Aerotime

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Alaska Airlines has been forced to issue an apology to thousands of its customers after the launch of a ‘Cyber Monday’ online seat sale caused IT issues that impacted departing flights. The Seattle-based carrier acknowledged that demand for its sale had overwhelmed its IT systems which had subsequently knocked on to cause “significant operational disruption”, issuing public apologies through its website and social media platforms.

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Airline Airlines 277

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Look, I’d like to think that I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but this sure makes you wonder… Pilots report object in sky “jogging back and forth” VASAviation is an awesome YouTube channel that shares interesting air traffic control audio. The channel has just uploaded a video based on a conversation that an airline pilot was having with air traffic control while on approach to Dallas Fort-Worth Airport (DFW).

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Approach Airline 145

Aerotime

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Air New Zealand is having to make further cuts to its domestic network over the coming months over what the airline is referring to as a softening in economic conditions in the market. The move comes as the airline also continues to struggle with engine shortages affecting its short-haul Airbus A320 and A321 fleets which are largely deployed on its domestic network.

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Airline Airlines 286

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

An aircraft hangar can hold many secrets. Stories yearn to be told if only “passer-bys” would stop and listen. Tucked alongside the wall of the “big” hangar at the National Warplane Museum (NWM), in Geneseo, New York is one such example of a tale that deserves to be written and subsequently read. Unassuming, out of the way of the normal museum volunteer and visitor traffic, a rather rare bomber from World War II lies in wait, eagerly anticipating the day she can once agai

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 3, 2024

BOC Aviation has announced it has signed a lease agreement with European travel group TUI for the supply of 14 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. 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. All the aircraft being supplied under the terms of the deal will be powered by CFM LEAP-1B engines “With this financing, we are once more working with our existing customer, TUI, as it builds

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Airline Geeks

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The long-time all-Boeing operator has four leased A321LRs on order along with 13 longer-range A321XLRs set for delivery in 2029.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 3, 2024

China Airlines launched its inaugural fifth freedom flight from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Auckland Airport (AKL) on December 3, 2024. Flight CI 57 departed Melbourne at 13:57 local time, and landed in Auckland at 19:34 local time, with a flight time of three hours and 30 minutes. With the Taiwanese flag carrier’s new trans-Tasman flight, travelers now have a choice of opting for lie-flat business class seats between Australia and New Zealand.

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Airline Airlines 262

Aerotime

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Qatar Airways has launched its latest in-flight safety video, featuring its newest Global Brand Ambassador, American actor and comedian Kevin Hart. From December 2024, Hart and other notable personalities will present the airline’s in-flight safety procedures in a short and entertaining film. Dubbed “A Safety Video Coming From the Hart”, the seven-minute video is directed by American film director Tim Story, and takes a light-hearted, albeit engaging spin on delivering important safety reminders

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Airline Airlines 269

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

On this day, December 3, 1945, Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose “Winkle” Brown of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and Chief Naval Test Pilot at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough, made the first landing and takeoff of a jet-powered aircraft aboard an aircraft carrier at sea. This remarkable feat would prove definitively that jet aircraft would revolutionize not only the world’s land-based air forces, but also the world’s naval air arms.

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Jet Pilot Airplanes Flight Deck 98

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Cathay Pacific has been slow to add back capacity post-pandemic, given the extent to which the airline shrunk, with quite a few planes being retired. That’s why it’s noteworthy that the airline has announced two new long haul routes today, which will operate as of next summer. Cathay Pacific adds two European destinations As of the summer of 2025, Cathay Pacific will be adding year-round service from Hong Kong (HKG) to two European airports — Brussels (BRU) and Munich (MUC).

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Airline Airlines Jet 120

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is the busiest of the three airports serving the Baltimore-Washington area, handling over 26 million passengers last year. The airport is approaching its 75th birthday and, according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium , will handle almost 8,300 flights in December, amounting to over 267 flights per day.

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Approach 111

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It’s a fascinating time for aviation in Greenland, given the newly expanded Nuuk Airport can now accommodate jets, providing easier access to the capital. With this development, Air Greenland has plans to significantly scale its network for the upcoming summer season, thanks to some leased Boeing 737s. Air Greenland adds several Boeing 737 routes Air Greenland’s fleet consists of a single jet, which is an Airbus A330-800neo , flying exclusively between Nuuk (GOH) and Copenhagen (CPH).

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Jet Airline Airlines 101

Airline Geeks

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The airport’s first scheduled Embraer E175 flight landed around 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday as United flight 5782 from Denver.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Star Alliance member United Airlines is seeking United States Department of Transportation (DOT) approval to launch a new route connecting Los Angeles and Beijing. United wants to continue its dominance on the Pacific Rim and hopes to launch this service by May 1st.

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Airline Airlines 122

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It’s a new era for Icelandair. The airline has just taken delivery of its first Airbus A320-family aircraft, meaning the carrier no longer exclusively operates Boeing jets. Icelandair acquiring four Airbus A321LRs In 2023, Icelandair placed an order for 13 Airbus A321XLRs , which is Airbus’ new long range, narrow body jet. The plane makes sense for Icelandair, which needs the range to operate some of its longer flights, as it eventually retires its Boeing 757s.

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Jet Airline Airlines 108

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Lufthansa has revealed its upcoming seat fees for its Allegris cabin, which includes a minimum $420 add-on for the business cabin's most expensive seat, the Business Class Suite. The airline will allow passengers to make special seat assignments in its Allegris cabin on select flights from March 30th, 2025.

