Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

United Airlines has received the first of six brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets as part of an agreement with US-based lessor Aircastle. The first Boeing 737 MAX 9 was delivered from the planemakers production facilities in Seattle, Washington with the final five jets expected to arrive this month and into 2025. Aircastle confirmed on December 9, 2024, that all six aircraft will be powered by CFM Leap engines and will help expand United Airlines fleet of new, fuel-efficient aircraft.

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AV Web

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Phillips 66 will supply United Airlines with up to eight million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel over the next seven months thanks to incentives from the State of Illinois. Phillips and United have signed a firm agreement for three million gallons to be delivered to O’hare and 600,000 gallons to be delivered to LAX. The deal could be expanded to a total of eight million gallons through the first half of 2025.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Qantas Freight has unveiled one of its Airbus 321 freighters in a Christmas-themed livery as the aircraft prepares to deliver 50,000 tons of freight for the holiday season. The freighter, one of the carriers six A321s, has been painted in a new livery that Qantas Freighter calls, Santas Freight. The aptly-themed livery represents what the A321F will be busy doing for the rest of 2024: delivering packages, mail, and popular Australian food such as seafood, seasonal produce and even Christmas pudd

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Ive long published my rankings of the worlds best first class products and best first class lounges. In the past couple of years, Ive tried to do the same for business class. Its kind of hard to truly rank business class products, simply because theres so much variability in terms of the quality of products across aircraft, food and beverage service can vary significantly across flights, people prioritize very different things in business class, etc.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Air France is back in the Philippines after two decades, with the launch of its inaugural non-stop flight to Manila International Airport (MNL) on December 8, 2024. Flight AF 208 departed Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) at 23:30 local time on December 7, 2024. After a flight time of less than 13 hours, the A350-941 aircraft, with registration F-HTYJ, landed in Manila at 19:26 local time the following day.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Air India is going through a massive transformation at the moment. In late 2021, the airline was privatized, with Tata Group, the company that founded Air India, once again being in control of the national carrier, and trying to bring it back to its former glory. As youd expect, this is no small task, given how much worse the airline became over the decades.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Dubai-based Fixed Based Operator Jetex has been selected to run the private aviation terminal at Saudi Arabias new Red Sea International Airport due to fully open in 2025. The announcement follows a deal being agreed between Jetex and the airports operator, daa, which also runs Dublin Airport (DUB) in Ireland. Red Sea Global, the developer behind the regenerative tourism projects of The Red Sea and AMAALA in Saudi Arabia, said that the deal reached between Jetex and daa at Red Sea International

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A routine domestic flight operated by Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris took a dramatic turn of events yesterday when a passenger attempted to have the plane diverted to the US. This prompted the service to land en route in order for the offender to be arrested, before continuing to its final destination with a considerable delay. Let's take a closer look at how exactly these dramatic circumstances played out, and what is known about the alarming incident.

Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Air Canada is set to fly to the Philippines for the first time, announcing the launch of non-stop flights between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Manilas Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL). The four-weekly flights are set to begin in the spring season of 2025, with the first flight scheduled to depart on April 2, 2025. Flights will be operated with the carriers Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft featuring three cabins of service: Signature Class with lie-flat seats, Premium Economy a

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Qatar Airways is known for its incredible Qsuites business class not only is this among the worlds best business class seats , but the overall experience is among the best in the world as well. Given how many aircraft have Qsuites, in this post Ill talk about how to go about picking the best seat. After all, theres a bit of nuance to that, given the staggered configuration, seats alternating between being forward and rear facing, etc.

Thrust Flight

DECEMBER 9, 2024

What pilot hasn’t dreamed about owning their own plane? Imagine driving to the airport ramp and pulling up to your craft, hopping in, and flying wherever you like, whenever you like. Can the fantasy ever be a reality for most of us?I mean, how much is a small plane? Obviously, planes are expensive items. But […] The post How Much Does a Plane Cost?

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Nowadays I dont seek out airline elite status as I used to in the past. While I still think theres huge value to earning airline miles, the value of status simply isnt there in the way that it used to be upgrades are tougher to come by, premium cabins are often priced more reasonably in cash, and all the while airlines have (mostly) made status harder to earn.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

For travelers, competition is wonderful, and it took a while to ramp up after airlines emerged from the pandemic lockdowns. Recently, Virgin Australia announced it intends to launch 28 weekly nonstop services from Australia to Qatar using Qatar Airways wet-leased aircraft, and today, Emirates has adjusted its schedules to cut a one-stop service via Singapore and replace it with another nonstop flight between Melbourne and Dubai.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Deutsche Aircraft has announced the appointment of Nico Neumann as co-CEO as the company advances its flagship D328eco turboprop program. Neumann will join incumbent CEO Dave Jackson at the helm starting January 1, 2025, before assuming full operational leadership by mid-year. The strategic reshuffle aligns with Deutsche Aircraft’s industrialization efforts ahead of the D328eco’s anticipated debut in 2027.

