Frustrated with Inaccurate Estimated Taxi Times?

FlightAware launches new predictive technology to take the guesstimate out of taxi times. (flightaware.com) More...

FAA cleares PW-4000 powered 777s to fly again

United Airlines said Tuesday that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had cleared the return of the airlines’ Boeing 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney PW-4000 series engines... (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

ATR to launch a new aircraft program in 2023

TOULOUSE, FRANCE — Franco-Italian turboprop aircraft manufacturer announced its plans for the next generation of its best-selling family of regional aircraft by 2030, the ATR' EVO. (www.airlinerwatch.com) More...

Don't Expect High Airfares To Go Soon, Frontier Airlines' CEO Believes

According to Barry Biffle, CEO of Frontier Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ULCC), airfares could remain high for the foreseeable future because the forces driving up pricing aren't going away. "Their input costs are going up. Unless that subsides, I can't see why fares would go down," Mr. Biffle stated while speaking at The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival. The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index shows that… (www.msn.com) More...

Boeing’s Top Chinese Customer Drops 737 Max From Fleet Plans

Boeing Co.’s biggest airline customer in China has removed more than 100 of the US manufacturer’s 737 Max jets from its near-term fleet plans, citing uncertainty over deliveries. China Southern Airlines Co. Chairman Ma Xu Lun said at an investor briefing last week that Boeing’s updated best-selling aircraft would be excluded from fleet deliveries through 2024. The carrier expects to take delivery of 78 aircraft in total over the period, down from 181 in a previous forecast in March. An investor… (www.msn.com) More...

Air France-KLM forms cargo alliance with French shipping giant CMA CGM

Air France-KLM and new airline CMA CGM expand their capacity and reach with a major cargo partnership. (www.freightwaves.com) More...

Qantas 787 Flight Flew With 4 Covered Static Ports

A Qantas 787 was found to have four of its engine static ports taped up on a flight used to transport freight from from Melbourne to Los Angeles. (www.gatechecked.com) More...

Airline unions favor Spirit-Frontier merger May 18

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA who represents Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines flight attendants said on Tuesday they backed the two carriers’ planned merger... (www.aviationweekly.org) More...

International Airlines Group (IAG) Finalizes Agreement for Up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX Jets

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and International Airlines Group (IAG) today announced an order for a combined total of 50 737-8-200s and 737-10s, plus 100 options. (boeing.mediaroom.com) More...

JetBlue: The Carrier Without A Merger Partner

Within its short lifetime, JetBlue has become a beloved carrier with an innovative product and low-cost business model. It has grown rapidly to become a major U.S. airlinesSeeing success throughout its first 20 years in existence. However, if the carrier had its way, it would have grown even more from mergers throughout the past decade. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

China Eastern Black Box Points to Intentional Nosedive

Flight data indicates someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed a China Eastern jet earlier this year, according to people familiar with U.S. officials’ preliminary assessment of what led to the accident. (www.wsj.com) More...