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A fascinating video showing the effects of GPS spoofing in the region, with the crew receiving erroneous GPWS alerts. This was experienced by an ET A350 crew flying at FL380 from ADD-LHR.
Apart from the airport and airline, nothing in the headline of this thread is correct. Second example of that within 24 hours. (https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1492653) I do wish members would limit themselves to stating facts, rather than misguided conclusions, when headlin...
Jump to postSouthwest WN 3695 operated by N8668A, a 738 from DEN to HOU reportedly hit an object shortly after takeoff from Denver, tearing the right engine cowling apart and causing engine damage. The aircraft returned to DEN and made an emergency landing. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GKktgkpWoAAWfQF?format=jpg...
Jump to postThe saga continues: Venezuela is no longer allowing aircraft registered in Argentina (LV-xxx) to enter their airspace. According to a source in Aerolineas, this is "obviously" related to YV3531. Argentina's foreign ministry has summoned the Venezuelan ambassador. https://www.infobae.com/e...
Jump to postI could see them adding MAD-YYZ, YUL and EWR. JFK/BOS/IAD in the winter months makes sense replacing A330's and A350. Other more distant possibilities could be MAD-MCO, LAD and DXB.
Jump to postOman Air is cutting its fleet of 10 A330's in a move to downsize the carrier. The 5 737-900ER's will also be retired and will be taken over by Sun Country. In recent years Oman Air has struggled financially and the Omani government wants the carrier reduce it losses on unprofitable routes. Chittagon...
Jump to postIt seems unlikely EK will expand in China given they recently downgauged DXB-PVG from a A380 to 77W and will be not be increasing PEK and CAN to A380's. They tried Zhengzhou and Yinchuan and ended those well before the pandemic. EY also recently canceled CAN-AUH and reduced frequencies in PVG and PKX.
Jump to postAn Ameriflight Beech 99 has reportedly crashed in Londonderry, NH south of the Manchester Airport. The aircraft reported to be N53RP was operating a Wiggins Air flight WIG1046 to Presque Isle, ME but crashed while returning to MHT. https://x.com/rockinghamalert/status/1750868435376963908?s=46&t=...
Jump to postWhat a major blow for AV and LAX. AV flew to LAX FOREVER , so clearly the route must have worked to a degree. I don’t understand why they are cutting it. Then again, this is the same airline that retired all of their (relatively young) A330’s, just to lease a Wamos A330 a few months later :rotfl: A...
Jump to postA Swiss 777 operating LX9 to ZRH aborted takeoff at ORD reportedly due to a birdstrike, which caused a gear fire. The airport closed temporarily.
https://x.com/twistedvortices/status/17 ... X5omvJdgOw
KX has loaded GCM-BGI flights in the GDS, launching on October 18th.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230902-kxnw23bgi
Arajet will launch SCL from October 29th, flights are already on sale. ASU, EZE and MVD are also planned to launch before the end of the year. SDQ-BAQ is ending on August 25th due to low demand.
https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/07/ar ... o-domingo/
AA is looking to reduce Cuba frequencies, they have applied with the DOT to reduce MIA-HAV from 8x to 6x, reduce MIA-SNU from 2x to 1x, suspend MIA-VRA and SCU.
https://airlineinfo.com/login.php?page= ... =access#AA (link behind paywall)
I was at DEN flying to JFK on a B6 321 last summer and it was over 100 degrees. The pilots said they were overweight by 18 passengers and would need to wait until it was 94 degrees or have volunteers take the next flight. Needless to say they were unable to get 18 volunteers and the flight left 4 ho...
Jump to postThe thunderstorms are not letting up in the NYC area and are expected to continue around the east coast until Wednesday.
Jump to postArgentinean low-cost airline Flybondi is reportedly facing financial hurdles in paying for its leased aircraft and may have to ground its fleet. As Argentina's economic and currency crisis worsens and the lack of supply of US dollars in the country has dealt a blow to the airline, which may render i...
