Aerotime

MAY 19, 2025

The report published by the German news agency dpa sets out the sequence of events that led to a Lufthansa Airbus A321 flying for around ten minutes without any pilot actively at the controls of the aircraft before the situation was resolved. However, the airline declined to disclose the findings of its investigation.

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Cockpit Pilot Flight Deck Pilot in Command 252

Aerotime

APRIL 17, 2025

Over two dozen students are taking legal action against United Airlines and its Arizona-based flight school, United Aviate Academy, for consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices. The lawsuit alleges that United Airlines made grand promises to lure unsuspecting students onto a woefully under resourced pilot training program.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 186

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Finnair has been forced to cancel around 300 flights in the face of a pre-Christmas pilots’ strike which is set to affect approximately 33,000 customers. RELATED Finnair celebrates 100th anniversary of first flight The post Finnair cancels nearly 300 flights after pilots announce pre-Christmas strike appeared first on AeroTime.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 273

Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was one of the worst aviation disasters in modern US history. Twenty-five years on from this terrible accident, we look back at what led up to the crash, what was learned from it, and why the pilots Ted Thompson and Bill Tansky are now hailed as heroes for their actions during the incident.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airline Airlines 284

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 rolled backward and away from its parking stand at Delhi Airport in India after its crew reportedly failed to set the parking brakes correctly. After the pilots realized the aircraft was rolling backwards, they immediately set the parking brake bringing the airplane to a halt.

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Cabin Crew Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 292

Aerotime

MAY 19, 2025

Cathay Pacific recently celebrated the graduation of its latest batch of cadet pilots who completed the Cadet Pilot Training Program. This is also the first group of cadet pilot graduates that received in-house ground theory training at the airlines own Cathay Academy.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 200

Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

A panicked Hong Kong Airlines flight crew raced to extinguish a fire using bottles of water after a blaze reportedly broke out in an overhead bin during a flight. Video posted on social media on March 20, 2025, showed crew members and passengers scrambling to douse the blaze as the pilot initiated an emergency landing.

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Airline Airlines Pilot 284

Aerotime

MARCH 6, 2025

It is understood that Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways have cancelled flights to and from Mogadishu, Somalia, following a warning from the US of a potential imminent attack at Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ). Both Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways have canceled flights to and from Mogadishu since the embassy alert was issued.

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Airline Airlines Pilot 296

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

After reducing its top management members pay over a pilot drinking incident, the JAL Group announced changes to its board and executive members. Three other executives from the airlines flight operations and safety management divisions have also been given disciplinary actions. The pilot was subsequently jailed.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 209

Aerotime

MARCH 27, 2025

Ethiopian Airlines and the electrical vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Archer Aviation have signed an agreement that could see the carrier launch air taxi travel in the future. Our partnership with Archer Aviation marks an important step in bringing cutting-edge eVTOL technology to Ethiopia.

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Airline Airlines Pilot 232

Aerotime

JANUARY 17, 2025

Ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has announced plans to cut 200 jobs in an effort to reduce costs after filing for bankruptcy protection. The decision comes after the airline confirmed that it had entered a prearranged Chapter 11 process in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Airline Airlines Pilot 292

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A new agreement between electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer Archer Aviation and a Japan Airlines startup includes plans for the purchase of up to 100 Midnight aircraft. Archer’s Midnight is a piloted, four-passenger aircraft designed to perform rapid back-to-back flights with minimal charge time between flights.

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Airline Airlines Approach Pilot 270

Alaska Air

MAY 9, 2025

Jeff Miles fulfilled his lifelong dream last week by joining his mom, Captain Michelle Miles, in the flight deck, making history as Alaska Airlines' first mother-son pilot team. The post When your hero is Mom: Mother and son pilots fly together in a milestone moment for Alaska Airlines appeared first on Alaska Airlines News.

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Flight Deck Pilot Airline Airlines 140

Aerotime

JANUARY 27, 2025

Under the agreement, F Air will provide flight training for Vietjet pilot trainees at the airlines Aviation Academys (VJAA) Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) program in the Czech Republic. Currently, VJAA trains and supplies over 200 pilots annually, including initial training and type-rating programs.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 226

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Leaders of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) gathered to discuss the future of aviation in the region in Brunei Darussalam on November 12-13 2024, for the 68th Assembly of Presidents. Royal Brunei Airlines with international media, including AeroTime. of 2019 levels.

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Airline Airlines Weather Cargo 281

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 25, 2025

Japan Airlines senior management is facing some serious punishment over recent incidents involving drinking pilots. Furthermore, Akasaka will have his role of overseeing safety measures at the airline revoked. This isnt the first time that Japan Airlines executives have had their pay docked over pilots drinking inappropriately.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 118

Aerotime

JANUARY 6, 2025

Spanish carriers Iberia and Iberia Express have been named the most punctual airlines in Europe in 2024, taking the two highest rankings in an industrywide survey published for the year. Iberia has been among the most punctual airlines in Europe and in the top 10 worldwide for the last nine years.

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Airline Airlines Air Traffic Control Cabin Crew 281

Aerotime

MAY 8, 2025

Vietnamese budget carrier Vietjet Air and Kazakhstans Qazaq Air have banded together to form a new low-cost airline, Vietjet Qazaqstan. The new airline was unveiled during the KazakhstanVietnam Business Roundtable on May 6, 2025, as part of Vietnamese General Secretary To Lams three-day state visit to Kazakhstan.

