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The global pilot shortage is a significant challenge facing the aviation industry today. This shortage is driven by factors such as increased demand for air travel, an aging workforce, and the lengthy and costly process of pilot training. As airlines around the world struggle to fill cockpit seats, the impact is felt across all sectors of the industry, including those…

New York CNN  —  Buying this week’s groceries or paying for a full tank of gas with a credit card might contribute more to the profits of the airline industry than buying a one-way ticket. That’s because frequent flyer programs have become a crucial part of the airline industry’s profitability. And that’s due to the billions of dollars banks and…

Air Belgium, which halted its passenger flight operations in 2023, faces bankruptcy within two weeks after so far failing to find a new investor for the airline.  Representatives for Air Belgium appeared before the Nivelles business tribunal on September 3, 2024, where the carrier was granted two more weeks to find a solution.  According to L’Echo, Air Belgium has been shielded from…

New York CNN  —  Buying this week’s groceries or paying for a full tank of gas with a credit card might contribute more to the profits of the airline industry than buying a one-way ticket. That’s because frequent flyer programs have become a crucial part of the airline industry’s profitability. And that’s due to the billions of dollars banks and…

Chris Baraniuk It’s estimated that one third of the world’s airline seats are made in Northern Ireland In a warehouse building in a quiet town in Northern Ireland, a robot arm is opening and closing an airplane meal table over and over again. It has been programmed to carry out this mundane task no fewer than 28,000 times, day and…

With the introduction of the Cirrus SR22T in 2010, general aviation had a truly modern, high-flying, personal airplane that could fly at over 200 mph and make reliable long-distance travel a reality for the single-engine piston set. However, if we turn back the clock nearly 90 years, wealthy Tulsa, Oklahoma, oil magnate William  Skelly created an airplane that matched each…

The beleaguered Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has safely returned to Earth three months after blasting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on June 5, 2024.     As planned, the Boeing Starliner returned without its crew, with astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, remaining onboard the International Space Station (ISS) over safety concerns about the capsule.   Stunning footage…

The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) second World Sustainability Symposium (WSS) will focus on actions needed to achieve the airline industry’s commitment to net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050. The event will take place in Miami, USA on 24-25 September 2024, hosted by American Airlines. “Sustainability is an existential challenge for humanity as it is for our airline industry. Achieving net-zero CO2 emissions…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Corporate watchdog Accountable.US welcomed the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new inquiry into whether the rewards programs offered by the top four U.S. airlines are engaging in “potential unfair, deceptive, or anticompetitive practices” that harm consumers. Accountable.US has previously documented how three of airlines named in DOT probe — American Airlines, Delta and United – are among six…

Never Fall for This Airline Trick: Why Codeshare Flights Can Ruin Your Trip by Gary Leff on September 7, 2024 Codeshares are a terrible practice in the airline industry. One airline sells a seat on another airline’s flight but pretends it is their flight. The flight is, say, on Air Canada You’re flying an Air Canada plane with an Air…

Korean Air announced that it is expanding its China and Japan networks to meet the recovering travel demand in the North Asian region. Following a four-year hiatus, the South Korean flag carrier will resume its routes from Seoul Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Mudanjiang Hailang International Airport (MDG) in China on October 22, 2024, and Gimhae International Airport (PUS) in…

A spokesman said news of Riyadh Air’s impending launch had been enough to trigger a flurry of inbound interest from pilots, with 15,000 applications received from across the world. Riyadh Air’s pilot team includes a former chief pilot from Virgin, which last week signed a cooperation pact with the Middle Eastern carrier after announcing a new route to the Saudi…

Ask the front porch gang at the local airport which is better, a “six-pack” full of traditional round dial instruments or a bright new glass cockpit screen, and the answers will be all over the map.   The more experienced aviators in the group may extol the virtues of a panel full of round dials, even as they throw a…

Delta Air Lines’ Chief Sustainability Officer, Amelia DeLuca, discusses the company’s strategies for reducing direct carbon emissions and efforts to increase sustainable aviation fuel production in the airline industry. This conversation is part of the ESG Talk Climate Week series, hosted by Andie Wood and brought to you by Workiva (WK), the world’s only unified…

Visitors to the Sun’n Fun 2024 Aerospace Expo, which took place in April 2024 in Lakeland, Florida, came across an aircraft that looked like straight of the 1920s.    The aircraft in question certainly looked the part, but it didn’t come out of a museum or some heritage flight formation, nor had it traveled through time.  It was, in fact, a…

A major airline’s flight plan for cutting pollution has hit some turbulence, shifting its eco-friendly goals to be more realistic. What’s happening? As reported by the Guardian, Air New Zealand has announced that it will no longer meet its 2030 goal to significantly cut pollution, measured by harmful carbon dioxide levels.  This decision marks a troubling shift away from the…

The captain, a seasoned ATP with a Top Gun level of confidence, was at the helm of a Boeing 737NG. With over 10,000 hours of experience, he was prepared for anything. Or so he thought. The takeoff proceeded as usual, V₁ then V₂, with the aircraft now gaining speed and altitude. But then the unexpected happened.  At a mere 200…

So you’ve been nervous about flying since the airline industry went all in on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? You’re not the only one. After a string of high-profile accidents, Americans are losing confidence in flying altogether. It’s time for airlines to get back to basics; just fly the damn plane. But of course, the air industry is doubling down. They’re…

Aviation tax is not a solution to the airline industry’s sustainability challenge, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has claimed. In welcoming Sweden’s decision to abolish the country’s aviation tax – which charged passengers anything from around €10 to almost €50, depending on their flight destination – IATA said the tax had been a drag on Swedish economic competitiveness and…

American Airlines to launch five new routes to Italy, Greece, Spain, and Scotland while also bringing back some old flights, starting in summer 2025.  The airline revealed its expansion plans on September 5, 2024, claiming that it will offer more than 70 daily departures to more than 20 trans-Atlantic destinations in summer 2025.   “We look forward to providing customers with…