Delta Air Lines hit with proposed class action over carbon neutral claims

A proposed consumer class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges Delta Air Lines made “false and misleading” claims of being the world’s first carbon-neutral airline while relying on invalid carbon offsets. Delta should pay damages to customers for misrepresenting itself as a carbon-neutral airline in marketing campaigns and advertisements that persuaded customers to purchase more expensive tickets they believed had no effect on the environment, according to the complaint. (www.cnbc.com) More...

Qatar Airways Partners with Shell for SAF Supply at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

For the fiscal year 2023-2024, Qatar Airways has committed to uplift a minimum of 5 percent of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to meet its jet fuel requirements in Amsterdam. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

Qantas to Establish AU$400 Million Climate Fund

The Qantas Group plans to establish an AU$400 million climate fund that will help the airline meet its net-zero targets. The fund will provide direct investments in projects and technology that will make the airline's operations more sustainable amid the growing climate crisis. The Qantas Climate Fund is expected to be the world's largest fund devoted to decarbonizing aviation once it launches. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

Pakistan International Airlines 777 Grounded in Malaysia Over Unpaid Lease

A Pakistan International Airlines 777 was recently impounded in Malaysia following the airline's failure to pay its lease on the aircraft. This is the second time in two years that such an event has transpired, that too on the exact same plane. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

US, EU object to cargo concentration in Korean Air, Asiana merger

The Korean Air-Asiana Air tie up is on the ropes over US and EU objections, including over cargo competition. (www.freightwaves.com) More...

How Many Pigs Does it Take to Fly the Atlantic

About 8,000 animals. Who knew? The aviation industry has been using rendered animal fat as a source for more green fuels. Now some want to increase the amount of animal fat to meet sustainability goals, but will it backfire, actually creating more emissions problems. (www.bbc.com) More...

Retiring Delta A350 pilot, water cannon salute

Water cannon salute for a retiring pilot aboard Delta Air Lines A350-900 N510DN, Flt DL276 from HND-DTW 5-30-23 (www.youtube.com) More...

Qantas Reveals Loss-Making Kangaroo Route with Airbus A380 Before Transition to 787-9

Qantas, the Australian airline, has disclosed that its renowned “Kangaroo Route” flights between Australia and London, UK, were not profitable prior to the introduction of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. (www.airguide.info) More...

Boeing Boosts 787 Dreamliner Production Rate to Four per Month

Boeing has announced an increase in production for its widebody 787 Dreamliner, with the rate rising from three to four planes per month. The company plans to further ramp up production to five planes per month by the end of the year. (www.airguide.info) More...

Experimental plane falls apart in mid-flight

Earl Luce of luceair.com along with his passenger died. Earl and I grew up as neighbors. (www.whec.com) More...

Is It Still Okay to Recline Your Seat?

Etiquette expert says now considered "rude" to recline any seat outside of First or Business class. But is it? The recline button is still intact in passenger jets...are we not supposed to use it? (www.seattletimes.com) More...

Air New Zealand to weigh passengers before they board the airplane

New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority is asking that its national airline weigh passengers departing on international flights from Auckland International Airport through July 2, 2023. (www.cnn.com) More...

Birmingham airport breaks ground on Kuehne+Nagel cargo facility

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth airport is moving into the cargo sector with new investment. (www.freightwaves.com) More...

American Airlines' Envoy Air Streamlines Operations, Phases Out ERJ-145 Jets

American Airlines' regional subsidiary, Envoy Air, is retiring its remaining fleet of 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 jets, which have served the company for nearly two decades. (www.airlinerwatch.com) More...

The History of Spirit Airlines: From 1983 to Now

Spirit Airlines: one of the largest budget airlines in North America. Many know the airline for its ultra-low-cost fares and occasionally edgy service. But the airline has not always been that way. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

New Saudi Carrier in Talks with Boeing to Acquire 150 737 MAX Jetliners

Boeing is negotiating to secure its second major contract in Saudi Arabia this year, eyeing a potential sale of at least 150 737 Max jetliners to startup airline Riyadh Air, according to sources who spoke to the American news agency Bloomberg. (www.airlinerwatch.com) More...

