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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...

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...

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...

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...

Unvaccinated United Airlines employees will return to work

In a major victory for freedom of choice in the United States, according to an internal memo, all unvaccinated United Airlines staff which were placed on unpaid leave a few months back, will be allowed to go back to work and won’t be fired as it was stated by the airline last September. United will...

Fuel Shortage at Austin International Airport

When there’s no fuel in Texas, there’s no fuel anywhere! Yet, here we are with news like this at the capital of one of America’s oil powerhouses. Yesterday, Monday March 28, the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport reported a fuel shortage in the facility. Airport officials stated that the shortage was linked to the high number of...

Alaska Airlines offers incentives to combat Flight Attendant shortage

The staffing challenges in the US Airline industry seem to continue, and to fight their own issues, Alaska Airlines is offering pay incentives to flight attendants with the aim of tackling the shortage during this next summer travel season. In a statement, Alaska Airlines said that, like many airlines they are facing staffing challenges, in...

China Airlines welcome first Airbus A321neo

The first of China Airlines’  25 Airbus A321neo, took off on its maiden service from Taoyuan to Hong Kong yesterday Sunday March 27th. Flight CI909 left Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport after receiving the traditional water salute by the emergency services team, bound for Hong Kong at 10:24 a.m. LT. According to China Airlines, the newest...

Thailand grounds Boeing 737-800 fleet

Thailand’s aviation officials have urged 5 Thai carriers to inspect their fleet of Boeing 737-800, this after the crash of the plane belonging to China Eastern Airlines last Monday, killing 132 people onboard. As a result of this recommendation, Nok Air and Thai Lion must obtain a Certificate of Airworthiness for all their operational 737-800s...

3,200 flights! India ready to restart international flights

Two years of lockdown! That’s what the airline industry was forced to endure in India due to the restrictions derived from the Covid-19 pandemic. And after those strenuous 24 months, finally the Airlines in India will be allowed to return to the skies, full force. After 24 months, scheduled international travel is set to resume...

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Engine parts found at China Eastern Airlines crash site

The search for answers in the muddy forested hills of southern China is both grueling and devastating at the same time. It’s in this area where the ill fated Boeing 737 of China Eastern Airways came to rest and where 132 people lost their lives to one of the most horrific accidents of modern times....