Jump to postLast week, Iberia received authorization to fly to Paraguay and is rumored to start MAD-ASU. ASU has not served by IB since 1996, and was previously served via GRU and EZE, never non-stop from Madrid. https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/05/iberia-obtiene-autorizacion-para-operar-vuelos-a-paraguay/ (so...
Jump to postEY has annouced a new cabin for future 787 deliveries. There is no retrofit as of yet planned for the existing 787's. https://thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net/us/originals/2023/05/Image-1-Etihad-Airways-new-Boeing-787-Business-LR.jpg?width=1920 https://thepointsguy.com/news/etihad-787-dreamliner-n...
Jump to postThere are videos of the aircraft experiencing flames out of the engines on takeoff. Similar to the AA 738 birdstrike last week in CMH. KTM is not an ideal place to land and visibility may have been an issue. Going all the way back to Dubai seems a bit far given the situation. https://twitter.com/Jac...
Jump to postThis flight should do well. There is a sizeable Egyptian population in New Jersey in Hudson, Bergen counties.
Jump to postfcogafa wrote:The early delivery dates suggest there are some spare A220s from somewhere
This works for Copa because of the seasonal demand of these routes. Under CM's strategy it is more efficient to run 2 738 trips within 20 minutes of each other to SCL, GRU, PUJ, and I think CUN and EZE are the other routes with these types of schedules, specifically the peak seasons, because the yea...
Jump to postA power outage has occurred at the Oakland International Airport. TSA is currently unable to screen passengers, the extent of the outage is unknown. The story is developing.
https://twitter.com/Nerdy_Addict/status ... 08771?s=20
T1 runs at max capacity especially from 1pm to 1am, there is no where to put the airplanes. Remote hardstands are used at Terminal 4, but usually used to park aircraft during the day. The main problem at JFK is each terminal is run separately by each entity or airline and the Port Authority of New Y...
Jump to postNow Jetsmart wants to buy Viva
https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/02/co ... -viva-air/
It seems there are now issues with purchased LifeMiles not posting and expiring automatically.
https://loyaltylobby.com/2023/01/26/avi ... ires-them/
For the past couple of months Avianca has been facing a firestorm of negative media coverage in the Spanish language media and an outpouring on social media of customer service complaints, which has been only increasing. The airline has faced growing outrage from passengers regarding the eliminatio...
Jump to postAvianca has been featured this time in El Pais, the Spanish newspaper highlighting the rise of customer complaints of poor service and uncomfortable seats have risen in the last few months.
https://elpais.com/america-colombia/202 ... asmas.html
Aerocivil has announced that Avianca and Viva must restart the merger application process due to irregularites.
https://quepasamedia.com/noticias/vida- ... tegracion/
Avianca is being called out daily on social media for all the cost-cutting, new seats and high priced-low quality BOB. The Colombian public has taken clear notice.
https://twitter.com/luchovoltios/status ... 4251171842
An Aeromexico E190 was shot at by the Sinaloa cartel on the ground at Culiacán. The story is developing.
The Culiacán, Los Mochis y Mazatlan airports are now closed due to Mexican military operations.
https://twitter.com/vanguardiacom/statu ... hYd6QzsvlA
LATAM and Aeroméxico are NOT in a joint venture partnership, so they really are not connected as you claim. Regarding SCL, it seems like AM is struggling to make it work year-round. SCL has always been the weakest of AM's destinations to deep South America when registered by load factors. The issue...
Jump to postArajet's loadfactors from Mexico came out and they are abysmal. Reportedly NLU is one of their best destinations so one can only wonder how other non-Mexican destinations are doing. It makes sense why MTY was already canceled. It seems they really need pax from US and Canadian ops and the sooner tha...
Jump to postWhile most of the attention was focused on Southwest this week, Volaris also had a meltdown of its own throughout its network starting in Tijuana where fog delayed numerous flights. Mass employee resignations occurred with employees protesting on a taxiway in TIJ and numerous flights were canceled. ...
