Delta A350 pilot retirement

Not sure who the pilot was but Delta Air Lines A350-900 N512DN water canon salute at Detroit metro, DTW. 9-14-21 flt 276 HND-DTW gate A50 (www.youtube.com) さらに...

JetBlue’s A321LR Airspace Cabin Is Better Than Expected

JetBlue’s A321LR made waves when the all-new Mint hard product was revealed. But it was not only Mint that made this aircraft notable. It was the launch aircraft for the brand-new Airspace by Airbus cabin for the single-aisle market, an innovation that promised to bring the refinements of widebody travel to the narrowbody market. Let’s see how it’s been going. Better than expected JetBlue has had time to settle into the A321LR by now. Having flown the type from New York to London commercially… (simpleflying.com) さらに...

Air New Zealand Cools On Queensland, Suspending Three Routes

Air New Zealand is delaying resuming flights on three Queensland routes until next year. On Monday, the Auckland-based airline confirmed it would delay flying Christchurch – Gold Coast, Auckland – Maroochydore, and Auckland – Cairns until March 26, 2022. Flights to Gold Coast, Maroochydore, & Cairns paused until March Buoyed by the opening of the quarantine-free travel corridor between New Zealand and Australia, Air New Zealand announced significant upgrades on these routes in June. Normally… (simpleflying.com) さらに...

The “Flying Bum” Will Be the World’s Largest Aircraft, Best Meme

Sure, the Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10 could be called “thicc.” But the voluptuous airship could be the beginning of zero-carbon aviation. The Airlander 10, set to debut in 2025 by HAV and recently earning a “Flying Bum” nickname online, is a customizable, low-emission commercial aircraft that can stay airborne for up to five days. Its four combustion engines will reportedly deliver up to 75% reduction in emissions over comparable aircraft, though a hybrid-electric configuration may push… (www.insidehook.com) さらに...

New Italian Seaplane operator EOS Seaplanes

Italy has around 8,000 km of coastline and hundreds of islands which, despite being sought-after tourist destinations, are currently only connected by ferries and occasionally by hydrofoils. In the early 1930s Italy had up to 40 operational water aerodromes. These seaplanes connected the country long before mass air transport made airports and aircraft prevail. However, seaplanes have great potential and advantages compared to helicopters and airplanes when it comes to meeting the needs of high… (www.flyeos.it) さらに...

Icelandair Wants To Fly Between Orlando & Havana

Icelandair has filed with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) requesting the right to operate a total of 13 roundtrip flights between Orlando, Florida, and Havana, Cuba. Specifically, the airline wants to operate once weekly service on Tuesdays for 13 successive weeks, between October 5 and December 28, 2021. These would be operated as charter flights on behalf of Anmart Superior Travel (Anmart Air). It would appear that these would be charter flights that would have passengers… (onemileatatime.com) さらに...

Boeing Shows Optimism in New Commercial Airplane Outlook

Boeing today delivered a relatively optimistic outlook, forecasting airlines globally will purchase 43,610 new aircraft valued at $7.2 trillion over the next 20 years and that the industry will need more than 2.1 million new personnel to meet projected air travel demand. This includes 612,000 pilots, 626,000 maintenance technicians, and 886,000 cabin crew members. The U.S. airframer’s 2021 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) reflects an increase of about 500 airplanes or 1 percent over last year’s… (www.ainonline.com) さらに...

Air New Zealand Joins Airbus's Hydrogen Airliner Project

Air New Zealand is supporting Airbus’s efforts to develop hydrogen-powered airliners through a joint research initiative into how these could help the Asia-Pacific carrier to meet its goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on September 16, the airline will analyze how the use of hydrogen propulsion would change its service network, operations, and infrastructure arrangements, with Airbus providing performance requirements and ground… (www.ainonline.com) さらに...

ATR, Braathens Regional Airlines and Neste Accelerate Pure SAF Certification

ATR and Bromma Stockholm City Airport, Sweden-based Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) are seeking to accelerate the certification of 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel on ATR airliners in cooperation with Finnish fuel company Neste. The partners are planning to operate a test flight with a BRA ATR turboprop burning 100 percent SAF in one engine and 50 percent SAF in the other early next year. The cooperation is part of BRA’s ambition to halve the use of fossil fuels by 2025 and be completely… (www.ainonline.com) さらに...

