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News
Accidents/Incidents
Irish Air Corps PC-9 glides back to safety after engine failure An Irish Air Corps PC-9 suffered an in-flight engine failure on February 26, 2021. The mishap happened amid a training mission, according to the Irish Times. With one instructor pilot and one student pilot, the PC-9 trainer aircraft was about 30 kilometers from Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, the Irish Air Corps’ headquarters (and its only airbase) when the engine lost power. Link
Angry Cat Attacks Pilot Forcing Boeing 737 Diversion A scheduled flight from Doha to Abu Dhabi was forced to return to its origin after the cockpit was hijacked by a furry infiltrator. The clawful situation arose after a cat, thought to have stowed away during cleaning, woke up and became terrified by his new surroundings. He attacked the captain, causing the plane to return to Khartoum and giving passengers a hiss-terical story of a flight gone wrong. Link
Frontier Airlines Removes Family Denying It Was Due To Maskless Baby Chaos broke out at Miami International Airport last night as a planeload of passengers were left stranded following a row over masks. Eyewitnesses report that a couple, who were wearing masks, were traveling with a 16-month-old baby and were asked to leave the plane as the infant was not wearing a mask. The airline denies that this is the case. Link
Commercial
Airbus Reveals Expected CO2 Emissions Of 2019 Deliveries Airbus calls climate change the greatest challenge of our generation. The aircraft manufacturer notes carbon-neutral aviation is not only possible but achievable within our lifetime. Airbus is making concerted efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of its planes and aims to produce a zero-emission commercial aircraft by 2035. Link
China Not Ready To Recertify The Boeing 737 MAX Despite several major markets, including the US and Europe, recertifying Boeing’s updated 737 MAX, reports suggest China is less confident. A senior figure in the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said today that China would still like to conduct final testing before considering recertification. Link
Airlines
United Airlines orders 25 Boeing 737 MAX and moves up deliveries United Airlines signed up for additional 25 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and asked Boeing to move up the timeline of its order orders. Furthermore, thehe airline will receive 45 MAX jets ahead of schedule. Link
Air New Zealand Looking At Retiring Boeing 777-300ERs From 2023 Air New Zealand has flagged the possibility it will start retiring its Boeing 777-300ER fleet in the 2024 New Zealand financial year. The kiwi airline has indicated it will decide on this within the next 12 months. Link
LATAM To Convert Up To 8 Boeing 767s Into Freighters Today, LATAM Airlines Group announced the conversion of up to eight Boeing 767-300ER into freighters. The plan has two stages and will boost LATAM’s cargo capacity by 80%, the airline has said. Link
Alaska Airlines Successfully Flies First Revenue Boeing 737 MAX Flight Alaska Airlines has completed its first revenue Boeing 737 MAX flight. After a flight from the airline’s main hub in Seattle, the aircraft successfully touched down in San Diego today. The aircraft’s first flight comes after years of the airline waiting to take the jet and move forward with its fleet transformation as it moves back to its all-Boeing roots. Link
Why Ryanair Continues To Operate Ghost Flights Ryanair is continuing to operate ghost flights to cope with the impact of COVID-19 schedules. Such flights see the airline’s planes flying with no passengers, often landing back from where they departed. The airline has been operating such flights to keep its fleet operationally ready during COVID-related quiet periods. Link
Ex-Adria Airways Pilot To Launch An All-A320 Slovenian Airline Slovenia has a new airline, SouthEast Airlines, and its founders mean business. SouthEast Airlines was founded at the start of this year by a former A320 pilot of Slovenia’s collapsed flag carrier, Adria Airways. Link
China Eastern Firms Up Order For 5 COMAC C919 Shanghai-based carrier China Eastern Airlines has firmed up orders for five of the domestically-built COMAC C919 twin-engine narrowbody aircraft. In 2016 China Eastern Airlines indicated that it would like to be the launch customer for the COMAC C919. Link
Emirates Will Now Let You Pay To Not Sit Next To A Stranger Emirates has begun to offer a new product in the economy class cabin of its aircraft. The airline will let passengers pay to block the seats next to them where availability exists, starting at $55. Link
Airports
London City Airport – London’s next long-haul hub? At first glance, it could be assumed that London City Airport (LCY), due to its long association as a hub of business travel, should have been acutely exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic. That association stems from the fact that the airport is situated a mere 6.4 kilometres (4 miles) from Canary Wharf, the Capital’s perceived centre of commerce. Link
Airport slots allocation waiver extended by UK government By extending the airport slots allocation waiver, the UK government has acted on calls for relief from the aviation sector and ensured that airlines will avoid operating high-cost carbon-inefficient ‘ghost flights’. Link
Munich Airport working to achieve 2030 climate neutrality target More than 280 individual measures under Munich Airport’s carbon-neutral by 2030 target have already been implemented successfully. Link
Military
Royal Air Force to bid farewell to Sentinel reconnaissance aircraft The Royal Air Force officially retired its fleet of five Raytheon Sentinel R1 reconnaissance aircraft, which became redundant among other operating aircraft. Link
Aviation Quote
Nobody who gets too damned relaxed builds up much flying time.
1. First flown in 2001, I was the longest airliner in production and I can seat 419 in my 2 class seating arrangement. Who am I?
2. I am very famous for the shark-toothed paint job that one group of my operators put onto my nose. Almost 14,000 of my type were built and operated by 28 different nations including the United States and the Soviet Union. I guest-starred in movies along side the likes of John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and John Belushi. Who am I?
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4. I have been the King of the Skies for over 30 years, maintaining an air-superiority for the 4 countries who operate my type with an unmatched 104-to-0 kill ratio. One of my type once had an in-flight collision with another aircraft and it's skillful pilot safely landed the aircraft in spite of missing the entire right wing! Who am I?
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8. 7,000 of my type earned our keep transporting and evacuating troops in the jungles of Vietnam. We've served with every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, several civilian branches of government, as well as being dependable and reliable money-makers for civilian businesses in jobs such as spraying crops, moving logs and carrying oil workers to and from offshore platforms. My design was also modified by making it much slimmer and lighter to produce one of the most successful gunships ever created and it was named after a snake, even though I share a name with a Baby. Who am I?
9. I am the only commercially successful supersonic passenger aircraft ever produced (thus far). Who am I?
10. I am most successful mass produced light aircraft in history. My type was first flown in 1955 and is still in production. As of 2008, more than 43,000 of my type had been built. I have seats for 4 people and can do a reasonable job of carrying them 600 nm at a speed of about 120 knots. My high wing, tricycle landing gear, and fixed-pitch prop design features and reasonable acquisition and operating cost make me a popular choice as a training aircraft as well. Who am I?
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