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Trump appointed federal judge strikes down mask mandates on planes

Donald Trump is a year and a half out of the presidency of the United States and the changes he made to the world’s largest economic power are still being felt. The American aviation community is partying after yesterday, Monday, April 18, A Federal Judge appointed by Former President Donald Trump, eliminated the mandate of the...

United Airlines holds job fair to fill 1,000 positions

United Airlines is desperate to have a full staff for this summer 2022, the list of positions is huge and time is running out. That is why the airline decided to open the more than 1,000 positions they currently have to the general public and held a job fair in Chicago yesterday, Wednesday, April 13....

Boeing might lose 90 orders because of war in Ukraine

Seattle-based mega-plane maker Boeing Aircraft Co. announced that 90 orders are in danger of being canceled due to geopolitical tensions from the crisis between Russia and Ukraine. Last Tuesday, April 12, Boeing said that they are not canceling any orders yet but are in an “accounting limbo” that is used when orders are not yet...

Copilot might be behind the crash of China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737

The tragedy of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 on March 21 has shocked the world, leaving experts scratching their heads at the violence of this tragedy. It appears the world is about to get the answers it has been desperately seeking for nearly a month. A series of Chinese social media leaks from public security...

United Airlines will keep Boeing 777 with PW4000 engines grounded

Several Boeing 777-200 belonging to United Airlines will have to wait a little longer to be able to rejoin the fleet of the US mega airline. The planes were grounded after an incident that led to an uncontained failure in one of the turbojets of a United Airlines Boeing 777 in February 2021. The incident...

Airlines cut down summer schedules over pilot shortage

The airlines in the United States can definitely not cope with the flow of passengers and the demand for travel that has been created after the Covid-19 pandemic. The airlines are simply not prepared to handle the demand, so what’s next? The answer… make the crews grow and reduce the schedules. These measures are without...

American Airlines will connect Philadelphia by bus

American Airlines is about to start moving people en masse as usual but at much much lower altitudes than normal. The world’s biggest airline in fleet size announced yesterday April 7 that they will be offering bus connections between Philadelphia and a big array of regional airports located in the vicinity of the former capital...

Spirit Airlines will analyze the takeover offer by JetBlue

Spirit Airlines announced yesterday April 7 that they will sit down and talk to JetBlue regarding the outstanding offering to takeover the Floridian low cost carrier. It the merger with JetBlue were to take place, it would destroy months of negotiations between Spirit and Frontier Airlines who had made a previous offer to buy the...

Goodbye, Cowboy! Hainan Airlines will sell their newest Airbus A350s

When we analiza Hainan Airlines´ fleet by average age, their Airbus A350 is without any doubt the youngest in their fleet of the Chinese airline. Despite this and the fact that they are relatively Jung machines, it seems that they don’t hold a spot among the companies future plans and their fleet. The airline announced...

Boston authorities close down improvised crew “crash pad”

So long, crash pad! This article will hit close to all of us who work as airline employees and know or have known the país of needing a crash pad to make stay afloat while starting up with a carrier and ending a place to stay on a low salary, which is common for new...

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China will build a suborbital rocket for point to point travel

Space is the next frontier without any doubt, and as the concept of flying to space just for leisure becomes every day more common, a flight from New York to Beijing could be completed unas little as 2 hours thanks to suborbital space travel. A Chinese company is developing a rocket with wings for commercial...

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JetBlue makes massive offer to buy Spirit Airlines

JetBlue is making a move to buy Spirit Airlines and break up the announcement of the merger between the ultra low cost carrier and Frontier Airlines. Spirit reported yesterday April 5 that JetBlue offered $33 dollars per share which brings the offer to a grand total of 3.6 billion dollars. The Florida-based Spirit Airlines said...

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Air France Pilots lose control of their Boeing 777 during final approach

The pilots of an Air France Boeing 777 reg. F-GSQJ experienced some important issues during their final approach to Paris Charles De Gaulle International Airport today April 5. The aircraft which was finishing its service from New York  seemed to not respond to the pilot’s yoke and their input during the landing phase of the...

Southwest Airlines suffered delays of over 75% of its flights last weekend

Over 75% of departing and arriving Southwest Airlines flights into Raleigh-Durham International Airport were delayed last Saturday. The reason behind the delays was a series of problems with the airline’s computer system that ended up causing the delays and cancellations. At 10:30 am LT of last Saturday 13 out of 16 Southwest Airlines flights that...

Russia threatens with leaving the International Space Station

The man in charge of the Russian space agency said that they will stop working with its international partners, including NASA and the European Space Agency in the new orbital lab. The director of Roscosmos, Dimitry Rogozin revealed the agency’s intentions in social media and said they will be sending an itinerary for the termination...

Finland, producer of the F-35, will join NATO without referendum and without delay

Finland has finally opened its eyes to the threat they’re facing on their eastern border. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has made it once and for all clear to the Nordic nation that they’re sleeping with the enemy, but stoic and proud as they are, the Finns will not sit idle and they’re ready...