Chile’s SKY Airline Triples Global Average with 13.5% Female Pilots | Airlines
SKY Airline informed that 13.5% of its pilot workforce are women, a significant achievement for the Chilean ultra low-cost airline considering that the global average, according to IATA figures, is 5%. “This has to do with more women daring to study this career, shedding the past prejudices that being a pilot was a profession only for men. We can all…
Airline industry grapples with tech failures and near-miss incidents | Airlines
Miles O’Brien: Yes, it’s interesting that the Southwest thing is what everybody thinks about, December of ’22, a computer meltdown in the midst of bad weather and a heavy travel situation. But if you look at what happened there, it’s kind of the opposite of what happened to Delta as far as technology. Southwest had a very antiquated system that…
Why Schengen Visa Travel in Europe is Boosting Railway Industry More than Airline During Paris Olympics | Airlines
Home » European Travel News » Why Schengen Visa Travel in Europe is Boosting Railway Industry More than Airline During Paris Olympics Friday, July 26, 2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes The Schengen Visa‘s facilitation of visa-free travel across 26 European countries significantly boosts the railway industry more than the airline industry, during Paris Olympics. Railways offer seamless, borderless journeys without…
FIA2024: Qatar Airways orders additional 20 B777-9 jets | Airlines
Qatar Airways announced an order for 20 more Boeing 777-9 aircraft, which is set to be the largest and most fuel-efficient twin-engine jet. The order, which expands the Doha-based carrier’s 777X order book to nearly 100 airplanes, was announced on the second day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2024. Boeing said that Qatar Airways helped launch the 777X program and…
Jekta and Seaplane Asia sign deal for 14 amphibious aircraft | Airlines
Amphibious aircraft developer Jekta has signed yet another important agreement at Farnborough Airshow 2024 in what is turning out to be a busy week for its CEO George Alafinov. Jekta announced on July 24, 2024, that it had reached a deal with Southeast Asian operator Seaplane Asia for the operator to acquire of 14 PHA-ZE 100 aircraft. The PHA-ZE 100…
Frankfurt Airport reopens after climate activists’ disruption | Airlines
Climate activists infiltrated Frankfurt Airport (FRA), leading to a temporary suspension of all flight operations. The incident, which began early on July 25, 2024, prompted an immediate response from federal and state police, airport security, and the airport fire department. The activists’ unauthorized access resulted in the complete shutdown of flight operations at one of Europe’s busiest airports. For safety…
flynas reaches agreement with Airbus for 90 neo aircraft | Airlines
In a surprise development on the fourth day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2024, Airbus has announced that Saudi Arabian low-cost airline flynas has signed an agreement for 90 neo-type aircraft. Airbus and flynas confirmed on July 25, 2024, that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) had been signed off during Farnborough Airshow for 75 A320neo family aircraft and 15 A330-900s….
Notice to AirVenture Attendees: Amended Crowd Line
Snowbirds Crowd Line — Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 26-28 Attendees, volunteers, and pilots should be aware that the Snowbirds performances require a larger aerobatic box, necessitating a slight move of the crowd line to the west during the afternoon air shows on those days. Only essential, authorized air show personnel are permitted inside the box during the Snowbirds performance….