UK-Based Global Airlines Acquires its First A380

Emerging United Kingdom-based Global Airlines has recently announced its acquisition of the Airbus A380 from Doric Aviation to begin its operations. This is the first time in eight years that the aircraft type has been taken on by a new operator. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

Qantas Phases Out Boeing 717s, Sets Stage for Fuel-Efficient Airbus A220s

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — In a move towards improved fuel efficiency and enhanced fleet, Qantas has announced its plans to replace the Boeing 717 aircraft by mid-2024. (www.airlinerwatch.com) More...

The $100,000 Experience on National Geographic's Private Boeing 757

National Geographic offers a host of luxury excursions around the world, but these itineraries come with a hefty price-tag. What does a $100,000 trip on a leased private Boeing 757 entail? (aeroxplorer.com) More...

Now Boarding: Why airlines are turning to bigger planes to beat airport congestion

On this episode of "Now Boarding" Leslie and Erin discuss how airlines are turning to bigger planes that fit more passengers to grow while airport congestion, high costs and a pilot shortage limit their ability to add flights. (www.msn.com) More...

FAA Proposes Rule To Remove Instructor Certificate Expiration Date

The FAA has proposed a rule that would remove the 24-month expiration date on flight instructor certificates and instead establish 24-month recent experience requirements. (www.avweb.com) More...

Asiana Airlines to stop selling seats near emergency exit on Airbus A321s

Asiana Airlines will no longer sell tickets for certain emergency exit seats of its Airbus A321-200 aircraft, the airline said Sunday, following a recent incident in which a man allegedly opened a jetliner door during a flight. (www.cnn.com) More...

Air France Flight Returns to Osaka After Bird Strike

On Sunday, an Air France A350 en route from Osaka to Paris experienced a malfunction with its weather radar and speed meters after striking birds. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

China’s first domestically produced passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight

China Eastern Airlines flight MU9191 (a C919 type) rose into the skies above Shanghai Hongqiao Airport on Sunday morning, footage from CCTV showed. The plane carried over 130 passengers. The aircraft is manufactured by the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), but many of its parts – including its engines – are sourced from overseas. From Monday, the C919 will operate on China Eastern’s regular route between Shanghai and Chengdu, (www.theguardian.com) More...

How to Survive Summer Air Travel 2023-Style

An in-depth discussion of a wide variety of factors affecting your airline flights this summer. (www.nytimes.com) More...

WestJet's inaugural Detroit flight

Yesterday evening, May 26th 2023, WestJet flew its inaugural flight to Detroit metro, DTW. WestJet flight 1578 departed Calgary intl, YYC around 130PM mountain time. C-FUCS, the Boeing 737-800 operating the flight would arrive in Detroit 3 hours and 40 minutes later around 715 pm Eastern time and park at the McNamara terminals gate A5. After a short turnaround time around 845pm the aircraft would leave Detroit as flight 1579 back to Calgary. WestJet marks the 3rd new carrier to add Detroit to… (www.youtube.com) More...

A Southwest pilot had to crawl into the cockpit window after the flight deck door was locked

A Southwest Airlines pilot wound up crawling through a cockpit window on Wednesday after a customer inadvertently locked the flight deck door, the airline says. “During the boarding process, while other Customers and Flight Attendants were onboard, a Customer opened the forward lavatory door and inadvertently pushed the Flight Deck door closed (which locked) while the Pilots scheduled to operate the flight were preparing to board the aircraft,” the airline said in a statement to CNN. “One of our… (www.cnn.com) More...

United And Alaska Airlines Aborted Landing In San Francisco To Avoid Hitting Southwest Airlines Jet

On May 19, a United Airlines flight was forced to abort landing in order to avoid a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 on the runway. Then an Alaska Airlines jet aborted its landing, too. Air traffic control called out the Southwest pilot – “you shouldn’t be on the runway” – yet the FAA dismisses this in a statement to the San Francisco Chronicle saying that there was no runway incursion (because of the aborted landings!) and that they “looked into the incident and determined the appropriate steps… (viewfromthewing.com) More...