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Airline Airlines Pilot 224

Aerotime

MAY 27, 2025

A United Airlines flight attendant has launched a lawsuit against European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, seeking $30 million in compensation. The suit further claims that Airbus failed to adequately alert airlines and their employees about these dangers or to adopt sufficient safety measures to counteract them or avoid them.

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Airline Airlines Cabin Crew Turbulence 269

Aerotime

APRIL 4, 2025

Few people in the airline industry can match the entrepreneurial record of Carlos Muoz. In just under a decade, Muoz launched two of Europes most successful airlines. It was there while working on a consulting engagement, that Muoz was given his first glimpse into the airline industry.

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Aerotime

MARCH 19, 2025

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) suggests that a Flexjet pilot was unsure about the identity of runways before a Southwest flight was forced to make a critical go-around to avoid a collision. The cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) from both aircraft were overwritten. The NTSBs investigation is ongoing.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Asia Pacific Airlines has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay over $2 million in wages, damages, and legal fees after it was determined that the airline fired a pilot for repeatedly raising safety concerns over engine maintenance practices.

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Pilot Airline Airlines Cargo 126

Aerotime

MARCH 24, 2025

A United Airlines flight bound for Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) was forced to divert to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) when one of its pilots realized that he had forgotten his passport at home. Flight UA198 departed Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at 13:47 local time on March 22, 2025.

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Pilot Jet Airline Airlines 282

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Southwest Airlines may be considering the acquisition of another US carrier. Shortly after a board meeting, Click, who is also a representative of the flight attendants union, posted an online poll on his Facebook page asking followers to name the airline that Southwest Airlines is looking at.

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Airline Airlines Pilot 216

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2025

In a historic moment for Alaska Airlines just ahead of Mothers Day, captain Michelle Miles and her son, first officer Jeff Miles, recently shared the flight deck, marking the airlines first mother-son pilot team. Air Force before joining Alaska in 1988 as its 17th female pilot and the first with a military background.

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Pilot Flight Deck Airline Airlines 109

Aerotime

JANUARY 28, 2025

In command of XB-1 wasTristan Geppetto Brandenburg, an experienced test pilot and former naval aviator and United States Naval Test Pilot School graduate. Boom Supersonic aims to bring back supersonic air travel through the development of a clean-sheet supersonic airliner, which it calls Overture.

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Pilot Jet Airline Airlines 329

Aerotime

MARCH 31, 2025

PLAY Airlines, the Icelandic low-cost operator has announced that it has received the Air Operators Certificate (AOC) for its new Malta-based subsidiary company, to be known as PLAY Europe. I look forward to seeing the airline grow and thrive in the months and years ahead, Pace added.

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Cabin Crew Airline Airlines Pilot 223

Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 bound for Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) had to return to Manilas Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) after an engine fire incident. Huge thanks to the pilots & cabin crew for keeping us safe. Flight MH 705 departed Manila at approximately 17:22 local time on March 15, 2025.

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Cabin Crew Airline Airlines Pilot 215

Aerotime

APRIL 30, 2025

A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 was forced to make an emergency landing after a passengers mobile phone overheated and began emitting a burning odor and caught fire. The latest incident unfolded on April 27, 2025, as Hawaiian Airlines flight HA457 from Honolulu to Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND) neared the end of its flight.

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 17, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB ) has released its report on a United Airlines flight that ended in a damaged fuselage due to pilot inputs. The Boeing 767 was landing in Houston from Newark when the nose gear of the plane touched down with such force that it caused significant damage.

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Pilot Airline Airlines 122

Simple Flying

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In recent years, the idea of single-pilot operations on large commercial airliners has become an increasingly hot topic.

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Pilot Cockpit Airline Airlines 119

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

There has been endless speculation online about the pilots involved in the accident, and it hasnt been without motive. Captain: Mesaba Airlines, a progenitor company of Endeavor Air, hired the captain in October 2007. He has served both as an active duty Captain and in pilot training and flight safety capacities.

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Pilot Runway Airline Airlines 138

Aerotime

JANUARY 17, 2025

A pilot operating Boeing 767s on global routes and a consultant leveraging his extensive aviation and technology expertise, Christian also holds a First-Class Honours degree in Air Transport Operations plus a masters degree in Blockchain. Airlines like Korean Air have implemented S.PM+ and S.HM

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 6, 2025

Being picked and probed during the medical phase of the airline pilot interview process was an anticipated expectation. My understanding was that the airline was not only testing for current health issues but also the possibility that family history might forecast problems that could manifest themselves later.

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Pilot Airline Airlines Cockpit 79

Flying Magazine

JUNE 10, 2025

If there’s anything I’ve learned in my 31 years in aviation, it’s that just about every pilot claims their spiritual hometown as Lake Wobegon, where “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” My airline uses it both internally and as a pilot-facing app on our iPad EFBs.

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Pilot Knot Gross Weight Runway 111

Flying Magazine

JUNE 6, 2025

Seniority in and of itself is a simple concept that greatly complicates the personal and professional life of an airline pilot. Longevity is the amount of time you have been employed by an airline—two years, five years, 10 years, etc. Let’s take a deeper look and start with system (airline) seniority. There is a No.

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Pilot Airline Airlines Flight Deck 78

Simple Flying

APRIL 7, 2025

Through its venture capital arm, Alaska Airlines is investing in the development of next-generation simulators that will help make pilot training more efficient.

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