Key West’s airport hit a new record with passengers. But it has brought problems

Key West International Airport just set an annual record by having more than 1 million passengers come through. That’s 1 million people — so far — with airport officials predicting the number will hit 1.4 million by the end of the year. While it’s evidence that tourism to the Florida Keys is booming and removes some traffic on the heavily used U.S. 1, the only highway that runs up and down the island chain, it has also brought problems. There’s not much personal space these days in the “hold… (www.yahoo.com) さらに...

Ryanair 'couldn't care less' about another Boeing order as it lifts growth target

Ryanair lifted its five-year passenger forecast on Thursday, saying the delivery of an existing Boeing order and increased use of older aircraft would allow it to grow faster without the need for an additional large plane deal. Europe's largest low cost carrier last week abruptly ended talks with the U.S. planemaker over a new order of the larger 737 MAX 10 jets, worth tens of billions of dollars, due to differences over price. Shares of the airline jumped 7% on Thursday after it raised its… (www.yahoo.com) さらに...

U.S. to award Newark flights to low-cost carrier to spur competition

The Biden administration will announce on Thursday it plans to award 16 slots for flights at Newark International airport in New Jersey to a low-cost carrier to spur competition at the busy northeast U.S. airport, documents seen by Reuters show. The U.S. Justice Department had urged transportation officials to decline to retire the 16 Newark slots and instead make them available in order to spur competition, according to a source familiar with the matter. Separately, the Federal Aviation… (www.yahoo.com) さらに...

British Airways demonstrated its progress on creating a 'Perfect Flight' using fuel made with used cooking oil

British Airways demonstrated a "Perfect Flight" from Heathrow to Glasgow using sustainable aviation fuel. The journey replicated a 2010 flight to show how much the airline has reduced its CO2 emissions over 11 years. Airlines are responding to the industry pollution problem as "flight shaming" gains popularity. British Airways demonstrated how it is moving toward a "Perfect Flight" using sustainable jet fuel and renewable energy amid scrutiny from environmental… (www.msn.com) さらに...

The US Air Force's special operators are hustling to turn their biggest planes into flying boats

The prospect of a war in the Pacific has the US military thinking about how to spread out and conduct amphibious operations. Those challenges have renewed the US military's interest in an old concept: amphibious aircraft. US Air Force Special Operations Command now plans to rapidly develop an amphibious prototype of its workhorse plane, the MC-130J. Increasing tension with China has the US military looking for ways to spread out across the Pacific in order to counter Beijing's growing… (www.msn.com) さらに...

Western Global Airlines asks DOT for permission to expand fleet

Fleet sized capped as new entrant. Company wants more room to grow. (www.freightwaves.com) さらに...

GULF AIR Airbus A321NEO Lovely Night Landing at Bahrain

GULF AIR Airbus A321NEO Lovely Night Landing at Bahrain (www.youtube.com) さらに...

Air New Zealand, Airbus embark on hydrogen aircraft research

Air New Zealand has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to study the feasibility of hydrogen-powered aircraft in New Zealand, with the possibility of such aircraft entering its fleet by 2030. (africapearl.com) さらに...

Delta Air Lines Has A Problem: The Boeing 767

Delta Air Lines has a problem, and it is called the Boeing 767. (simpleflying.com) さらに...

How Airbus maneuvered Boeing into launching a re-engined 737

Sept. 13, 2021, © Leeham News: Tomorrow night the US PBS network broadcasts an hour-long special examining the Boeing 737 MAX crisis. (leehamnews.com) さらに...

airBaltic surpasses its 2019 number of routes

airBaltic has announced that by connecting Baltic region with almost 90 routes across Europe and beyond, the airline has managed to surpass the number of routes offered during the same period in 2019. (worldairlinenews.com) さらに...

SalamAir takes delivery of first of two Airbus A321NX from GECAS

GECAS announces the delivery of the first of two Airbus A321NX aircraft to SalamAir with the arrival of one, MSN 10483, into Muscat, Oman from Hamburg. (worldairlinenews.com) さらに...

Japan Airline introduces perfect solution for passengers who hate sitting next to kids

Airlines tend to cater to people with children by offering them toys and candies. However, in a first-of-its-kind service, an airline is offering services to travellers who get annoyed by kids around them. People booking tickets for Japan Airlines can opt for seats that are far from toddlers. During the pre-booking of seats, the airlines generally show an aerial view of the cabin of the plane to ease the process of selection of seats. (airtravelpolicy.com) さらに...