AV Web

JANUARY 26, 2025

The FAA published a final rule last week that allows online submission of aircraft registration documents. Previous regulations required registrants to submit original documents and ink-signed documents to register aircraft but the new rule does away with almost all of that. In some cases, certified or true copies will be needed. It’s hoped the modernization move will speed up the process and chip away at the months-long delays in processing aircraft registrations.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 28, 2025

Boom Supersonics XB-1 demonstrator became the first manned civilian aircraft to break the sound barrier since the end of the Concorde era. The aircraft took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), California, at 8.22am local time on January 28, 2025, and headed towards a reserved airspace section over the Mojave Desert which had been previously approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the purpose of this test.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 29, 2025

Boom is an aeronautics company that has been working onbringing back supersonic passenger air travel. The companys main product is the Boom Overture, which is essentially intended to be the modern day Concorde. The company was founded back in 2014, and the goal is that the Boom Overture could be carrying passengers before the end of the decade. While this is no doubt an ambitious project, a major milestone was reached yesterday.

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 28, 2025

A fire broke out on an Air Busan A321-200 operating flight BX391 bound for Hong Kong at Gimhae International Airport in Busan-Gimhae International Airport in South Korea. The fire started before departure at around 22:26. Officials say all passengers and crew evacuated safely, though four persons were reportedly injured during the evacuation and were sent to a local hospital.

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AV Web

JANUARY 31, 2025

Responders in Philadelphia PA are on the scene of what a plane crash that impacted Roosevelt Mall that has erupted a fire across several street blocks. The FAA has confirmed that it was a Lear 55 that had just taken off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport on its way to Branson, Missouri on a medical flight. FAA reported two people on board. 6ABC in Philly is reporting multiple casualties, and reports are the impact (captured by doorbell cams) has ignited underground gas lines.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended Max Airs domestic flight services for three months following an incident where a Max Air Boeing 737-400 suffered a nose gear collapse during landing at Kano Mallam Aminu International Airport (KAN). The announcement was made by Michael Achimugu, the Director of Consumer Protection and Public Affairs at the NCAA, on January 29, 2025.

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Cranky Flier

JANUARY 30, 2025

Just a quick note before I get into this post. I, like all of you, saw the crash of American 5342 last night, and I am sure there will be much to say about this. As always, I’m not here to break news but rather analyze it over time. So I will just run the scheduled post below and will talk about this more in the future. In case you missed it, this has not been a good week for JetBlue.

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AV Web

JANUARY 29, 2025

There were 60 passengers and four crew aboard a PSA CRJ700 regional jet that collided with an Army Blackhawk helicopter, with three service member on board, on short final for Reagan National Airport. The flight was operated on behalf of American Airlines and originated in Wichita. The plane ended up in the Potomac. No official word on casualties yet.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 29, 2025

REGENT, a US startup working on the development of a 12-passenger seaglider, a novel form of wing-in-ground vehicle, has broken ground on its new greenfield production facility in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. This 255,000 sq ft factory will house the production of several key components for the seaglider, as well as the vehicles final assembly line and the pre-delivery testing facilities.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 26, 2025

In late 2023, we saw a fascinating order announced for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Were now just potentially weeks from the first of these jets being delivered, and I want to take a look at what we know so far. 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.

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 29, 2025

An United States F-35 fighter jet crashed on Tuesday at Eielson Air Force Base. The aircraft was filmed by bystanders dramatically falling and crashing into the earth where it exploded in a ball of fire. According to Airman 1st Class Spencer Hanson, the pilot was uninjured during the incident. Videos circulating online clearly show what appears to be the pilot parachuting down while the stricken aircraft plummets to the ground.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 29, 2025

At the southern portion of San Diegos Balboa Park and standing under the flight path of San Diego International Airport lies the San Diego Air and Space Museum. Situated in the historic Ford Building, constructed for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition, the SDASM is visited by millions of visitors every year and is one of the premier aerospace museums on the West Coast of the United States.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 26, 2025

Uruguay may soon have a new national airline if plans outlined by a startup called Sociedad Uruguaya de Aviacin (SUA) come to fruition. This new airline project was publicly unveiled during the Fitur international travel trade show, which took place in Madrid, Spain, on January 22-26, 2025. While most details about the planned operation will be disclosed on January 28, 2025, at an event that will take place at Carrasco International Airport (MVD), in Montevideo, SUA has disclosed that it aims to

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 25, 2025

Ultra low cost carrier Norse Atlantic Airways is launching a pretty cool new transatlantic route, as flagged by @IshrionA. Norse Atlantic adds first California to Greece flight Greece is of course a super hot summer destination for Americans, and weve seen US airlines greatly increase flights between the two countries in recent years. However, up until now, there have been no nonstop flights between the West Coast and Greece.

