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Delta Air Lines – Turns Profit And Hiring 1,000 Pilots!
Delta announced to employees that they will turn a profit in the second half of 2021, and will be hiring over 1,000 pilots by next summer! The information comes from a memo that the airline sent to its employees on Monday (Yesterday). John Laughter, Delta’s...
Lufthansa – Widebodies For Short-Haul Summer Flights?
Lufthansa announced that they will be using two of their biggest widebodies for short-haul flights, to meet strong seasonal demand. “Extraordinary measures”. This is how Lufthansa describes its use of widebodies, for some really short routes. The airline did this...
INCIDENT: Southwest and Cargolux Touch Wings!
A ground collision incident between a Southwest 737 and a Cargolux 747, took place in Chicago O’Hare Airport last Saturday. There were no injuries. This event involves Southwest flight WN2750 and Cargolux CV9796. The Southwest crew had landed at O’Hare Airport...
Southwest Airlines: 50 Years Young, And Celebrating!
On the 18th of June (Friday), Southwest Airlines celebrated 50 years of commercial flights, and marked the occasion with a special livery on one of its 737-800s! This is an airline that likes a special livery every now and then. So obviously, they wouldn’t let a...
REGENT Seaglider: Is It A Plane Or A Ship?
This week, Brittany Ferries partnered REGENT Craft Inc., who are working on the all-electric ‘seaglider’, a wing-in-ground-effect vehicle. REGENT Craft Inc. is a Boston-based startup, working on what they call the seaglider concept. In essence, this is a...
Missing Aircraft Found Submerged In California Lake?
A hydrographic survey company accidentally found a missing aircraft in Folsom Lake, in California! Unusually dry conditions helped. The company is called Seafloor Systems Inc. Folsom Lake is close to their base in Northern California – closer than any sea coast. So...
CRASH: Let L-410 With Parachutists In Siberia
Four people lost their lives and four more faced serious injury, in the crash of a Let L-410 in Siberia this morning. This is a developing story. At approximately 10am local time, a Let L-410 with parachutists on board had a crash. The accident happened in...
Airbus – Single-Pilot Long-Haul A350 In The Works?
Airbus is working with the airlines, in a project that could allow single-pilot operations for certain segments of long-haul flights, with its A350. A few months ago, we saw an Airbus initiative to get an A350 to taxi out, take-off, land and taxi in again. This was...
Boeing 737 MAX-10 Makes Its Maiden Flight!
After many delays, the Boeing 737 MAX-10, the last member of the MAX family, took to the skies for the first time today, in a muted event. Today, Friday the 18th of June, four years minus one day after Boeing announced it to the world, the 737 MAX-10 flew for the...