Photo: shutterstock.com Reading Time: < 1 minuteAir Traffic Controllers at Iceland’s Keflavík Airport will go on a planned strike on August 31st that will not go unnoticed and will likely lead to flight disruptions. Negotiations between the Icelandic Air Traffic Controllers Association (FÍF) and management at Ísavia, the operators of Keflavík Airport, have been ongoing.…
A computer-generated rendering of Delta’s Airbus A321neo. (Airbus) Delta is continuing its 2021 fleet modernization strategy with a new agreement that will add 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft to its fleet. The aircraft are being converted from purchase rights into firm orders under an existing A321neo agreement Delta has with Airbus. This marks the latest order…
FAA headquarters in Washington DC. (U.S. Department of Transportation) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making a push to lower airport emissions with $20.4 million in new grants to improve air quality at airports, purchase zero-emissions vehicles, and create electric charging infrastructure, the agency announced on Aug. 24. The FAA’s Zero-Emissions Vehicle program and President…
Photo: Samoa Airways Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlaska Airlines is preparing to receive the 737 MAX 9 that Samoa Airways ordered in 2019 and canceled shortly after. Back in 2019, Samoa Airways has a plan to upgrade its fleet to all-new 737 MAX 9. It previously signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Apia for…
American Airlines Airbus A321. Photo, courtesy of Glenn Beltz / CC BY 2.0. The post-World War II Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) has been activated for the third time as the Department of Defense conducts evacuations of Afghanistan after the fall of the government and Taliban takeover. CRAF allows the Department of Defense to use…
Photo: Getty Images Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Icelandair Boeing 757-300, registration TF-FIX, was undertaking flight FI-542 from Keflavik (Iceland) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) when the crew reported an emergency as one of the engines failed. Nevertheless, the flight crew completed a safe landing on runway 27L about 10 minutes later and taxied…
Jaunt Air Mobility is opening design and manufacturing operations in Canada. (Jaunt Air Mobility) In the electric air taxi world, there are two aircraft designs that are emerging: electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The differences between these two aircraft center around takeoff however the technologies…