Aerotime

MAY 6, 2024

The advanced air mobility sector is far from lacking in projects and entrepreneurs all aiming to change how we get around. However, some of these ventures appear to be ahead of the pack. One of those early pioneers is Lilium, a Germany-based startup, which, almost a decade after it was founded in 2015, is approaching the last key stages before launching its electrically powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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Cranky Flier

MAY 6, 2024

It’s time for a two-fer! First up, we have a new Cranky Talk episode for the first time in awhile. Dave was so excited to talk about government regulation, that I just couldn’t tell him no. Listen to Cranky Talk on Apple , Spotify , direct , or wherever you get your podcasts. On this episode, we look at the two new DOT rules. One focuses on providing refunds when there is a significant flight change — either in advance as a schedule change or during irregular operations at the

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Airlines Airline 162

Aerotime

MAY 6, 2024

A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321neo aircraft suffered damages to its door when a jet bridge at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) collapsed. The incident was first reported by A Fly Guy’s Cabin Crew Lounge, a social media page with over 1 million followers, composed mostly of aviation professionals. According to the post, the aircraft, with registration N216HA, had just arrived from Maui’s Kahului Airport (OGG), operating as flight HA42 on May 2, 2024.

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Airline Geeks

MAY 6, 2024

Embattled with ongoing Pratt & Whitney engine troubles on its new A321neo aircraft, JetBlue is planning to return some older Airbus A320s to revenue service.

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Jet 131

Aerotime

MAY 6, 2024

TrustFlight, a technology innovator in aviation, has announced its collaboration with the Caribbean regional airline interCaribbean Airways. The partnership aims to streamline operations and enhance safety by adopting TrustFlight’s Electronic Logbook (ELB) across the interCaribbean fleet. The ELB replaces traditional paper-based processes, offering real-time insights into aircraft performance while eliminating time-consuming tasks.

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Airline Geeks

MAY 6, 2024

Emirates unveiled on Monday the first routes to be served by its upcoming Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft, scheduled for launch in September 2024.

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Aerotime

MAY 6, 2024

Emirates announced the first set of destinations that its new Airbus A350 aircraft will fly to when it enters service in September 2024. Following the September arrival, the airline is also expecting 10 new A350s to join the fleet by March 31, 2025. According to Emirates, the first 10 A350 aircraft will offer three cabin classes, with 32 Business Class seats, 21 seats in Premium Economy, and 259 Economy Class seats.

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Aerotime

MAY 6, 2024

Qantas has agreed to pay AUD 100 million ($66 million) in civil penalty to resolve the court proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) against the carrier over sale of canceled flights. The ACCC took legal action against the Australian flag carrier in August 2023 for the airline’s advertisement and sale of tickets for flights it had already canceled.

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Airline Airlines 141

Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

Plans to develop a new terminal at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) , dubbed America's Friendliest Airport, have reportedly received the green light. Construction of the new facility will take place at the airports west end, catering to rising demand and the ability to handle more passengers.

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Airlines Airline 119

One Mile at a Time

MAY 6, 2024

We’re just months from Emirates Airline taking delivery of its first Airbus A350. While there are still some unknowns about this jet for the Dubai-based carrier, there’s now a major update — the airline has put its first A350 flights on sale, and has also revealed the jet’s configuration (though not the details of the seats just yet). Let’s look at everything we know about this exciting new aircraft for Emirates.

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Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

Officials at SeattleTacoma International Airport (SEA) are investigating after a traveler was allegedly scammed by a baggage porter on Friday. The passenger, traveling with their two children, says a person who appeared to be an airport staffer, demanded a $50 fee after helping transport their luggage.

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One Mile at a Time

MAY 6, 2024

Hello from Tokyo, as I’m currently in the middle of a review trip ! I just flew Thai Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER first class on the 5hr30min flight from Bangkok (BKK) to Tokyo (NRT). I’ve flown Thai Airways first class many times over the years, on everything from the A340, to the A380, to the 747, to the 777. However, all those planes have been retired over the years.

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Airline Airlines 119

Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration has opened a new investigation into Boeing following the discovery of falsified inspection records.

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One Mile at a Time

MAY 6, 2024

Frontier Airlines has just been approved to market itself with a new name, and I can’t help but wonder what the carrier’s motive is… Frontier Airlines, now Frontera as well Fresh off the feels of Cinco de Mayo, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved the registration of the trade name “Frontera” for use in Frontier Airlines’ operations, effective immediately.

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Airline Airlines 118

Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

Fourth- and Fifth-generation fighter jets continue to push the envelope of what is aerodynamically possible. These amazing aircraft regularly show off their maneuverability at airshows around the world. While these maneuvers look cool and evoke Wow! moments from the crowd, they also have practical applications in air combat. Many of the maneuvers discussed below require thrust vectoring, which is only available on fifth-generation fighter jets.

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One Mile at a Time

MAY 6, 2024

Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. For following a specific link you can earn bonus points in addition to the ones you’d earn for credit card spending. The number of bonus points you earn per dollar spent varies greatly by retailer , though in addition to those variable bonuses, there are often promotions that are available on all purchases.

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Airline Airlines 112

Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

Time flies (bad pun intended since this is an aviation publication, after all). Hard to believe as it may seem, it was 25 years ago today, May 7, 1999, that the United States Air Force "accidentally" bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now officially known as the Republic of Serbia ). At least that's the official story; I put "accidentally" in quotation marks because, to this day, some conspiracy-minded pundits believe that the bombing was not so accidental.