Jump to postHere is the temporary cabin on one of the ex Lion (Malindo Air) 739's, N951DX which currently only flying between ATL and ECP. The economy seat is the very similar to DL's minus the headrests and has IFE. It does not appear to be a big product downgrade especially on short flights like these. https:...
Jump to postViva Colombia has began to return some of its aircraft to lessors. Its newest A320NEO's HK-5378, HK-5389 have been flown to TUS and reportedly are being returned to their lessors. It's unclear at this point if more aircraft will be returned.
Jump to postSome route updates from Arajet.
MTY is canceled from January 10th.
Frequency Reductions: BAQ, BOG, CLO,GYE,
Frequency Increases: UIO, LIM, SAL,CTG, GUA
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221227-dm1h23
The mayor of Cancun has said police will monitor traffic points and opening new entryways to the airport will be established. https://thecancunsun.com/cancun-airport-chaos-mayor-announces-update-after-hundreds-of-travelers-end-up-walking-to-airport/ In addition, Sunwing and Air Transat have hundreds...
Jump to postOn December 17th, Cancun Airport registered over 720 movements which broke the record for number of daily operations. In recent days however the airport struggled to handle the increased passenger loads. On the 21st of December, the airport terminals and roadways became over congested, also partly d...
Jump to postTravelers are stranded at Keflavik as the airport was cut off from Reykjavik due to the inclement weather along Reykjanesbraut Route 41 resulting in many canceled flights. The main road connecting Keflavik with Reykjavik was unpassable with airline crew and airport staff unable to access the airport...
Jump to postAs reported by View from the Wing and @xJonNYC, the Orlando International Airport is running low on fuel due to delayed shipments of fuel. The issue is expect to persist until Tuesday. Flights are tankering fuel in, and some outbound fuel stops are expected. https://viewfromthewing.com/orlando-airpo...
Jump to postAir Canada is relaunching JFK from March 26th, with 2 daily service to Toronto and 1 daily service to Montreal all on E175's. AC was last at JFK in 2016 when it flew from YYZ with CR9's. It also used to serve JFK from YVR. Part of a larger announcement which includes launching YYZ-SMF, as well as fr...
Jump to postIt appears the service has already been shortened by a few weeks from ending on April 14th now to March 23rd.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221206-acnw22bkk
CC-BEJ A321 was involved in a tailstrike upon takeoff from SCL. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjNBaqtXoAMl0Ys?format=jpg&name=small https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/1599694578180706304?s=20&t=uMOch0VcCBSr_cVry392NA So far it appears Latam cannot seem to get a break from incidents with th...
Jump to postIt will be interesting to see if they see any reduced demand from LatAm destinations, as still many people prefer to book through travel agents and call over the phone.
Jump to postViva Colombia is reportedly nearing collapse, as the proposed merger between Viva and Avianca was rejected by the Colombian Aerocivil and government regulators several weeks ago, however the government has not significantly adjusted its position. Viva was unable to take delivery of it's latest A320N...
Jump to postSAS is launching CPH-JFK, returning to JFK for the first time since 1990. This will be in addition to the flights offered from EWR. The flight will start as a A321NEOLR in February and upgauge to an A333 at the end of March. https://www.sasgroup.net/newsroom/press-releases/2022/sas-opens-new-route-t...
Jump to postUnconfirmed reports of an unauthorized vehicle on airport grounds
Jump to postT8 will be awfully crowded at times especially in the evening rush. I do hope AA has thought this through. The security checkpoint situation is not ideal. Alaska is actually returning to T8, when they first started flying to JFK from SEA in 2015, pre VX merger, they flew from T8.
Jump to postA 738, N846NN/3GA was involved in a birdstrike at MCI on November 15th operating AA1855 from ORD and received substantial damage in the nose, wing and engines.
https://www.airlive.net/incident-an-ame ... -of-geese/