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Airlines
ALPA pilots happy with the Airline Stimulus Package, what’s next?
ALPA’s President Captain Joe DePete has sent out an email to his 63,000 airline pilots, with gratitude to the pilots who contacted their senator with…
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Airlines
Airline jobs should survive for a while with the latest coronavirus bill draft
Hundreds of thousands of airline jobs should survive if the recent draft of the coronavirus aid bill is approved. The bill calls for $32 billion…
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Airlines
Government Aid to Airlines Not Secured
Airlines and airline employees are hoping for fast government aid as a result of the COVID-19 situation before hundreds of thousands of airline jobs are…
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Airlines
Imminent: U.S. Government becoming Stakeholder of Boeing
Wall Street sources have told Captain Jetson that the U.S. Government will become a stakeholder of Boeing. Furthermore, the clearest signal that this is underway…
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Airlines
Norwegian Air gets Multi-Million Dollar Government Help Loan Guarantees
Norwegian Air has received loan guarantees by the Norwegian Government as a result of the dire airline situation created by the coronavirus. The 3 billion…
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Airlines
Aviation Relief Package: ALPA pilots urging airline worker protection priority
The ALPA (Airline Pilots Association) is calling for an urgent call-to-action for an aviation relief package from the U.S. government. The call for action was…
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Airlines
Domestic Airspace Closure? U.S. considering the possibility
As cases of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) continue to escalate several sources have confirmed that the U.S. Government is considering the idea of U.S. Airspace closure…
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Airlines
SAS mass-furlough: Up to 90 percent (10,000) of its employees furloughed!
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) has announced they are forced to conduct massive employee furloughs due to the coronavirus situation at a press conference outside Stockholm today.…
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Airlines
Boeing-Embraer Partnership: One step closer to completion!
Brazil was one of a few countries that had to put the stamp of approval on the Boeing-Embraer partnership (Joint Venture). With Brazil’s approval, the…
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Airlines
Delta 40% Capacity Cut, Parking 300 Aircraft: Coronavirus 9/11-type crisis
Delta CEO Ed Bastian told employees the airline will cut capacity by 40%, park up to 300 airplanes, as well as end all Continental Europe…
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Airlines
United Airlines’ worst-case coronavirus financial & operational plan of action
Could the coronavirus outbreak result in 9/11-like financial devastation of the airline industry? Well, the always forward-looking United Airlines is making “can-do” plans for a…
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Airlines
Can You Open Airplane Door In Flight?
Well, can you open an airplane cabin door inflight or not? Or an overwing emergency exit door for that matter? Whether it is possible to…
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Featured
Bombardier Exits Commercial Aviation and Rail Divisions
When Bombardier decided to exit its commercial aviation and rail divisions a lot of questions came up. Senior aviation journalist Alex Martinez Rivera is analyzing…
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Airlines
Flying and Coronavirus: Can you catch it during flights?
Are you putting yourself at an increased risk of catching the coronavirus if you go flying during the coronavirus outbreak? Is it safe to fly?…
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Airlines
Airline Pilots and Mental Health Solutions: Keeping Passengers Safe
Do pilots for major airlines have an obligation to report a pilot if the affected pilot confides in them of mental health problems from the…
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Airlines
Can JetBlue Counter the Onslaught of Delta & American at Boston Logan?
American and Delta’s onslaught of JetBlue at Boston Logan (BOS) has become a contention of strategy for JetBlue. Investigative aviation reporter Alex Martinez Rivera has…
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Featured
Santa Rosa Airport (STS): San Francisco Area Airports
Santa Rosa Airport is an ideal airport for those living or doing business in San Francisco’s North Bay.
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Airlines
SAS Pilot Union unhappy with Company’s Surprise Regional Flying Plan
A surprise plan to change some SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) mainline flying with regional planes and outside union pilots did not sit well with the pilots…
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Airlines
List Of Airlines Banned From Flying In the US and European airspace
Some airlines don’t meet the stringent safety, technical, and regulatory requirements for being approved for flying in the US and Europe. You can find out…
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Airlines
How Air Italy went into Liquation
How did Air Italy go into liquidation after only two years? Rapid expansion and spending did not permit the airline to expand at the pace…