FAA Rules YouTuber Trevor Jacob Purposely Crashed Airplane

The Federal Aviation Administration has ruled that YouTuber Trevor Jacob crashed his 1940 Taylorcraft into the Los Padres National Forest in California on purpose... (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

US Senate Passes Resolution To End Airline Mask Rule

The United States Senate passed a resolution on Tuesday to end the public transport mask mandate, Senators voted and the resolution passed 57 votes to 40, Republican Senator Rand Paul introduced the resolution. The federal mask mandate which requires a mask to be worn on public transportation was set to expire on March 18, however, President Biden extended the mandate until April 18... (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

DHL Boeing 757 Crashes at San Jose, Costa Rica

A DHL Boeing 757-200F freighter crashed at San Jose, Costa Rica. The aircraft a 22 year old Boeing 757-200 with registration HP-2010DAE departed San Jose, Costa Rica bound for Guatemala City, Guatemala... (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

Last Boeing 747 rolls off assembly line after a 53-year production run

After more than 53 years and 1,574 planes built, the last Boeing 747 jumbo jet has rolled off Boeing’s famous assembly line in Everett, Washington. The 747 started commercial service back in 1970 with PanAmerican World Airways... (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

Cessna SkyCourier receives FAA type certification

Cessna announced Monday that the 408 SkyCourier twin-engine turboprop had received type certification by the FAA. The first prototype rolled of the factory floor almost 2 years ago, since then 2 more have been built… (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

China Closes Airspace to foreign Russian Airbus and Boeing Aircraft

The Chinese Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) has anounced it is closing its airspace to foreign owned Russian Boeing and Airbus aircraft… (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

A never ending nightmare for Boeing, losses soar as it faces issues with all its new passenger jets

The bad news keeps piling up for Boeing as the 777X gets delayed to 2025, the 787 faces a multitude of issues, and the company struggles to meet the 737 MAX 10’s certification deadline of end of year 2022... (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

Alaska airlines phasing out A320 and Dash 8-400

Alaska airlines announced in an earnings call that it would be retiring it’s A320 series and Q400 aircraft. After the successful acquisiton of Virgin America by Alaska airlines the carrier was left with a mixed fleet. Alaska was previously an all Boeing 737 operator… (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

Textron delivers first SkyCourier to FedEx

Textron Aviation announced Monday it had delivered its first production Cessna 408 SkyCourier twin utility turboprop to FedEx Express. The aircraft which was launched in 2017 is the first clean sheet twin utility turboprop in a long time.. (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

Tibet Airlines A319 suffers runway overrun, catches fire in Chongqing

A Tíbet Airlines Airbus A319 caught fire after an aborted takeoff in Chongqing… (www.aviationweekly.org) More...