Norse Atlantic Airways is preparing to land soon. The airline, founded by former Norwegian executives, plans to launch ticket sales at the end of March and the first commercial flight in the second quarter from Oslo (OSL) to a U.S. destination. “Prospective customers on both sides of the Atlantic contact us every day to ask […]
Early Monday morning, U.S.-based ultra-low-cost carriers Spirit and Frontier announced their plans to merge the two airlines in a $3 billion cash-stock deal. The airline duo expects annual run-rate operating synergies once full integration is complete. While the deal is expected to close in the second half of 2022, a variety of movements are crucial […]
United officially opened its new Phoenix, Ariz.-area flight school, dubbed the United Aviate Academy (UAA), this week amid an ongoing pilot shortage. The airline becomes the only U.S. carrier to wholly own and operate its own flight school. At 340,000 square feet and valued at $10 million, the newly-leased facility is located at Phoenix Goodyear […]
The U.S. airline industry is currently bracing for the ongoing shortage of pilots, as several carriers race to find their own solutions and incentives to prevent the issue from disrupting daily flight operations and route networks. On Thursday, in its attempt to attract new crewmembers and expand its team, Avelo Airlines announced a substantial salary […]
In view of the launch of 5G C-band mobile networks in the U.S. scheduled for Wednesday and the growing concern about the impact it will have on the safety of air operations in certain scenarios, Emirates will suspend its flights to nine airports. The Dubai-based airline issued a statement informing that flights to and from […]
As a country, the U.S. needs to seriously re-evaluate how it deals with the rise in unruly passenger cases onboard flights nationwide. An astonishing 5,981 cases of unruly behavior onboard commercial aircraft were reported to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2021. Despite this high number, 350 enforcement actions were issued by the FAA’s investigations […]
Delta’s first A321neo made its debut on Friday after exiting Airbus’ manufacturing facility in Hamburg, Germany. The Atlanta-based airline has 155 total A321neo aircraft on order after recently adding 30 more to its book in August 2021. The new aircraft’s rollout for the U.S. airline was captured by local planespotters. According to the carrier, delivery […]
Emirates took delivery of MSN272 on Thursday, 21 years after betting on the model as its launch customer during the 2000 Farnborough Air Show, when the aircraft was still being presented as A3XX, thus marking the end of the production line of the largest passenger aircraft in history. A total of 251 aircraft were produced, […]
Join AirlineGeeks for an in-depth discussion with travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt, breaking down the next steps and complications for U.S. airlines as an upward post-pandemic industry recovery continues. This webinar will take place on Friday, July 2, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. PT (5:30 p.m. ET). Register by clicking here. Attendees can submit questions in […]
As part of its webinar series, AirlineGeeks will be hosting Honeywell Aerospace’s Joe Duval to discuss test flights and experimental aircraft. Mr. Duval has decades of experience as a pilot and aviation professional, operating several of Honeywell’s testbed aircraft, including the Boeing 757-200. Join AirlineGeeks and Honeywell Aerospace on June 18 at 11 a.m. PT […]