Massive Change Coming to Airline Serving New England | Airlines
Over the last few decades, we have seen the airline industry change a lot. Just after September 11, we saw a series of new safety regulations put in place. These were, of course, done in an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks. A few years later, we began to see the rise of the low-cost carriers. Allegiant Air, JetBlue Airways, Breeze…
Southwest Airlines scraps unassigned seats and plans ‘premium’ options | Airlines
Southwest Airlines is to allow customers to reserve seats, scrapping the free-for-all of unassigned seating it has operated for 50 years. The company said it also planned to charge for “premium” seats with more leg room, add red-eye flights, and redesign its boarding system. The announcements came as the firm reported that profits plunged in the April-June period to $367m,…
VAA Opens Youth Hangar on OSH Campus
Not every type of aircraft has skyrocketed in value like Skyhawks and Cherokees in recent years. Within the vintage community, a number of simple aircraft designs from Taylorcraft, Luscombes and Aeronca haven’t surged quite like much of the market, and remain a value for folks looking to get into aviation. Walking through the Vintage parking area at Airventure, Vintage Aircraft…
Climate Protestors Cause Flight Chaos After Breaking Onto Runway of Frankfurt Airport and Glueing Themselves to the Tarmac | Airlines
At least 140 flights to and from Frankfurt Airport have been cancelled on Thursday after climate protestors broke onto the runway and glued themselves to the tarmac in the latest such stunt to affect Germany’s airline industry. The protestors, who have been identified as belonging to The Last Generation group, managed to gain access to Frankfurt Airport’s airfield in the…
Unpacking The Airline Industry Overcapacity Narrative… | Airlines
If you’ve listened to airline executive speaks in recent weeks about financial results or their forecast for the industry, you’ve probably heard one theme more than any other — overcapacity (well, unless you’re listening to a Delta earnings call, in which case you probably heard “premium”). In this post I wanted to talk about that in a bit more detail….
New Name, Same Great Air Show
By Barbara A. Schmitz Their name and paint job may be new, but their crowd-pleasing show will remain the same as the TITAN Aerobatic Team in its AT-6 Texans takes center stage for both day and twilight air shows this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. “The routine was developed over years of flying,” said Steve Gustafson, who flies left wing…
Alabama students bring invention, ingenuity to aerospace industry | Airlines
Universities across Alabama have become hubs of aerospace innovation, with student and faculty projects that offer promising contributions for the global industry. The latest crop of this work involves plum NASA grants, deep dives into weather system data, space craft development and competitions on the national stage. “The spirit of ingenuity is abundant on Alabama’s university campuses, and it’s an…
What Do You Do If It Rains?
The common response to a disclosure that you’ll be at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is, “But what if it RAINS?” Hey, it’s not an “if”, but a “when.” A weeklong, mostly outdoor event has to accommodate a soaking at some point. The fact is, there are plenty of options to pursue at the show, should it get showery. Rain is a…
Why Doesn’t Turkish Airlines Have Premium Economy? | Airlines
Skift Take Speaking to Skift, Turkish Airlines chairman Ahmet Bolat explains why he is comfortable defying the direction of travel at most other long-haul airlines. Gordon Smith It’s a concept that’s more than 30 years old, but the airline industry still can’t decide if premium economy is a good idea. First rolled out by Taiwan’s EVA Air on transpacific routes…
Broke Down at AirVenture? – Plane & Pilot Magazine
Getting stranded far from home with a broken airplane might be a pilot’s worst fear. And it’s legit – I’ve sat for a long while at an unattended airport, desperately needing a few quarts of oil, wishing there were vending machines for quarts of oil to sit alongside the self-serve fuel pumps. Finally, a fella in a big pickup rumbled…
What Delta’s chaotic week says about airline tech | Airlines
Delta Air Lines is the latest major carrier to suffer a major meltdown. The airline is still struggling to recover from a CrowdStrike outage that affected many businesses last week. Experts say the airline industry’s drive toward ruthless efficiency is partly to blame for these meltdowns. Airline meltdowns are seemingly becoming an annual tradition. Something weird happens, the entire industry…
Airline industry expert: Continued airport chaos now a ‘Delta problem’ | Airlines
Airline industry expert: Continued airport chaos now a ‘Delta problem’ The chaos and heartbreak continued for people, particularly Delta passengers, at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Tuesday after days of desperately trying to get on a plane. “I ended up randomly driving from Los Angeles to Minneapolis in a rental car with two random people I just met just to…
What Are Those Helicopters Doing Up There?
