The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets after a decommissioned emergency door blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight last night. The agency is calling for the inspection of these aircraft before return to service. “The FAA is requiring immediate inspections of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 planes before they can return to flight,” FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said. “Safety will continue to drive our decision-making as we assist the NTSB’s…
Alaska is temporarily grounding its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after a serious decompression and structural failure incident on Friday evening. Flight 1282 from Portland (PDX) to Ontario, Calif. (ONT) made an emergency landing at PDX at approximately 5:30 p.m. local time. The aircraft - N704AL -…
The Canadian capital city of Ottawa will continue to be connected to Europe through the summer of 2024. Air France has announced a second extension of the service between Paris’ Charles De Gaulle (CDG) and Ottawa International Airport (YOW) that began in June 2023. With France hosting the Summer Olympics…
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 was forced to divert on Friday night after one of its windows blew out mid-flight. The aircraft, operating as Alaska 1282, had just departed from Portland, Oregon bound for Ontario, California when the indecent occurred. Passengers onboard the aircraft report that a child’s…
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Advanced Air has unveiled another round of expansion, bringing with it two more cities to its network, including Crescent City and Oakland, Calif.; one of which is an Essential Air Service (EAS) community, and the other becomes the new longest Dornier 328Jet route in the United States. The…
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…
Alaska Airlines has historically operated an all-boeing fleet of aircraft. The minor blip of Virgin America aircraft aside, the airline has been proudly Boeing, and more specifically proudly all Boeing 737s of some variant, for decades. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that as Alaska continues to grow, it continues…
Aeroitalia has announced it will commence service between Milan's Bergamo Airport and London's Southend Airport on March 25, 2024. The Italian startup airline plans to operate the flight six times weekly. It will use its Boeing 737-800 aircraft based at Bergamo and Rome's Fiumicino Airport. Southend Airport stated, "The new…
United is bolstering its pilot training capacity in Denver with the planned opening of a new 113-acre facility. According to The Denver Post, the Chicago-based carrier plans to add 12 new full-motion simulators as part of the project's first phase. Back in August, United paid $33 million to acquire a…
Avianca has taken the top spot in a global aviation analytics firm’s 2023 On-Time Performance Review. In its annual punctuality evaluation, Cirium examines on-time performance among airlines and airports around the world and highlights the top performers. The Most Punctual Airlines Around the World Avianca took the top spot among…
