Embraer closes $ 1.4 billion deal with Flexjet, Praetor's first fleet client

The deal with one of the global leaders in the private jet transport market includes a fleet of Embraer executive jets, such as the recently approved Praetor jets and the Phenom 300... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Mais...

Fly-CD airline arrives in Brazil in 2020 with flights to the Caribbean

The airline, which operates under a Dutch license, will have daily flights, marketed to the Caribbean, mainly by packages offered by tour operators... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Mais...

Qantas gears up for the second "Project Sunrise" research flight

Sydney, Australia - The Australian flag carrier Qantas will fly a nearly empty a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from London Heathrow to Sydney as part of “Project Sunrise”. The 787-9 registered VH-ZNJ will take off from Heathrow and fly directly to Sydney with no paying passengers onboard. (airlinerwatch.com) Mais...

Mooney Ceasing Production. Closes Kerrville Plant, furloughs hundreds of employees

The Kerrville Daily Times is reporting that Mooney International has ceased manufacturing operations at its Kerrville Airport factory at Kerrville Municipal Airport (KERV), Texas. In the move, a company spokesman said, the company laid off 229 employees, bringing Mooney employment down to around 90 workers. None will be producing aircraft parts, however, which is certain to concern Mooney owners. (www.planeandpilotmag.com) Mais...

Navy UFO Witnesses Speak Out

What, exactly, did the Navy encounter 15 years ago off the Southern California coast, when fighter pilots spotted a UFO? These men were there, too⁠—and it's time they tell their side of the story. (www.popularmechanics.com) Mais...

Air Canada Flight Diverts To The US With Marijuana Onboard

While this might be OK in Canada, it’s not so popular with law enforcement in the United States and has quite severe consequences for anyone caught bringing a controlled substance into the country. (simpleflying.com) Mais...

Overweight Cat Causes Aeroflot To Strip Member Of Air Miles

Aeroflot has stripped a passenger of no less than 400,000 miles because his cat was too fat to fly. Passenger Mikhail Galin was unwilling to place voluptuous Viktor in the hold, and instead devised a fur-midable plan to get the fat feline past security. But bragging on Facebook turned out to be a cat-astrophe. Here’s how it went down. (simpleflying.com) Mais...

Boeing 737 MAX Orders Fall as Air Lease Swaps for 787 Dreamliner

Sales for Boeing Co.’s grounded 737 Max slipped in October after a prominent customer converted some of its orders for the narrow-body jet to twin-aisle 787 Dreamliners. Boeing’s unfilled 737 order backlog, adjusted for accounting considerations, shrank by 19 aircraft during the month to 4,387 jets, the Chicago-based planemaker revealed on its website Tuesday. The planemaker garnered negative 93 orders for the Max, net of cancellations and conversions, through the first 10 months of the year. (www.bloomberg.com) Mais...

Pilot disorientation caused deadly crash near Centennial Airport that left engine lodged in home, NTSB rules

The National Transportation Safety Board said 67-year-old Robert Marquis probably lost control of the Cirrus SR22 he was flying. (coloradosun.com) Mais...

JetBlue Launches Basic Economy To Compete With LCCs

This is the first revamp of the airline’s fare since they were introduced in 2015. (simpleflying.com) Mais...

The Silent Anniversary. 18 Years and Counting Since the Last Legacy Disaster.

It's been 18 years since the crash of American flight 587 outside Kennedy Airport. A look into one of the most impressive stories in the history of U.S. commercial aviation. (www.askthepilot.com) Mais...