Newcomers to AirVenture Oshkosh often think they’re under constant surveillance, pointing to the low-level helicopter traffic over the grounds. Au contraire; those are sightseeing rides, and they’re well worth including in your AirVenture trip, including checking out the EAA Museum complex at the west end of the EAA property. The helicopters may be familiar to watchers of vintage television shows,…
Boeing racks up most orders | Airlines
Netherlands, Austria jointly order Embraer C-390 airlifters July 22, 2024, 11:22 (UTC +3) All Nippon Airways to purchase seven Dash 8-400 aircraft De Havilland Aircraft of Canada has revealed that ANA Holdings (ANAHD), the parent company of Japanese airline All Nippon Airways, has agreed to purchase seven DHC certified Dash 8-400 aircraft. July 22, 2024, 18:13 (UTC +3) Drukair to…
Delta Doing Bare Minimum For Stranded Passengers: Not Very Premium! | Airlines
Early Friday morning, we saw a major global IT outage, which had huge implications for the airline industry. However, no airline had a meltdown quite like Delta, which has canceled over 5,000 flights in the past several days. While Delta can’t really be blamed for the initial problem, the reason we’ve seen so many cancelations is because Delta’s crew planning…
Pepsi Stinson SR-7 at Vintage Aircraft Circle
For more than a little while, vintage aircraft enthusiasts have watched with bated breath as Garry and Janne Ackerman’s Stinson SR-7B restoration shaped up at RARE Aircraft. They bought the Stinson as a project in October, 2011, it quickly became apparent the project was more than the two could handle – the Stinson is a large aircraft for a four-seater,…
Virgin Atlantic passengers to pay green levy on every flight | Airlines
Brussels will introduce a statutory quota of 2pc Saf for flights starting in January, rising to 6pc from 2030 and 20pc from 2035. Virgin faces an even more challenging timetable, with the UK Government requiring airlines switch to 10pc Saf by 2030. Mr Weiss said: “The mandates are starting to come into force so airlines are having to take action….
Acquisition & Integration of Desser Tire & Rubber with VSE Aviation
In the business world, mergers and acquisitions are a relatively common occurrence. And, if you are an aircraft owner or operator, the challenges for obtaining tires, tubes, brake parts, batteries, and the like might have gotten a bit easier with the acquisition about a year ago of Desser Tire & Rubber by VSE Aviation. Many companies find the ability to…
Etraveli Group and Outpayce partner to help the travel industry reduce fraud with a new solution | Airlines
Stockholm, Sweden, July 23 – Etraveli Group and Outpayce from Amadeus have joined forces in a new partnership to tackle fraud in the travel industry. Through this new partnership, airlines and other travel stakeholders using Outpayce’s Xchange Payment Platform, can now benefit from Precision’s industry-leading risk management solution through a single connection. Building on its world-leading fintech capabilities and over…
CrowdStrike Jetstar outage shows problem facing air passengers | Airlines
A botched software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, which had a cascading effect on global IT systems, impacted airlines to such an extent that, five days later, passengers are still only now returning to destinations they’d been travelling to over the weekend. Crikey knows of at least one case where passengers due to fly last Friday will not return to…
EAA’s Volunteers of the Year
By Angela Satterlee Dennis Lange, EAA 198454, is from Fond du Lac, and he started volunteering at EAA back in 1979, became a member shortly after that in 1981, and hasn’t missed an AirVenture since his first year as a volunteer. “I took off for vacation for years to do this, and I enjoy it. At first, I wasn’t getting…
Aviation summit opens amid aircraft shortages, supply chain turbulence | World News | Airlines
The situation has been exacerbated by a spiralling crisis at Boeing, which has had to slow down production of its best-selling 737 MAX plane following the door blowout. Representative Picture 3 min read Last Updated : Jul 22 2024 | 11:07 PM IST Aviation leaders will meet at a marque summit outside London on Monday as the industry struggles…
Passengers frustrated, stranded as Delta Air Lines systems struggle | Airlines
