FlightAware Introduces Enhanced ‘Aviator’ Subscription Service

"An offshoot of FlightAware’s business-aviation program known as Global, Aviator adds detailed information on surface movement (power-on time, taxi-out time, departure and arrival times, parking info) and much more extensive flight history, and enables a new opportunity called Flight Intents—the practice of using resources to plan a flight without actually filing a flight plan." - AvWeb (www.avweb.com) More...

Unique Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Offered For Sale

As some may have inferred from the advertisements in late May, 2021 that a number of the late Paul G. Allen’s aircraft restoration projects were being put up for sale, it only seemed a matter of time before more gems from his remarkable estate would find their way to the marketplace. And such is the case now for Allen’s Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2 (WkNr 2100), believed to be a unique survivor from 846 examples built. The project, in an advanced state of completion, is now available for sale via the… (warbirdsnews.com) More...

Qatar Airways Says Regulator Ordered Grounding of 13 Airbus A350s Due to a Faster than Expected Deterioration of the Fuselage Surface

Qatar Airways has been instructed by its regulator to ground 13 Airbus (AIR.PA) A350 planes due a faster than expected deterioration of the fuselage surface below the paint on the jets. (www.reuters.com) More...

Air Transat Will Only Operate The Airbus A321 This Summer

Air Transat switching all operations to the A321 NEO for the time being, resulting from Covid and travel demand. (simpleflying.com) More...

Frontier Airlines Turns A Profit And Signs For 10 More Airbus A321s

Frontier Airlines has recorded a slim second-quarter net profit of $19 million. Though not quite back to pre-pandemic profitability and benefiting from government support, Frontier Airlines is starting to look beyond the crisis. The carrier has signed a letter of intent to take on ten additional Airbus A321ceo aircraft. (simpleflying.com) More...

A Boeing 737’s unstabilized approach into Bhutan

The cockpit video footage has emerged of a July 12, 2021, flight from Kolkata, India (CCU), to Paro, Bhutan (PBH). The flight was operated by Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines, with a Boeing 737-300 that had the registration code PK-YGW. The 23-year-old plane was in a cargo configuration, and allegedly carrying vaccines to Bhutan. (www.youtube.com) More...

Horizon Air Pilots Object that New Sick Leave Policy Risks Safety

Horizon Air pilots with more than five illness absences in a year risk elimination from desirable Alaska Airline’s Pathway Program (www.seattletimes.com) More...

It just became much easier to book Lufthansa first class awards

International first class is something slowly fading into history. Aside from airlines phasing out first class, booking these coveted seats using points and miles has been getting harder. Lufthansa first class is no exception to that. (thepointsguy.com) More...