Malaysia’s MYAirline saga has no end in sight. The Transport Ministry is investigating the decision to grant the company an Air Service License (ASL) in 2022. But the chaos is far from over. Goh Hwan Hwa, the co-founder of the airline, was arrested and accused of money laundering. According to New Strait Times, Goh has been “on the authorities’ radar for the past two years for alleged dubious activities." “This is definitely something that Mavcom (Malaysia Aviation Commission) has to…
Wisk became the first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi company to fly in the greater Los Angeles area with the launch of test flights at Long Beach Airport. The company produces fully autonomous vehicles that do require a pilot onboard. The test flights allowed Wisk to conduct…
Japan Airlines is planning to remove its last remaining 777-200ER aircraft from scheduled service later this year. One of the early adopters of Boeing’s 777, JAL has used the aircraft type for both short and long haul operations. The airline has phased out its 777-200ER fleet in recent years as…
JetBlue is expanding its network portfolio in Europe, adding new destinations from both Boston and New York-JFK. The New York-based airline kicked off its European service in 2021 with flights to London, before eventually adding Paris and Amsterdam. In a press release Wednesday morning, the airline announced its plans to…
On Tuesday evening, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm Mike Whitaker as the next Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Whitaker is a former deputy administrator at the FAA, where he served from 2013 to 2016. He is also an attorney and a private pilot, previously holding various airline…
“Paris is always a good idea.” Though Audrey Hepburn didn’t actually deliver that line in her 1954 film Sabrina, it’s widely attributed to her, and having lived in Paris for three years, I couldn’t agree more. To this day, I never need an excuse to go. I’d happily hop the pond…
Imagine boarding a plane for a routine journey and being greeted with an electrifying performance at 36,000 feet. That's precisely what happened to passengers aboard LIFT flights departing from Cape Town International Airport to Johannesburg and OR Tambo International Airport to Cape Town last week as they were treated to…
Air Canada has unveiled new cabins for its Airbus A320 and A321 fleet. The Canadian flag carrier is retrofitting these aging aircraft with modernized seats and fixtures, bringing their interiors in line with the carrier’s newer narrowbody aircraft. New Seats and New Cabins The new seats feature dark black and…
The U.S. woke up on Monday to learn that a jumpseat passenger on a Horizon Air flight operating from Everett, Wash. to San Francisco attempted to shut down both of the aircraft's engines in-flight. Much has been revealed since AirlineGeeks published the story earlier, including details on the off-duty pilot.…
Global Airlines CCO Richard Stephenson spoke at the Routes World conference in Istanbul last week, giving a keynote on the state of Global Airlines and taking questions from the audience. Stephenson outlined the start-up airline's bold plans. Global Airlines' Fleet Plan Stephenson stated that Global Airlines is not looking to…
