-cost carrier decided to open the hotel — called the Sunseeker Resort — after seeing success with third-party hotel bookings. But just over a year later, Allegiant is looking to offload its southwest Florida resort… (skift.com) More...

Duffy: FAA Keeping All Safety Positions

Several agency positions will be exempt from federal hiring freezes and early buyouts. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Tracking system was off in US Army helicopter that collided with passenger jet: Senator

In a tragic incident near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter was involved in a collision with an American Airlines regional jet last week, resulting in a devastating loss of life. This marks the deadliest aviation disaster in over two decades in the U.S., with a confirmed 67 fatalities following the crash on January 29. Following the collision, Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, revealed crucial details regarding the… (www.msn.com) More...

Entebbe to Johannesburg in cockpit Uganda Airlines Airbus A330-800neo

Entebbe to Johannesburg in cockpit Uganda Airlines Airbus A330-800neo (www.youtube.com) More...

CRJ Increased Pitch Moments Before Crash

Investigators said a traffic advisory was also audible in the flight deck. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Flight with 10 souls disappears in Alaska

Bering Air Flight 445, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, disappeared on Thursday afternoon while it was flying over the Bering Sea on a route from Unalakleet to Nome, a city some 530 miles northwest of Anchorage. Search is underway at the time of this post. (bnonews.com) More...

TSA Staff Can’t Take Federal Buyouts

Agency leadership told employees they were exempt. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Two dead after plane crashes into vehicles on busy road in Sao Paulo

Two people have died after a plane crashed into vehicles on a busy road in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. (news.sky.com) More...

Overhauling Authentication at FlightAware

As FlightAware moves away from its monolithic Tcl tech stack to a distributed micro service architecture, many core services need to be split out from the monolith to keep the system running. Perhaps most important is authentication: a software product needs to have a means of knowing who you are so that it can serve you appropriate, helpful, and actionable information, and make it possible to ensure that your information does not end up in the hands of others (a topic about which we will have… (flightaware.engineering) More...

Air India Cabin Crews Arrested at Zurich Airport, Switzerland

Five Air India (AI) cabin crew members were arrested at Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland for not carrying a valid Crew Member Certificate (CMC), a document required for visa-free entry of flight crew. (aviationa2z.com) More...

Sun Country to Fly 737-900ER This Summer

The jet will be the largest in the carrier’s fleet. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Will the U.S. Finally Modernize Its Air Traffic System?

The President of the United States has stated he plans to discuss legislation with congressional leaders to create a new U.S. air traffic control system after the fatal crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (www.airwaysmag.com) More...

Ex-United Pilot Sues After Buckling 767 Fuselage

The first officer has sued United alleging the carrier falsely reported aviation records to the Federal Aviation Administration. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

In the cockpit of the Zambia Airways Q-400 across Zambia

In the cockpit of the Zambia Airways Q-400 across Zambia (www.youtube.com) More...

Woman suing Alaska Airlines, claims airline negligent in sexual assault

A woman is suing Alaska Airlines after a man allegedly sexually assaulted her during a flight. (mynorthwest.com) More...

Airlines Back Trump ATC Plan

Trump has tasked Elon Musk’s DOGE team to take action at the FAA. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Plane crashes in Philadelphia, igniting inferno near homes and mall

A plane reportedly crashed on a street near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Friday night, igniting nearby cars and homes in flames. The crash happened at about 6:30 p.m. after a plane carrying two people took off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. (www.foxnews.com) More...

Emirates’ $20 billion plan for new A380neo superjumbo

The Gulf colossus wants Airbus to build a better version of the superjumbo… (www.executivetraveller.com) More...

737 MAX Engine Fire Caused by Improper Maintenance

The NTSB published its final report on the 2023 incident. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Transatlantic flights flew over 800 mph after freezing weather juiced the jet stream

On Wednesday, at least two transatlantic flights reached top ground speeds above 800 mph. They were still technically subsonic because they were propelled by a faster-than-usual jet stream. (www.yahoo.com) More...

Bizarre: American Boeing 787 Keeps Diverting, Has Very Bad 25 Days

Something’s wrong with an American Boeing 787-8 . (onemileatatime.com) More...