Aerotime

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

US-based aircraft lessor Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has announced that the company has entered into long-term lease agreements with Uzbekistani carrier Qanot Sharq Airlines for five Airbus A321neo narrowbodies. RELATED Something will definitely change.

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Airline Airlines Airplanes Jet 262

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Is it a drone, or an airplane? In this article, we will explain all the different lights you may encounter on an airplane and their purpose. For example, the landing lights provide illumination for the pilots but also make the airplane more visible. What are those flashing lights in the sky? And what are those lights for?

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Runway Pilot 111

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Airline food tends to be the punchline of many jokes, and the average traveler would probably compare it more closely to dog food than anything else. In the past, Ive shared my approach to ordering airplane food. Warm mixed nuts are such an airplane snack Can airplane food be as good as on the ground?

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Airplanes Airline Airlines Approach 108

Cranky Flier

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The airline delayed filing of its third quarter earnings report , but it did say that operating margin will be about 12 points worse than Q3 2023. There are plenty of airlines that could benefit from buying Spirit, or at least parts of it. It continues to get uglier and uglier at Spirit. Who might that be? It isn’t wrong.

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Airline Airlines Runway Approach 279

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Aerial surveying and pipeline patrol offer stable work, using both drones and airplanes. Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Becoming a CFI is one of the best ways to earn a living and build hours toward an airline career. Banner towing airplanes is a more common job. Recently, major airlines have slowed down their hiring.

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Airplanes Pilot Cargo Airline 98

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I thought it would be fun to make a post with some of the airplane amenities that I like the most. Here we go, in no particular order Singapore Airlines A380 Suites double bed While there are a lot of amazing first class products nowadays, theres something really special about having a double bed on a commercial plane.

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Airplanes Airline Airlines Approach 113

Aerotime

MARCH 31, 2025

We look forward to providing more airline customers with this popular fuel-efficient and technologically advanced aircraft. The A320 family delivers exceptional benefits to operators, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration with BOC Aviation, providing airlines with cutting-edge fleet solutions.”

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Airplanes Lift Jet Airline 292

Cranky Flier

OCTOBER 31, 2024

There aren’t all that many airlines that have been around for over 100 years, and now, that exclusive club has lost a member. Flight 767 from Paris to Prague marked the last flight of Czech Airlines — often known as ČSA — after 101 years almost exactly to the day. After the war, the airline came back to life.

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Airline Airlines Airplanes 245

Cranky Flier

DECEMBER 19, 2024

To me, the most interesting of all was about the airline’s plans for its low-cost subsidiary Rouge. The airline started flying in 2013 with a negotiated cap of 25 Airbus narrowbodies, 25 Boeing 767-300ERs and a thousands of weird hats. These airplanes were cast-offs from Air Canada which were densified.

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Airplanes Airline Airlines 246

Aerotime

MARCH 19, 2025

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators found that failures in the navigation system on a United Airlines flight from Lagos to Washington in January 2024 led to the autopilot disengaging on causing altitude excursions. Emergency responders met the airplane upon landing and transported injured people to a nearby clinic.

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Final Approach Approach Airplanes Airline 286

Aerotime

MARCH 6, 2025

The airplanes will join ATPs current fleet of 614 light training aircraft that are already used to train new pilots, which already includes 133 factory-fresh aircraft delivered to the organization since 2023. The deliveries will continue through to 2027, with around 40 new airplanes on average arriving each year with the provider.

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Pilot Airplanes General Aviation Cockpit 271

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Our members perform high quality and flight critical work for the airplanes we build and deserve a return on their labor investment that provides for the quality-of-life worthy of that labor,” Jon Holden, President of IAM District 751 and Brandon Bryant, President of IAM District W24, said in a joint statement.

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Airplanes Jet Airline Airlines 304

Aerotime

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The new airplanes will join an already sizeable fleet of the type in service with TUI Group airlines and are scheduled to be delivered to the group between 2025 and 2026. As of September 30, 2024, the company’s owned and managed fleet was leased to 93 airlines in 48 countries and regions worldwide.

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Airplanes Airline Airlines 297

Cranky Flier

APRIL 1, 2025

In the post-pandemic world, airlines have been struggling to figure out how to deal with the massive variability in demand by day-of-week. Every airline has been forced to make adjustments, but now Spirit is going one step further. In June of 2024, off-peak days operated at 95 percent of the peak day departure numbers for the airline.

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Airplanes Airline Airlines 195

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Bahamasair, the state-owned airline of the Bahamas, is reportedly considering a potential order for Airbus A220 narrowbody aircraft as the carrier mulls a replacement for its aging jet fleet of four Boeing 737-700s. The airplane can fly easily to the full [breadth] of the US and get us well into Latin America,” Cooper added.

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Airplanes Airline Airlines Jet 297

Aerotime

MARCH 4, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is to issue airworthiness directives (ADs) to US airlines concerning the engine nacelles on older generation Boeing 737 airplanes. Airlines can continue safely operating the fleet with interim actions until these permanent modifications are made.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail Airline 296

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

According to the airline, Dallas ranks as the world’s third-busiest airport in terms of passenger volume. During the briefing, EVA Air representatives disclosed that the airline was experiencing significant growth in global passenger numbers, with almost double-digit growth being seen across its network.

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Cargo Airplanes Airline Airlines 281

Aerotime

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The company delivered just 13 commercial aircraft to customers during the month an amount less than 25% of the total amount of new airplanes delivered in the same month in 2023. US carrier United Airlines took delivery of two 737 MAX jets plus one 787 during the month.

