TAP Air Portugal Continues US Expansion: Inaugurates San Francisco

On June 10th, 2019, TAP Air Portugal inaugurated service between San Francisco International (SFO) and Lisbon. TAP is now the only airline that provides year-round service between the U.S. west coast and Portugal. Today, SFO became the airline’s eighth North American destination, joining Chicago and Washington-Dulles, both also added in June, New York-JFK, Newark, Boston, Miami, and Toronto, Canada. Frequency to existing destinations has also increased. (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

This is a nightmare’: A woman fell asleep mid-flight and woke up trapped in a dark plane alone

When Tiffani O’Brien opened her eyes, she was still in the same place she fell asleep — strapped into her seat aboard an Air Canada flight bound for Toronto. Only, something wasn’t right. The entire plane was empty, O’Brien wrote in a Facebook post shared last week by her friend on her behalf. She was “freezing cold” and sitting in “complete darkness.” It was around midnight and her flight, which left Quebec City that evening, had landed hours earlier. (www.msn.com) Plus d'info...

Bombardier sells regional jet program to Misubishi

Bombardier Inc. announced Tuesday a deal to sell its regional jet program to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for US$550 million. (globalnews.ca) Plus d'info...

Airbus Forecasts Need For 7000 A220’s In The Next 20 Years

Airbus has made a mammoth prediction that the global market will need over 7,000 Airbus A220 regional aircraft across the next 20 years. (simpleflying.com) Plus d'info...

Eighteen British tourists kicked off plane in Israel after one threatened to blow it up

A group of 18 British tourists were thrown off a plane in Israel after one of them allegedly threatened to blow up the aircraft. One of the passengers, who were all men, was led away by security forces after being ejected from the British Airways jet at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. Some of the group are also alleged to have made antisemitic jokes about other passengers after boarding the flight to London Heathrow on Sunday. “After they sat down on the plane, one of the members of the group… (www.msn.com) Plus d'info...

Bombardier sells CRJ line

Today, June 25th 2019, Bombardier Aerospace has signed a deal to sell the Canadair Regional Jet program to Mitsubishi. The deal worth $550 Million is for the sale of all maintenance support services, marketing and sales, and refurbishments. The sale also includes the support facilities located in Montreal, Toronto, Bridgeport West Virginia and Tucson Arizona. The only facility Bombardier will be keeping from the CRJ line for the time being is the plant where the CRJ is currently built in Mirabel… (www.youtube.com) Plus d'info...

Airbus founding father and visionary, Roger Béteille, passes away at 97

Airbus is saddened that one of its founding fathers, Roger Béteille, who not only shaped Airbus’ first commercial aircraft – the A300B – but also Airbus Industrie, passed away on 14 June at the age of 97. Born in Aveyron, France, in 1921, Roger Béteille studied at Supaéro in Toulouse before joining France’s SNCASE, which later became Sud Aviation, in 1943. He received his pilot’s licence in 1945, becoming thereafter flight test engineer in 1952. He was part of the flight test team on the… (www.aviation24.be) Plus d'info...

Boeing Forced to Store Grounded 737 Max Planes on Employee Parking Lots

The company has so many planes awaiting repairs at its Washington State facility that it's quickly running out of room. (www.thedrive.com) Plus d'info...

Iran shot down a Navy Grumman RF-4 drone

The RQ-4 is slow and has no countermeasures to protect itself so if it goes inside enemy airspace just a couple of miles it is dead meat. What was the rationiale by DOD, USAF and Navy to spend billions on something that can´t gather intel beyond a mere 50-80 nautical miles. SEVEN DECADES AGO the Soviet Union had already developed SAM missiles capable to shoot down anything above FL 50K: on May Day 1960 Gary Powers' U2 was shot down deep inside Russian airspace. Two years later Maj. Rudolph… (www.wired.com) Plus d'info...

What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane

Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say. Squawk poster note (frank1711) I know there have been many articles & posts about MH370 but this Atlantic article covers it all & covers the problems with the Malaysian government. (www.theatlantic.com) Plus d'info...

Mitsubishi Confirms Acquisition Of Canadair Regional Jets From Bombardier

Bombardier is about to complete its departure out of commercial aviation manufacturing through a full acquisition deal from Mitsubishi Heavy Jets (MHI) for its Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) program. MHI will acquire Bombardier’s regional jet program for a cash consideration of $550 million USD, payable to Bombardier upon closing, and the assumption by MHI of liabilities amounting to approximately $200 million USD. (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

Swiss climbers who landed plane on Mont Blanc risk fine of . . . €38 - The Local

Swiss climbers who landed plane on Mont Blanc risk fine of . . . €38 - The Local (www.thelocal.fr) Plus d'info...

American announces schedule of final MD-80 flights

Cue the tears! American Airlines has officially released a timetable detailing the final flights of its MD-80 fleet. (www.gatechecked.com) Plus d'info...

Two Eurofighter Typhoons collide during exercise in Germany

Two fighter jets collided during an exercise over northeastern Germany on Monday afternoon. One of two pilots who ejected survived and one died. See also (German language): https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/eurofighter-absturz-in-mecklenburg-ursachensuche-nach-fataler-kampfuebung-a-1274124.html (www.bbc.com) Plus d'info...

Emirates turns billboards into school backpacks and reusable bags

Airline launched an innovative recycling project to celebrate World Environment Day... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Plus d'info...