Man with autism grabs light plane's controls

NORWOOD, Mass. — An incident initially reported as a student pilot trying to crash a plane at Norwood Airport was the result of a passenger's actions, but was not a deliberate attempt to crash the aircraft, according to a spokesman for the town of Norwood. Norwood police told WCVB that they received an emergency call from the airport's Air Traffic Control at 11:48 a.m. In a transmission with ATC, the flight instructor is heard saying, “577. Emergency landing.” Norwood police said a… (www.wcvb.com) More...

Man Opens Door on Asiana A321 just before landing - May26th

SEOUL: South Korean authorities on Friday (May 26) detained a man after he opened the door of an Asiana Airlines plane minutes before it was due to land in the city of Daegu, causing panic among the passengers, officials said. The Airbus A321-200 plane landed safely at around 12.40pm local time. It had set off from the holiday island of Jeju an hour earlier, the airport's flight schedule showed.… (www.youtube.com) More...

Unveiling the Ultimate VVIP Cabin Design for BBJ 777-9

Proposals for an ultra-luxury flying experience have been revealed by Lufthansa Technik, with cabin designs that take full advantage of the vast space available on the BBJ 777-9. The aircraft is the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) previously referred to as the BBJ 777X, which has a range of 11,000 nautical miles (20,370 km) – sufficient to fly more than half way around the world without stopping. (www.airguide.info) More...

Qatar Airways Resumes Airbus A350 Deliveries Following Resolution of Dispute

Qatar Airways has announced the resumption of new-build aircraft deliveries from Airbus, marking the end of a hiatus that began in December 2020. The airline had halted deliveries due to concerns over superstructure degradation in the A350 aircraft. (www.airguide.info) More...

FAA Issues AD to Address Water Leaks on Boeing 787 Electronics

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken decisive action to rectify a safety concern on the Boeing 787 aircraft. In a finalized Airworthiness Directive (AD), the FAA addresses the issue of water leaks affecting multiple electronic components, including critical flight equipment, on the Boeing 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 models. (www.airguide.info) More...

Nifty behind-the-scenes video shows A380 being readied for service

Etihad Airways has unveiled a short time-lapse video showing the final checks being made on one of its returning A380s. The UAE carrier is waking up four of its superjumbos ahead of the northern hemisphere summer as demand surges across its network. (www.stuff.co.nz) More...

Why China Can’t Write Off Boeing As A Supplier Of New Airliners

Manufacturing mainline aircraft is a natural monopoly that governments and airlines prevent from becoming an actual monopoly by sustaining at least two major OEMs.This approach preserves competition as well as most of the scale economics that a monopoly would bring. (aviationweek.com) More...

Aircraft Affected After Mt. Etna Erupts Beside Italian Airport

In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 21, the tallest volcano in Europe, Mount Etna, began to erupt. The eruption, which was the most active in 30 years, spewed hundreds of tons of volcanic ash into the atmosphere above Sicily. This prompted ENAC, the Italian aviation authority, to decide to close most of the airspace above Sicily due to the threat that volcanic ash poses to aviation. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

Air Canada Cargo Launches New Freighter Service at Punta Cana International Airport

Air Canada and its cargo division, Air Canada Cargo, successfully completed their inaugural commercial flight to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, utilizing a Boeing 767 freighter aircraft. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

Lufthansa Reveals Special Livery for 600th Airbus Aircraft

Lufthansa commemorated its 600th Airbus aircraft with a special livery on May 24, 2023. The delivery marks the important 50-year relationship Airbus and Lufthansa have developed. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

Airbus Debunks Rumors of A220-500 Launch at Paris Airshow

PARIS, FRANCE — Airbus announced on Wednesday that it currently has no plans to introduce a stretched version of its A220 jetliner, dispelling rumors of an imminent launch at the upcoming Paris Airshow. (www.airlinerwatch.com) More...

Storm Damage to Lufthansa's A380-800s Leads to Price Adjustment in Airbus Deal

FRANKFURT, GERMANY — Lufthansa has reportedly sold six A380-800s at a lower than anticipated price after the aircraft suffered uninsured storm damage. The deal stems from March 2019 when Airbus agreed to buy the six aircraft as part of a larger transaction involving Lufthansa purchasing twenty A350s. (www.airlinerwatch.com) More...

Lufthansa Agrees To Buy 41% Of ITA Airways

The airline group could buy the rest of ITA Airways at a later date. (simpleflying.com) More...