Pilots Sentenced To Jail For Helping Nissan Boss Escape Japan

A court in Turkey has sentenced two pilots to four years in jail after they were found guilty of helping Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape Japan (simpleflying.com) Plus d'info...

From Parcels to Passengers- UPS Airlines

In March 1997 a Boeing 727-100 more used to carrying parcels than passengers took off from Pittsburgh Int'l (PIT) bound for Orlando (MCO). It marked the beginning of a short-lived foray into passenger services by cargo carrier United Parcel Service (UPS). (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

Aviation Stats Update: February 23, 2021

"Winter storms brought a decline in US commercial flight traffic last week. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), one of the biggest and busiest airports in the US, saw major cancellations for the majority of the week while some other Texas airports including IAH, HOU, and AUS closed their airfields completely at the height of the storm. Meanwhile, after a difficult start to the year, China saw almost a 30% increase in flight traffic within the last week." -Daniel Baker, CEO,… (blog.flightaware.com) Plus d'info...

Hacker group targets IATA, airlines

This threat actor is targeting the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and airlines in which we observed several different lures specifically designed to target airlines that are using the BSPLink software. Most recently we observed that they have changed their lure to mimic a new feature recently introduced by IATA called IATA ONE ID (Contactless Passenger Processing tool). This indicates that this actor is constantly updating its toolsets to target new systems developed by IATA. (blog.malwarebytes.com) Plus d'info...

British Airways A380 refurbishment approved?

This is, I should stress, from the BA rumour mill, albeit from a well placed source. The story is that British Airways has signed off on a full refurbishment of the 12 x A380 aircraft. First Suite and Club Suite will be installed, with the layout tweaked so that the upper deck is exclusively Club Suite. (www.headforpoints.com) Plus d'info...

What would've happened if United flight 328 experienced its scary engine failure over the ocean

A United Airlines flight from Denver to Honolulu successfully executed a safe emergency landing on Saturday after suffering an fiery engine failure shortly after takeoff. Though debris spewed across Denver suburbs, the aircraft was able to quickly turn around and land back at Denver International Airport with no injuries or lives lost. The entire ordeal lasted less than 30 minutes since the failure occurred just miles from a major international airport. But as this aircraft was heading to… (www.businessinsider.com) Plus d'info...

Spirit Airlines Announces Service to Louisville

Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines has announced that it will be adding its first destination in Kentucky, the Bluegrass State. Beginning May 27, the airline will launch four routes to Louisville, Kentucky. Spirit has been able to utilize the ongoing pandemic to focus on growth in new markets. Like many low-cost carriers, the lack of business travel has been less impactful to the airline than the impact to its full-service counterparts. The four routes will be operated daily from Fort… (airlinegeeks.com) Plus d'info...

Boeing Forecasts Resilient Aviation Market for Latin America and Caribbean Despite Near-term Challenges

Airlines expected to buy 2,610 airplanes, valued at $365 billion, through 2039 (boeing.mediaroom.com) Plus d'info...

KLM Takes Delivery of Its First Embraer E2

KLM took delivery of its first Embraer E195-E2 for its KLM Cityhopper regional subsidiary in a ceremony held Tuesday at Embraer’s Sao Jose dos Campos facility in Brazil. The first E2 delivery to KLM—via lessor ICBC Aviation Leasing—brings the total number of Embraer jets in the KLM Cityhopper fleet to 50. KLM signed a lease deal with ICBC covering 10 of the 25 airplanes on firm order and another with Aircastle for 15. The Dutch airline recently exercised options on four of the airplanes, all… (www.ainonline.com) Plus d'info...

FAA Warns of Possible Decompression on Boeing 737 NG and MAX

Via an Airworthiness Directive (AD) the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned all Boeing 737 NG and MAX operators of a possible rapid decompression risk. (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

NASA wants to play a big part in the development of electric aircraft

While everyone's eyes are trained on its mission to Mars, NASA is also working to make flights back here on Earth more eco-friendly. By way of a new partnership with the aviation industry, the space agency wants to advance design and modelling tools for future aircraft that use an Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP) system. It's also seeking proposals for ground and flight demonstrations for subsonic aircraft with integrated megawatt-class powertrain systems. (www.engadget.com) Plus d'info...

Stunning: A Look Inside A Concept Airbus A220 Private Jet

Dubbed the ACJ TwoTwenty business jet, it has broken new ground in the extra-large bizjet market and is set to launch in 2023 (simpleflying.com) Plus d'info...

Norwegian Air and Airbus agree terms to end jet deliveries, court is told

Norwegian Air and jet maker Airbus have agreed on terms to repudiate the carrier’s contract for new aircraft, lawyers representing the two firms told Ireland’s High Court on Wednesday. Norwegian last year won protection from bankruptcy in both Norway and Ireland, where most of its assets are registered, and is aiming to emerge with fewer aircraft and less debt as it plots a future beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a multi-year deal signed in 2012 and revised several times since, Airbus was to… (www.reuters.com) Plus d'info...

End of era for British Airways unique service.

BA discontinues all-business A318 service from London to New York. (www.msn.com) Plus d'info...