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The 1930s were a period of incredible aviation with many eye-catching and unconventional designs. One of the most remarkable was the Italian Stipa-Caproni - a tubular fuselage aircraft with a piston engine in the middle. Some have regarded the Stipa-Caproni as a sort of proto-jet engine. The Stipa-Caproni was the product of the aeronautical engineer Luigi Stipi and the plane manufacturer Caproni.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Tata Group-owned Air India has officially announced that it is the carrier behind a previously undisclosed order placed with Airbus for 10 A350-900s and 90 single-aisle A320neo family aircraft. The formal announcement, made on December 9, 2024, comes on top of an order for 40 A350s and 210 A320neo family aircraft placed by Air India in 2023. The latest aircraft order, which is already included in the Airbus 2024 orderbook figures recently reported by AeroTime , brings Air Indias total orderbook

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The consequences of a series of gunfire strikes involving US commercial airplanes in Haiti last month are still emerging. After American Airlines suspended its flights to the country until early next year, it has now decided to extend the suspension indefinitely. Some US carriers were targeted in Haiti in November, and they are not rushing back to start operations in the country anytime soon.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Lufthansa Technik will construct a new multi-million-dollar maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility near Porto, creating more than 700 jobs. Lufthansa Technik announced on December 9, 2024, that the new MRO facility will be completed by the end of 2027 and will be used for the repair of engine parts and aircraft components. The 230,000 square meter property located around 35 kilometers south of Porto in Santa Maria da Feira will be equipped with the latest technologies in the MRO industr

Cranky Flier

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Tulum was supposed to be a monster. Leading up to the new airport’s opening up to international travel in March of this year, airlines began to step on top of each to see who could announce the most new service. After the first summer, the airlines have changed their tune. Now they’re just hoping this market might work better in winter, but some are already hedging their bets.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Emirates will introduce a third daily non-stop service between Dubai and Melbourne, starting in March 2025. The third service will be operated with the Dubai-based megacarriers newly retrofitted four-class Boeing 777-300ER, which will feature the airlines new premium economy cabin plus the latest incarnation of its business class seats. The airline currently operates two non-stop daily flights between Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Melbourne Airport (MEL) using its four-class Airbus A380s

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The company's primary supplier of MAX fuselage components, Spirit AeroSystems, is in dire financial straits

Aerotime

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Norwegian has announced the launch of 17 new routes for the northern summer of 2025, which will include a trio of new routes from the UK. In all, with the new routes included in the total, the Oslo-based budget airline is planning to operate 344 individual routes and serve 128 destinations across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East during the summer peak of 2025.

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Airline Geeks

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In its latest network shake-up, Alaska will deploy Hawaiian's widebody aircraft on long-haul flights from its Seattle hub.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Link: Apply now for the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card The Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card ( review ) has become an incredibly popular premium credit card. Thats not too surprising, given that the cards value proposition speaks for itself. Generally I look at credit card value propositions in the context of what a card has to offer for the primary cardmember.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Shanghai Airlines will operate its first flights to Casablanca's Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) in Morocco early next year. From January 19th, 2025, the carrier will fly three times per week between Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) and Casablanca. The flights will operate as an extension of Shanghai Airlines' existing services between Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) and Marseille.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

United Airlines is by far the most global of the big three US carriers, and understandably, a lot of people may want to accrue miles with the MileagePlus program, to jet off on adventures. In this post, Id like to take a (relatively) brief look at MileagePlus miles, and the best uses of them. When it comes to redeeming miles, I tend to think that United MileagePlus is somewhere between American AAdvantage and Delta SkyMiles , though unfortunately probably closer to the latter (I value MileagePlu

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Boeing-built E-7 Wedgetail is a ground-breaking new aircraft in the world of airborne early warning (AEW) and airborne warning and control systems (AWACS). The big new jet is armed with the Northrop Grumman Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar. This sophisticated and powerful radar array utilizes Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technology.

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AV Web

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Los Angeles City Council did an about face last week and approved a 25-year lease extension for a helicopter company at Van Nuys Airport. Last March, council bowed to public pressure and voted against giving Bonseph Helinet the extension, which was tied to a planned $25 million redevelopment of its existing facilities at the airport. But a staff report received recently by council said turning down the lease would jeopardize about $300 million in federal grants at LAX and other airports and Mayo

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

American Airlines, is one of the largest carriers globally, with a diverse fleet of over 900 aircraft , including eight Airbus A319s that previously flew with Frontier Airlines. These aircraft, all featuring tail numbers ending in "XF," provide a fascinating glimpse into how aircraft are reused and reconfigured to meet new operational needs. Below, we explore the unique story of these former Frontier A319s, their integration into American Airlines' fleet, and their ongoing contributions.

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Airline Geeks

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The ultra-low-cost carrier which began flying in 2021 is set to add more routes from its New Haven, Connecticut, base in 2025.

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom spoke at a conference on Friday, where he remarked that a college degree is not required for success at the airline. According to Forbes , Isom highlighted pilot and mechanic roles, both of which have high earning potential. Both jobs require a significant amount of training and some level of school, but no degree.

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Aviation News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

TheGlobal 7500business jet provides theultimate combination of performance, comfort and reliability with its luxurious cabin and signature smooth ride Withmore than 200,000 flying hours in.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The absolute bane of any business is not getting paid for the services delivered, particularly when those services involve significant expenditure to generate. Leaving an aircraft on the ground costs airlines money, but flying one costs a lot more, including personnel costs, fuel, landing rights, ground handling, ticketing, catering, airport usage and so on.

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Aviation News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of AIM-120D3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As Korean Air prepares to finalize its acquisition of Asiana Airlines , the aviation industry anticipates unifying South Korea's two major carriers into a formidable entity, according to Reuters.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Weve seen a trend of airlines introducing business class plus products. The idea is that the first row of business class often has a bit of extra space due to how cabins are configured, so airlines are using the opportunity to create a product that they can sell at an upcharge, in order to generate more revenue. The next airline to introduce such a product will be Air New Zealand, and weve now learned how much the airline will charge for it, as flagged by Executive Traveller.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Dassault Rafale and Boeing F-15EX Eagle II represent two contrasting approaches to air power. Originally designed decades apart on different continents, and with very different mission concepts, the current evolution of these two mighty aircraft has them vying for center stage as the worlds top multi-role fighter jet. One important distinction is that both jets predate the introductions of stealth design features and while they do have some materials and systems that make them stealthy, they

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