First commercial passenger flight from UAE lands in Israel

The first commercial passenger flight to Israel by a carrier from the United Arab Emirates landed near Tel Aviv on Monday, further cementing a normalization deal between the two countries. Etihad Airways Flight No. 9607 landed at Israel's Ben-Gurion international airport just after 7 a.m. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed for Abu Dhabi later Monday with an Israeli travel and tourism delegation on board, according to an Etihad statement. Etihad said it plans regular passenger flights… (www.yahoo.com) Plus d'info...

Boeing Considering Selling Seattle Headquarters

Boeing has confirmed that the company is looking at not having a brick and mortar head office at all and embracing the mobility that comes with going to work by flipping up a screen. (www.seattletimes.com) Plus d'info...

In 2030, You Could Buy An Airbus A380 Airframe For $1Mil

In terms of its sheer size, the Airbus A380 ‘superjumbo’ is a passenger airliner like no other. However, and most crucially for Airbus, the type did not prove to be a commercial success. It is something of a white elephant in the airline industry, and its production was officially canceled last year, barely longer than a decade after its first commercial flight. However, what will this mean for the commercial values of the type’s existing examples in years to come? (simpleflying.com) Plus d'info...

US Daily Travel Figure Crosses One Million

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has finally screened over 1 million passengers since the start of the pandemic. (www.gatechecked.com) Plus d'info...

JetBlue Reveals Its First Ever Airbus A220

JetBlue today revealed its first Airbus A220 to the world. (simpleflying.com) Plus d'info...

American Air Sets New Daily Miami-N.Y. Flight for 737 Max Debut

American Airlines Group Inc. plans to make Boeing Co. 737 Max passenger flights at the end of this year for the first time since the aircraft’s grounding in March 2019. The Max will serve the busy Miami-New York corridor once a day starting Dec. 29 through Jan. 4, American said. The airline will “take a phased approach” to returning the Max to service once it’s approved to fly, including whether to extend the Miami-New York flight beyond Jan. 4. (www.msn.com) Plus d'info...

Flybe to Return to the Skies

It has been announced today that Flybe has been rescued and is likely to return to the skies next year. The airline went bankrupt in March this year as financial burdens mounted just as the Covid-19 outbreak took hold of the UK and air travel. (www.airportspotting.com) Plus d'info...

NATO Support & Procurement Agency orders an additional Airbus A330 MRTT

The additional aircraft will provide increased availability for the MMF fleet, allowing other NATO nations to cover their needs for air-to-air refueling, strategic and aeromedical transport... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Plus d'info...

Father and Son, Airplane to Airplane

About 40 minutes northwest of Houston is the suburb of Tomball, Texas. In the early 1970s, before Interstate 45 became five lanes, Tomball was a far-flung outpost with a population of fewer than 3,000 residents, a single traffic signal, and an airport named Hooks Field (DWH). (www.aopa.org) Plus d'info...

What Are The Oldest Operating Commercial Aircraft?

Commercial jet flight as we know it today has been around for almost 50 years. That is an amazing span of time across which many new technologies, aircraft, and even planemakers have arisen and made their names in the market– though some of them are no longer flying. (simpleflying.com) Plus d'info...