Final Bombardier CRJ Comes off Production Line

The final Bombardier CRJ (Canadair Regional Jet) to be produced, a CRJ-900, finished production and was delivered to SkyWest Airlines (OO). (airwaysmag.com) المزيد...

United Adds to Its Orders for Boeing 737 MAX Planes

United Airlines said on Monday that it was adding 25 planes to its order for Boeing’s 737 Max jet, bringing its total to 180 in the coming years, and that it had sped up the delivery timeline as it seeks to position itself for the expected recovery in travel. (www.nytimes.com) المزيد...

Lego Version of Top Gun Movie Trailer Is Pretty mpressive

Guy spends 3 months making an exact copy of the Top Gun Maverick trailer with legos instead of Tom Cruise. (www.avgeekery.com) المزيد...

Australia Lifts Ban On Boeing 737 MAX, Among First in Asia-Pacific

Australia said on Friday it would lift a near two-year ban on flights involving Boeing Co 737 MAX planes, becoming among the first in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. (mobile-reuters-com.cdn.ampproject.org) المزيد...

Qatar Airways ‘Invites Former Pilots to Rejoin’

Qatar Airways has reportedly asked some pilots it made redundant during the pandemic to apply to rejoin the airline as it looks to recover. (www.travelweekly.co.uk) المزيد...

Transport buyers dig deeper into wallets for air cargo

Volatility is the watchword in the air cargo market, with passenger flights scarce and import/export activity extremely heavy. Shipping is very expensive. (www.freightwaves.com) المزيد...

Phenom 300 executive jet by Embraer (ERJ) becomes the world's best-selling light jet in 2020

Originally launched in 2005, the Phenom 300 series is in operation in more than 30 countries and accumulates more than one million flight hours... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) المزيد...

Turkey sentences pilots, airline official

The court convicted two pilots and an employee of a small private airline (www.scmp.com) المزيد...

Airline Stocks Are Soaring, But There’s Still a Long Way Back

Bloomberg's World Airlines Index climbed 15% in February. Gains are largely driven by low-cost carriers. Index is now 17% below its 2020 peak in January prior to the Covid-19 outbreak. Based on bookings, leisure travel seems likely to rebound in coming months. But some analysts remain bearish about any recovery, citing concerns about global vaccine take-up and slower return to normal demand for business travel and intercontinental flights. (www.bloomberg.com) المزيد...

Angry Cat Attacks Pilot Forcing Boeing 737 Diversion

A scheduled flight from Sudan to Qatar was forced to return to its origin after the cockpit was hijacked by a furry infiltrator. (simpleflying.com) المزيد...

LATAM will convert up to eight Boeing 767-300ER into freighters

The Company will increase its cargo capacity by almost 80% by converting passenger aircraft to freighters. The conversions will be carried out in... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) المزيد...

GOL (GOLL4) expands frequencies in Joinville, Juiz de Fora and Presidente Prudente together with VOEPASS

The three cities now have more flights a week to Guarulhos international airport with their partner, and from where they can access the entire network of the Company... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) المزيد...

United Airlines settles fraud case over Postal Service contract for $49M

United Airlines is paying criminal and civil penalties for falsifying information for work done flying mail for the USPS. (www.freightwaves.com) المزيد...

Why Ryanair Continues To Operate Ghost Flights

Ryanair is continuing to operate ghost flights to cope with the impact of COVID-19 schedules. (simpleflying.com) المزيد...

787 Repairs Could Cost Hundreds Of Millions: Report

Reuters is reporting that Boeing will spend hundreds of millions of dollars or more to inspect and repair Boeing 787s that are suspected to have manufacturing flaws in the fuselage skins (www.avweb.com) المزيد...