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Airline Airlines 119

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Ultra low cost carriers in the United States have been struggling , so we’ve seen them update their business models. Denver-based Frontier Airlines has just revealed some major changes , including plans to introduce a first class cabin, among other things. Times sure have changed, eh? Frontier promises affordable luxury, unmatched loyalty benefits The airline industry has changed a lot in recent years, and Frontier Airlines is trying to evolve.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Emirates unveiled its first Airbus A350 to the world last week. The aircraft, registered as A6-EXA, was delivered from the Airbus factory in Toulouse last Monday.

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Airline Geeks

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In a Tuesday news release, the airline said the new seats will offer “unmatched comfort and space at Frontier’s trademark affordable prices.

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Airline Airlines 113

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Several of the carrier's customers posted complaints on social media.

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Airline Airlines 119

Airline Geeks

DECEMBER 3, 2024

TAP Air Portugal is set to expand its U.S. network in summer 2025, adding three routes along with a new West Coast destination.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Air travel has become a cornerstone of modern connectivity, enabling people and goods to traverse vast distances quickly and efficiently. A critical yet often overlooked aspect of this intricate system is the runway—the stretch of pavement that facilitates every takeoff and landing. While most commercial runways are sufficient for standard operations, some stand out for their extraordinary length.

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Runway 122

Ask the Pilot

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A Planespotting Memoir. December 4, 2024 WHAT WERE YOU DOING on December 4th, 1980? Chances are you have no clue. Owing to my eccentric habits of memory, I can tell you exactly what I was doing. I was flying to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a four-day vacation with my parents and sister. I was a freshman in high school, thirteen years old. Distant ago as it was, my recollections of that long weekend are, you’ll likely agree, startlingly specific.

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Weather Airplanes Jet Airline 99

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Dating back to WWI, the U.S. Air Force (and its predecessors) began to recognize a critical nexus between human physiology and the unique conditions experienced by pilots and aircrews while in flight. Eventually, this critical nexus became known as Aerospace Medicine. The U.S. military adopted the term, Flight Surgeon, to label their Aerospace Medicine practitioners.

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Pilot Jet 119

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 3, 2024

TAP Air Portugal has announced plans to add three new seasonal routes across the Atlantic in the summer of 2025, though two of them aren’t from Lisbon. TAP Air Portugal’s three new transatlantic routes TAP Air Portugal plans to add three new seasonal routes in the summer of 2025, which aren’t served by any other airlines. Specifically, the airline will fly: 4x weekly between Boston and Porto using Airbus A321LRs 4x weekly between Los Angeles and Lisbon using Airbus A330-900neos 1x weekly between

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Airline Airlines Jet 108

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the ever-competitive world of commercial aviation, airline executives must make critical decisions about fleet composition, often balancing cost, reliability, and long-term strategic goals. Recently, easyJet CEO Johan Lundgren expressed thanks to CFM International engines, making headlines for his apparent preference for Airbus over Boeing in an interview with Bloomberg TV.

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Airline Airlines 116

AV Web

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is reporting on a recent FAA Advisory Circular (AC) that refers to a new generation of collision avoidance technology. The AC, itself, “provides an acceptable means to address operational use of collision avoidance systems (CAS), including ACAS and traffic alert and collision avoidance systems (TCAS).

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

After being locked in federally mandated mediation for two years, it seems the pilots at Allegiant Air have had enough. On Tuesday, about 30 pilots manned an informational picket at Des Moines International Airport, displaying signs such as "Buckle Up Allegiant, No More Free Rides" and Allegiant Pilots Ready to Strike.

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Pilot 111

Airline Geeks

DECEMBER 3, 2024

KLM drops frequencies on both of its Chinese routes in early 2025 as European carriers continue to struggle in the market.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Bell X-1 holds a legendary place in aviation history as the first aircraft to break the sound barrier. This groundbreaking jet not only revolutionized aviation but also paved the way for modern supersonic travel and advanced military aircraft.

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Jet 111

Airline Geeks

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Delta refused to transport a stowaway back to the U.S. from Paris on Tuesday after they boarded a Delta flight from New York without a ticket.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Welcome to my 150th weekly routes article! I have analyzed some subjectively exciting services that began or resumed between November 26 and December 2.

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Airline Airlines 111

AV Web

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A pair of aerodynamic researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created a raptor-inspired drone that uses its tail feathers to control bank, rather than wingtip feathers mimicked by ailerons on airplanes. Hoang-Vu Phan and Dario Floriano built a feathered drone with morphable wings and a twistable tail that they have shown can induce bank angle.

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Tail Aileron Drag Lift 100

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Airplanes are an environment where hundreds of people are packed side-by-side in a metal tube for many hours high above the earth's surface. Passengers hail from all walks of life have almost nothing in common other than that they happen to be on the same flight. Aircraft is one of the most important places for passengers and crew to maintain proper airplane etiquette.

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AV Web

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A nighttime emergency highway landing in Utah left an instructor and student pilot uninjured, but the subsequent traffic pileup injured several drivers. One of the motorists subsequently died from injuries sustained in the collision. About 8:15 pm local time Monday night (December 2) over Payson, Utah (about 60 miles south of Salt Lake City), a Cessna 172 bearing the livery of ATP flight school experienced what was described as a mechanical failure leading to a loss of engine power.

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Pilot 98

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Southwest Airlines is the world’s largest operator of Boeing 737 aircraft. According to Flightradar24 , it is the world’s fourth-largest airline and has a fleet of 810 planes. Because the airline operates a point-to-point model and many shorter flights, many of its aircraft can fly several legs per day, sometimes up to seven. According to a story from the Daily Mail , one of Southwest's planes recently flew as much as 4,000 miles in 19 hours.

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Airline Airlines 105

AOPA

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Changes to CFI renewals, security procedures, currency requirements, and elective training went into effect in 2024. If you’re actively instructing or maintaining your privileges, be sure you understand how these changes affect you.

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