First Officer Who Died on Flight 5342 Named Honorary Captain

First Officer Sam Lilley posthumously received the title of captain, PSA Airlines said Sunday. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

GOL 737 MAX 8 Hits Service Truck While Departing Rio de Janeiro

A GOL Boeing 737 MAX 8 departing Rio de Janeiro in Brazil struck a service vehicle on the runway, causing significant damage to the aircraft’s fuselage. (www.gatechecked.com) More...

TSA Staff Can’t Take Federal Buyouts

Agency leadership told employees they were exempt. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Spirit Airlines Proceeds With Standalone Recapitalization; Rejects Most Recent Proposal from Frontier

On Feb. 4, 2025, Frontier submitted the New Proposal to Spirit. Under the terms of the New Proposal, which was subject to various conditions, Spirit's stakeholders would receive $400 million principal amount of second-lien debt issued by Frontier and 19.0% of Frontier's common equity following the proposed combination. The New Proposal would not require the Company to complete its previously announced $350 million equity rights offering, and required a waiver of the Bankruptcy… (www.prnewswire.com) More...

How Allegiant’s Florida Resort Became a Drain on Its Profits

In December 2023, Allegiant Air officially opened a resort in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. The resort, which spans 22 acres, has 20 restaurants and bars, and 785 rooms, was once called “transformational” for Allegiant by the carrier’s former CEO and founder Maury Gallagher. The ultra-low-cost carrier decided to open the hotel — called the Sunseeker Resort — after seeing success with third-party hotel bookings. But just over a year later, Allegiant is looking to offload its southwest Florida resort… (skift.com) More...

Flight with 10 souls disappears in Alaska

Bering Air Flight 445, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, disappeared on Thursday afternoon while it was flying over the Bering Sea on a route from Unalakleet to Nome, a city some 530 miles northwest of Anchorage. Search is underway at the time of this post. (bnonews.com) More...

Paranoid Montana Man Draws Prison Time For Pointing Laser At Aircraft

Nice to see enforcement at work - and thanks to the pilot! (cowboystatedaily.com) More...

Dallas Love Field Loses an Airline

Alaska Airlines confirms it will leave the airport in May. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Tracking system was off in US Army helicopter that collided with passenger jet: Senator

In a tragic incident near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter was involved in a collision with an American Airlines regional jet last week, resulting in a devastating loss of life. This marks the deadliest aviation disaster in over two decades in the U.S., with a confirmed 67 fatalities following the crash on January 29. Following the collision, Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, revealed crucial details regarding the… (www.msn.com) More...

Unruly Passenger Smashes Plexiglass Window On Frontier Airlines Flight

A Frontier Airlines passenger had to be restrained after becoming combative mid-flight from Denver to Houston. (www.gatechecked.com) More...

New CFO announced as part of Southwest Airlines’ transformational plan

Southwest Airlines Co. announced Tuesday that Tom Doxey has been named executive vice president & chief financial officer effective March 10, bringing extensive experience in aviation finance, operations, and strategic transformation. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) More...

All Reagan National Runways Reopen After Crash

Runways 15/33 and 4/22 at Reagan National Airport in Washington have reopened nearly two weeks after January’s deadly midair collision, an FAA spokesperson said in a statement to AirlineGeeks. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Will the U.S. Finally Modernize Its Air Traffic System?

The President of the United States has stated he plans to discuss legislation with congressional leaders to create a new U.S. air traffic control system after the fatal crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (www.airwaysmag.com) More...

D.C. Area Set for Fourth Commercial Airport

The new facility could open as early as this year. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Delta Delays 737 MAX Debut

The carrier isn’t planning to take delivery of the aircraft until 2026. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

FAA Drops Flight Arrival Rate at Reagan National

The Federal Aviation Administration is reportedly reducing rates to help ease the strain on air traffic controllers at the airport. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Two dead after plane crashes into vehicles on busy road in Sao Paulo

Two people have died after a plane crashed into vehicles on a busy road in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. (news.sky.com) More...

Qatar 777-300ER cockpit stunning Maldives landing in Crosswind & Rain

Qatar 777-300ER cockpit stunning Maldives landing in Crosswind & Rain (www.youtube.com) More...

DHL drops SmartLynx Airlines as cargo partner in Europe

DHL Express is reshuffling its air cargo vendors in Europe again. (www.freightwaves.com) More...

Which Airlines Offer Starlink Wi-Fi Internet?

Starlink has no doubt revolutionized the broadband market, bringing massively improved internet speeds to the far reaches of the planet. The marine and aviation markets have also benefited greatly, with equally high speeds and lower latency. The airlines that have already deployed Starlink have seen a massive uplift in speeds compared to other satellite providers, with many download benchmarks averaging 150 Mbps. (www.gatechecked.com) More...

JetBlue Axes Key Northeast Route

The airline plans to end this route in April, citing rising costs. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Air Canada Delays Boeing 767 Reentry

The carrier initially planned to reintroduce the jet this month. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

JAL strikes parked Delta 737 in Seattle

A taxiing JAL 787 struck a parked Delta 737 at KSEA. The Japan Air Lines flight had arrived from Tokyo Narita a few minutes earlier. No injuries reported. (komonews.com) More...

Alaska plane crash: New details emerge about missing Bering Air jet's last known moments

The jet missing in Alaska rapidly lost altitude and speed before its signal vanished, according to the Coast Guard. Lt. Benjamin McIntyre-Coble of the U.S. Coast Guard added that at least one of the searchers flying over frigid seas and combing through miles of frozen tundra had discovered “some sort of item of interest” on Friday afternoon, but he did not elaborate. “What that is and what that might shake out to be and what the status of the people ... I cannot speculate at this time,”… (www.msn.com) More...

Air India Cabin Crews Arrested at Zurich Airport, Switzerland

Five Air India (AI) cabin crew members were arrested at Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland for not carrying a valid Crew Member Certificate (CMC), a document required for visa-free entry of flight crew. (aviationa2z.com) More...

Woman suing Alaska Airlines, claims airline negligent in sexual assault

A woman is suing Alaska Airlines after a man allegedly sexually assaulted her during a flight. (mynorthwest.com) More...

In the cockpit of the Zambia Airways Q-400 across Zambia

In the cockpit of the Zambia Airways Q-400 across Zambia (www.youtube.com) More...

Airlines Back Trump ATC Plan

Trump has tasked Elon Musk’s DOGE team to take action at the FAA. (airlinegeeks.com) More...

Ground crash as Scottsdale AZ KSDL

A Lear 35A apparently went off course while on the ground at Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) AZ... (metro.co.uk) More...

Emirates 777 cockpit flight from Amsterdam to Dubai

Emirates 777 cockpit flight from Amsterdam to Dubai (www.youtube.com) More...

CBP Guide Clarifies General Aviation Reentry Steps

For those who plan to fly outside the U.S. border, the National Business Aviation Association posted this week that there has been an uptick in reports of aircraft operators failing to comply with reentry requirements of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP has issued the General Aviation Lifecycle Processing Guide, a new fact sheet to help improve compliance with the reentry process. https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/25_0206_cbp-ga-lifecycle-fact-sheet.pdf (www.avweb.com) More...