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 30, 2025

Late evening on January 29, an American Eagle flight, operated by PSA Airlines, and a United States Army (USA) helicopter collided east of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), claiming the lives of 67 people: 64 onboard the Mitsubishi CRJ700 and three onboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

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AV Web

JANUARY 27, 2025

An aerospace think tank says a shortage of Air Force fighter pilots is being compounded by a shortage of airplanes and threatens its combat readiness. The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies says the impact of the shortages is exacerbated by declining pilot experience, which is threatening pilot survivability as a whole. “The Air Force’s pilot corps is now too small and poorly structured to sustain a healthy combat force that can prevail in a peer conflict and meet the nation

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Aerotime

JANUARY 28, 2025

An Air Busan Airbus A321 burst into flames at Busan Gimhae International Airport (PUS) after the aircrafts tail caught fire before takeoff, according to Yonhap News. According to reports the Air Busan flight BX391, was preparing to depart for Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) on January 28, 2024, just before 22:30, local time, when a fire developed at the rear of the plane.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 31, 2025

Plans have been revealed for Delta Air Lines to launch another route to the South Pacific, which is a region in which the carrier has historically been pretty weak (thanks to @xJonNYC for flagging this). Delta will start flying to Melbourne, Australia As of December 2025, Delta will offer a new flight between Los Angeles (LAX) and Melbourne (MEL). The 7,921-mile journey will operate three times weekly, with the following schedule: Los Angeles to Melbourne departing 9:25PM arriving 8:15AM (+2 day

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Airbus A330-800 is among the world's rarest commercial aircraft in service. Only eight have been made. While Airbus has one aircraft, three carriers fly just seven examples: Air Greenland (one aircraft), Kuwait Airways (four), and Uganda Airlines (two). In late 2024, Garuda Indonesia canceled its original order for four aircraft.

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Cranky Flier

JANUARY 27, 2025

The press release screamed it from the mountaintop : “Breeze Airways Announces First Full Quarter of Operating Profit in 4Q2024.” This is a big milestone for the airline which, up until now, has been wildly unprofitable. But we don’t know everything yet, so it’s hard to know just how good this news is for the airline. Today, we’re going to dig in and see what we can pick apart.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 26, 2025

Korean Air announced on January 26, 2025, that it has introduced the Airbus A350-900 to its fleet. The Korean flag carrier is set to deploy its newest aircraft, at first, on twice daily services between Seoul Incheon (ICN) and Osaka-Kansai (ITM), Japan. A second aircraft will follow suit, linking daily the Korean capital to Fukuoka (FUK), also in Japan.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 28, 2025

United Airlines has just reached a pretty impressive milestone, as the Chicago-based carrier became the first in the world to have a mainline fleet of 1,000 aircraft. United is the largest airline in the world by several metrics United just reached a noteworthy milestone. With the latest Boeing 737 MAX 9 that the airline took delivery of, the carrier became the first in the world to have a mainline fleet of 1,000 jets.

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 26, 2025

Lufthansa is one of Europe's largest airlines, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the largest airline in the Lufthansa Group. Through its hubs at Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport , Lufthansa carries millions of passengers across the world. The airline boasts a fleet of 318 aircraft, according to planespotters.net , and deploys a variety of both narrowbody and widebody jets across Europe and beyond.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

By Chris Bucholtz The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado entered U.S. Navy service after a protracted five-year development, and its reputation suffered because of it. Little did its detractors know that the big four-engined flying boat would succeed in one of the most unlikely missions of the Pacific War a series of 2,400-mile round trip raids on heavily-defended Wake Island.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 31, 2025

Kenya Airways is celebrating two significant developments, having signed a new codeshare agreement with Air India and achieved approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASO) to perform maintenance services on European-registered aircraft. In an extension of an existing interline partnership between Kenya Airways and Air India , the two carriers have confirmed that their new partnership is to go much further.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 25, 2025

Japan Airlines senior management is facing some serious punishment over recent incidents involving drinking pilots. Yes, you read that right. Business works differently in Japan than in the United States, eh? Japan Airlines executives punished over pilot actions The Japan Times reports that Japan Airlines two most senior executives will have their pay docked, following another incident of pilots being above the legal drinking limit for flying.