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One Mile at a Time

MAY 6, 2024

In November 2023, Emirates Airline announced that it’s partnering with Safran on new seats for much of its fleet. For many of us, the biggest question here is what we should expect from Emirates’ new business class. We now have some more clues… Safran supplying seats for new Emirates fleet Emirates is continuing its long-standing partnership with Safran, and has awarded the company contracts worth over $1.2 billion for future aircraft cabin seating.

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Airline Airlines 112

Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

Delta Air Lines is reducing its services from Los Angeles to Auckland this summer (Southern Hemisphere winter). It may be transitioning the route to operate seasonally instead of year-round, as initially announced.

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One Mile at a Time

MAY 6, 2024

In the miles & points world, the concept of checking a bag is almost sacrilege. If someone checks a bag and something goes wrong, they’re basically told “well that was a rookie mistake, you should never check a bag.” In this post I wanted to discuss the pros and cons of carry-ons vs. checked bags, and share my (controversial) take on why checking bags isn’t always terrible.

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Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has released its results for the first quarter of the year as it looks to return to profitability. Hampered in part by aircraft groundings, the carrier has realigned its network in recent months as it forges on with the first phase of its new standalone business plan following the end of merger talks with JetBlue.

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Airline Airlines 111

One Mile at a Time

MAY 6, 2024

Southwest Rapid Rewards has just introduced a new option for redeeming points, but don’t get too excited. This was first rolled out on a limited basis a couple of weeks ago, but has now been expanded to all Rapid Rewards members, so we have more information on the value (or lack thereof) that this affords. Southwest’s new Cash + Points redemption option Southwest Rapid Rewards is a straightforward, revenue based frequent flyer program.

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Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

No seventh-generation fighter jets are being developed, with the sixth generation not expected to enter service until the 2030s. With this in mind, we will look at how fighter jets have evolved and see what we envision a seventh-generation aircraft might be like.

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Jet 111

Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

The Ministry of Defence officially approved five completed Offset projects in the first phase of the WISLA programme. Lockheed Martin partnered with local industrial partners to.

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Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

"Oh, the humanity!" Thus goes one of history's most famously quoted radio broadcasts of all time, uttered by radio journalist Herbert Morrison, as he was giving a real-time eyewitness narration of the Hindenburg disaster, a catastrophic fire that destroyed the Nazi German zeppelin LZ 129 ( ( Luftschiff Zeppelin #129 ) Hindenburg. That sentence, as quoted, is shortened and oversimplified.

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Airline Geeks

MAY 6, 2024

For the first time ever, an airline now serves Denmark and all kingdom countries at the same time, but it is not the airline you think.

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Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

As Spirit Airlines reported its Q1 2024 results, the airline expects that it would make less revenue during Q2 2024 in comparison to a year prior as the low-cost carrier continues facing a challenging operating environment, including dozens of grounded Airbus A320neo family aircraft.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

On May 6, 1937, the age of airships—the ocean liners of the sky—came to a violent end with the destruction of the Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Monday marks the 87th anniversary of the event. NBC reporter Herb Morrison was on location to cover what had become almost routine—the docking of the German airship for the newsreels. That day the ship carried 36 passengers and 61 crewmembers.

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Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

The Cessna Citation Mustang is a five-seat twinjet private aircraft manufactured by the Wichita-based OEM with the same name. It first flew in 2005, and production ceased over a decade later in 2017.

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Jet 111

World Airline News

MAY 6, 2024

American Airlines Airbus A321-231 WL N167AN (msn 7013) (Medal of Honor) LAX (Michael B. Ing). Image: 963117. Serving in the military can be one of life’s toughest journeys as members of the Armed Forces navigate active service and veteran life. During Military Appreciation Month and throughout the entire year, American Airlines honors those who are serving and those who’ve served, including the more than 11,800 American team members who are veterans or currently serving in the National Guard or

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Airline Airlines 105

Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

777 Partners , a minority stakeholder in Flair Airlines and the owners of the now-insolvent Australian carrier Bonza, has been accused of years-long fraud by a British asset management company in a lawsuit in the United States.

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Airline Airlines 111

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Legendary pilot, educator, and adventurer Dick Rutan died Friday, according to a press release issued on behalf of the family. He was 85. Rutan, best known for the record-setting nonstop unrefueled circumnavigation he and Jeana Yeager accomplished in 1986, died in Kootenai Hospital in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, in the early evening from complications resulting from a yearlong bout with long COVID, according to family friends.

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Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

Recently, it was reported that India's large low-cost airline, IndiGo, was ordering 30 Airbus A350 jets. Now, those reports are official. In a press release , IndioGo said it is purchasing 30 Airbus A350 widebody aircraft and stated it would help the airline expand its international network to long-haul destinations. It is not clear when these aircraft are expected to be delivered.

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Aviation News

MAY 6, 2024

A350, the aircraft of choice for IndiGo’s long-haul ambitions A320 Family has powered IndiGo’s expansion in domestic, regional markets IndiGo, India’s largest airline, has placed.

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Airline Airlines 105

Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

Emirates has unveiled the first nine routes where it will deploy its incoming Airbus A350-900 aircraft, including the first aircraft that has been spotted, registered as A6-EXA. In total, the airline plans to operate nine routes with the type initially.

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World Airline News

MAY 6, 2024

Breeze Airways Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N102BZ (msn 19000055) IAD (Brian McDonough). Image: 963120. The Connecticut Airport Authority is excited to announce that Breeze Airways is launching five nonstop routes this month. Two of those seasonal routes started on May 2 between Bradley International Airport (BDL) and the following destinations: Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) The flights to Myrtle Beach will initially operate three da

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Airline Airlines 104

Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

American Airlines is responding to another incident involving a ground worker mishandling checked luggage while offloading a plane. The staffer was caught in a now-viral video forcibly throwing bags on the tarmac at what is believed to be Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT).

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