Delta Air Lines canceled nearly 4,500 flights between Friday and Sunday. The airline says problems with its crew scheduling software is largely to blame. Delta is required to honor its customer commitments, which include rebooking passengers whose flights are canceled or significantly delayed on other services at no additional cost. It’s been a bad few days for Delta Air Lines…
United Airlines Chooses Honeywell Avionics for New 737 MAX Fleet | Airlines
Honeywell (NASDAQ:HON) has been selected by United Airlines to provide a wide range of avionics for new 737 MAX aircraft that will enter service over the next decade, including technologies such as the industry’s only 3D weather radar, new 25-hour flight data recorders and advanced traffic avoidance systems. United Airlines first selected a similar suite of Honeywell avionics in 2018 to equip…
Delta Has Operational Meltdown, Thousands Of Flights Cancelled | Airlines
Early Friday morning, we saw a major global IT outage, impacting all kinds of industries, including many airlines. In the United States, all of the “big three” US carriers — American, Delta, and United — were impacted by this. What’s interesting to see is how inconsistent the recovery has been between airlines. Delta underperforms peers with recovery FlightAware publishes data…
Wizz Air UK aims to cut Middle East fares with A321XLR- AeroTime | Airlines
Wizz Air’s UK Managing Director, Marion Geoffroy, anticipates that introducing Airbus A321XLR aircraft into the airline’s fleet will substantially reduce air travel costs between the United Kingdom and the Middle East. The Airbus A321XLR, equipped with advanced fuel capacity, boasts a maximum range of up to 11 hours. It also reduces fuel consumption by up to 30% per seat compared…
Air Force One project hit by supply chain, workforce issues | Airlines
Boeing is currently grappling with supply chain, inflation, and workforce challenges while building two Air Force One aircraft, admitted Ted Colbert, the head of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The manufacturer has already lost over $2 billion on the program. Colbert highlighted that Boeing has invested significantly in its workforce and training and has worked on enhancing efficiency and operations…
Ladies Love Taildraggers – Hangar Flying
By Angela Satterlee Ladies Love Taildraggers (LLT) is a nonprofit organization made up of a group of remarkable female pilots. They recently returned from their Ladies Love Taildraggers Mississippi River Flying Tour, which was a resounding success. The tour was co-hosted by founder Judy Birchler and LLT President Laura Benton. Judy flew her 8KCAB Decathlon, while Laura flew her Cessna…
Small business: How OneReg helps reduce the operational drag faced by airlines | Airlines
Although our platform can be adapted for many industries, all of us co-founders have aviation in our blood, so are passionate about focusing on this industry. While compliance isn’t sexy, it’s essential – particularly for aviation, where safety is paramount. OneReg ensures all critical information and regulatory requirements are instantly accessible in one place. This not only enables aviation businesses…
Why is my Sunday flight canceled? Delta, United struggling to recover | Airlines
Get more news like this delivered to your inbox bysigning up for our Travel newsletter here. As airlines continue to grapple with the fallout from Friday’s global IT outage, thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed. There were over 1,000 flights canceled and more than 2,300 delays as of 11 a.m. ET Sunday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. Delta…
Aircraft industry high-flyers touch down at Farnborough airshow amid supply chain turbulence | Airline industry | Airlines
The residents of Farnborough, Hampshire, are constantly disturbed by flights to and from the UK’s busiest airport for private jets. But for one week in July every two years, the whine of commercial aircraft is replaced by the bone-juddering roar of fighter planes. The occasion is the Farnborough international airshow, a gathering of top executives from airlines, aircraft makers and…
How a United crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10 in 1989 | Airlines
35 years ago this week, the crew operating a routine transcontinental US passenger service faced a dramatic, unprecedented situation. A violent and destructive engine failure on the aircraft, one of United Airlines’ McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, caused the loss of all standard flight controls through the fracture of all three hydraulic systems on the aircraft. Unable to turn, climb, or descend…