After years of aggressive growth, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has corroborated messaging from multiple U.S. regional airlines that pilot hiring is stabilizing in the United States. Airlines are beginning to more easily manage their flow of pilots and plan ahead for future demand. CommuteAir and Mesa Airlines both said that the ready supply of new pilots roughly matches the overall demand. ALPA announced at the end of March that the U.S. is consistently certifying a greater number of…
UPS is looking to hire more than 300 pilots to support an anticipated increase in air cargo demand driven by a new multi-year contract from the U.S. Postal Service, according to the union representing the company’s air crews. “The Independent Pilots Association Executive Board was informed that UPS HR is…
Editor’s Note: AirlineGeeks is excited to launch our ‘Livery of the Week’ series. Every Friday, a team member will share an airline livery, which can be from the past, present, or even a special scheme. Some airline liveries are works of art. The complexity associated with painting around critical flight components and…
At a press conference today, Turkish Airlines announced a new nonstop service between Denver and Istanbul, beginning on June 11, 2024. This flight, scheduled at 6,130 miles, will be around 400 miles longer than the current longest flight from Denver, United’s nonstop flight to Tokyo. The outbound flight from Denver…
Rolls-Royce recently announced a significant milestone today with the commencement of flight testing for its Pearl 10X turbofan engine. This powerful engine — designed to propel Dassault Aviation's ultra-long-range Falcon 10X business jet — is taking flight aboard a specially equipped Boeing 747-200 testbed in Tucson, Ariz. The Pearl 10X…
Alaska Airlines told investors in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it received about $160 million from Boeing in “initial compensation” after a door plug blew off a 737 MAX 9 during a January flight. The Q1 money makes up for financial damages caused by the Alaska flight…
A recent stock filing has suggested that Hainan Airlines is on track to acquire Airbus A330-900neos from Airbus. The company reportedly approved a purchase of 20 sets of kitchen galleys from Safran for A330-900s in a March 29 filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, suggesting that the airline could be…
On a recent trip to Asia, I had the opportunity to fly in Business Class on an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Dreamliner Boeing 787-9. I had not flown on a Japanese airline since the COVID-19 pandemic and was keen to try out the product. When it comes to service and…
There are dark clouds on the horizon for WestJet Encore, the fully-owned regional subsidiary of the WestJet Group, the second-largest airline group in Canada. The group’s management and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) representing Encore’s 322 pilots have been in negotiations for the new contract since September, but the…