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Jet Approach Airplanes Airline 271

Aerotime

APRIL 1, 2025

The airplane was invented here in the US but we are watching a slow-motion crash as the Wests lead in aviation is squandered for no good reason. RELATED Chinas COMAC delivers first C909 aircraft to Lao Airlines, expanding fleet The post Boom CEO claims China in the race as plans for COMAC supersonic jet emerge appeared first on AeroTime.

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Jet Airplanes Airline Airlines 309

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to talk about the airlines that serve the best non-alcoholic beverages. It seems to me like this is an area where lots of airlines drop the ball theyll invest in $100+ bottles of champagne, but then will have a really lackluster non-alcoholic drink list. This isnt your average iced tea.

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OAT Airline Airlines Airplanes 109

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The fledgling carrier which first flew in August 2022, saw an impressive rise in passenger revenues although profitability appears to remain some way off for the airline. Parent company SNV Aviation filed its latest results with the Indian Corporate Affairs Ministry recording the airline’s performance after two years of operations.

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Airplanes Airline Airlines 281

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Its a good question, so let me share my experience Why do some airlines offer turndown service? In long haul first and business class , its not uncommon for airlines to offer turndown service, whereby a flight attendant will make your bed when its time to sleep. Is this offered by all airlines in long haul first and business class?

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Airplanes Airline Airlines Approach 98

Aerotime

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Whittaker said: “The thing that I was most struck by was we’re four weeks post-strike and they’re still not producing airplanes, because they’re focused on their workforce, the training, making sure they have the supply chain sorted out.”

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Jet Airplanes Airline Airlines 290

Aerotime

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Although the identity of the customer airline has yet to be revealed by the Oslo-based carrier, it is being described as a “reputable international airline.” Four are shown to be currently operating for Italian charter airline Neos on long-haul wet-lease services.

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Threshold Airplanes Airline Airlines 290

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The aircraft involved was a Bombardier CRJ-200 operated by Air Wisconsin on behalf of American Eagle, the regional subsidiary of American Airlines. The man was operating the tug on behalf of fellow US major carrier United Airlines at the time of the incident. The incident occurred at around 19:35 local time on Saturday, February 1.

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Final Approach Approach Jet Airplanes 281

Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

There are only a handful of airlines in existence that have celebrated 100 years of operations. AeroTime dives into the history of Delta, its background, its growth, and through a series of strategic mergers and acquisitions over the years, examines how the company has become the major global airline it is today.

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Cargo Jet Airline Airlines 274

Aerotime

JANUARY 20, 2025

These flights, which could last up to 17 hours, took off from Hamburg, where the airlines maintenance base was also located. However, unwilling to confine the aircraft to the scrapper, LSSG vowed to continue its good work in restoring the airplane to a high static-only condition.

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Rudder Airplanes Tail Hangar 271

Cranky Flier

MARCH 6, 2025

As Spirit sails through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and prepares to exit, fellow Florida-based airline Silver is not quite having the same luck. After a whole lot of drama, the airlines’s fleet is shrinking and it has cut back flights with no notice. But that was just one of the problems facing the airline.

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Airplanes Airline Airlines 147

Aerotime

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Our collaboration with Avianca builds on Honeywells more than 100 years of innovation, which enable us to deliver the industrys most advanced technologies that will help drive the airlines operational performance,” Heath Patrick, President, Americas Aftermarket at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies said in a statement.

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Cockpit Weather Flight Plan Airplanes 281

Aerotime

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Two LATAM Airlines aircraft have sustained damage after being involved in a ground collision at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas Airport (CGH) in Brazil. As the A320neo passes to the rear of the A319, its right (starboard) wingtip impacts with the tail section of the second airplane, causing both aircraft to jolt.

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Tail Air Traffic Control Airplanes Airline 297

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Jet2, the UKs second-largest airline in terms of passengers carried annually, has raised its profit projections for 2025 although has also warned that rising costs and delays to the delivery of new aircraft could place pressure on its future profitability. The Leeds, UK-based Jet2 Group includes leisure airline Jet2.com

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Airline Airlines Approach Airplanes 265

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

BOC Aviation has announced the purchase of five 737-8 aircraft from Boeing and has signed a long-term lease for these aircraft with Arajet, the largest airline in the Dominican Republic. As of September 30, 2024, the companys owned and managed fleet was leased to 93 airlines in 48 countries and regions worldwide.

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Airplanes Airline Airlines 263

Cranky Flier

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Back in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines were scrambling. The big airlines just kept taking pilots from their regionals, and the regionals were left scrambling to find anyone who was qualified. Those airlines pay SkyWest to do the flying, so there is limited risk. So… then what’s the point?

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Pilot Airplanes Flight Deck Airline 239

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 25, 2025

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Delta Air Lines (@delta) Now, in fairness, Delta actually isnt the only airline to have trading cards. Frontier Airlines aircraft are themed after animals, and passengers can ask the crew for a collectable trading card for that specific aircraft.

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Airplanes Pilot Flight Deck Airline 91

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB) in the US have launched an investigation following a ground collision involving a Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787 Dreamliner and a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). Aucun bless bord.

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Tail Rudder Air Traffic Control Jet 281

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The consequences of a series of gunfire strikes involving US commercial airplanes in Haiti last month are still emerging. After American Airlines suspended its flights to the country until early next year, it has now decided to extend the suspension indefinitely.

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Airline Airlines Airplanes 119

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 26, 2025

Im probably a lot more excited about this than I should be, but I cant help it TAAG is acquiring four Boeing 787 Dreamliners In October 2023, Boeing announced that TAAG Angola Airlines placed an order for four Boeing 787 aircraft. I wonder if we just see some generic interiors, or if the airline somehow introduces a great new business class.

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Airline Airlines Wide-Body Aircraft Jet 123