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 31, 2025

MAFFS, or Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems , transforms a military transport into an aerial firefighter. In an interview with Simple Flying, David Sarnoff, the Executive Director for the MAFFS program, kindly made time to explain how the MAFFS magic happens. As some may be aware, MAFFS-equipped C-130 Hercules are becoming the rough equivalent of the calvary fighting wildfires in the care of multiple United States Air Force Air National Guard units such as the recent wildfires that laid siege

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AV Web

JANUARY 25, 2025

Airbus has discovered that success in the airliner business does not necessarily translate to success in the airline business. The planemaker shut down its oversized cargo carrier Beluga last week after just 14 months in operation. And the reason cited for the sudden closure? It’s too hard, according to the company that built a 600-seat two storey airliner. “AiBT is not ending operations because of changes in the air freight market,” a spokeswoman told AFP. “The main chal

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Aerotime

JANUARY 29, 2025

Boeing appears to have confirmed that German flag carrier Lufthansa will be the 777-9 launch customer during its latest earnings conference call. While discussing plans for the Boeing 777-9 certification, the company CEO Kelly Ortberg relayed issues over seat challenges specifically for Lufthansa aircraft. So, actually, the first delivery 777X delivery is also to Lufthansa, Ortberg told those joining the earnings call on January 28, 2025.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 30, 2025

There are many benefits I love about Hyatts top tier Globalist status , though arguably my single favorite perk is the suite upgrade awards that members can earn. In this post, I want to take a closer look at how this benefit works. The process of redeeming these became easier as of last year, so thats great. What are Hyatt suite upgrade awards? With World of Hyatt suite upgrade awards, members can confirm an upgrade to a standard suite at the time of booking for a stay of up to seven nights whe

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 30, 2025

While much is still unknown about the collision between an American Eagle jet and a US Army helicopter, one common thread is just how congested the skies are above Ronald Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). Simple Flying maintains running coverage of the disaster, but stepping back a little, this story is about the warning signs from previous near misses at Washington National.

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AV Web

JANUARY 29, 2025

The U.S. Air Force continues to investigate what caused the crash of an F-35A fighter on a training mission at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska yesterday. The pilot ejected safely, but the aircraft was completely destroyed in a fiery impact, described as significant aircraft damage in a statement from the 354 th Fighter Wing public affairs office. News video shows the aircraft spiraling downward in with the landing gear extended.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 28, 2025

London City Airport (LCY) has applied to the UKs Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for permission to allow Airbus A320neo aircraft to operate from the capitals smallest aviation hub. The CEO of London City, Alison FitzGerald , believes the move would help broaden the airports leisure destinations with fewer flight movements and see carriers such as easyJet and Wizz Air flying to/from LCY.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 31, 2025

Its common for airlines to offer some sort of status challenge or status match program, in order to lure frequent flyers who are loyal to competing airlines, but are considering a switch. In the United States, most major airlines offer some sort of a status match challenge opportunity, including Alaska , American , Delta , JetBlue , and United. In this post, I want to take a look at the program offered by Southwest Airlines.

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 29, 2025

Boeing said during a recent earnings conference that Lufthansa will be the first to operate the much-anticipated Boeing 777-9 as part of the Boeing 777X program, according to Aerospace Global News. This news clarifies long-standing speculation about the aircraft's maiden delivery, which has been delayed due to several certification issues.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 26, 2025

PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, January 28 th , is a historic day for the City of Savannah and the United States. Eighty-three years ago, January 28, 1942, the charter for the Eighth Air Force was created in a former National Guard Armory, 1108 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. Its main objective was two-fold: first, to cripple Hitlers war-making capabilities by destroying factories and taking out transportation lines, and second, to clear the skies of the Luftwaffe so that an allied landing on continent

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JANUARY 30, 2025

The ultra-low-cost Hungarian airline Wizz Air has reported a net loss of 241.1 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, citing operational challenges from grounding 20% of its fleet over issues with the GTF engine. In its unaudited financial results for Q3 F25, released on January 30, 2025, Wizz Air said it carried 15.5 million passengers, marking a 2.6% increase compared to the same period in the previous year.

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