Aviation News

The Russian air force had one of its worst days of the war with Ukraine and lost four aircraft but it’s not clear who shot them down. An Su-35, Su-34 and two Mi-8 helicopters were destroyed within minutes of one another in the same general area of Russian territory bordering northeastern Ukraine. They were apparently […]

Cathay Pacific has sent a memo to pilots warning them to keep their speed up while taxiing or face unspecified action from management. According to the memo, obtained by the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong Airport Authority complained to the airline that the pokey pilots were causing delays and congestion at the busy […]

Southwest Airlines Pilots Association members have given their union a virtually unanimous strike mandate as negotiations with the airline grow increasingly tense. A total of 99 percent of 98 percent of the union’s approximately 10,000 members voted to authorize a strike if it’s permitted by the National Mediation Board. There’s a lot of legal ground […]

Turkish Airlines is reportedly planning to buy up to 600 aircraft in the coming year and its chairman said Boeing will get a chunk of that order. “During the [International Air Transport Association (IATA) AGM [to be held between June 4-6, 2023, in Istanbul] we are going to announce orders. With one of the big […]

Blade Air Mobility, self-described as “a technology-powered air mobility platform,” announced its first quarter 2023 financial results today (May 11). The company cited year-over-year revenue increases of 70 percent over Q1 of 2022; short-distance revenue up 148 percent for the quarter; organ-transplant revenue up 111 percent year-over-year (and up 24 percent “sequentially” over Q4 of […]

Mercy Flights, a Medford, Oregon-based civil air ambulance company, is the newest member of the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF). The nonprofit ACSF now includes more than 310 aviation-centric businesses, including charter and fractional operators. Mercy Flight will now participate in the ACSF’s third-party facilitation of the FAA’s voluntary Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP). The […]

The U.S. Coast Guard announced today (May 11) it has suspended the search for the three occupants of a Learjet 36A that crashed into the Pacific Ocean yesterday off the coast of San Clemente Island. The as-yet-unidentified victims are presumed dead. The Learjet, N56PA, was operated by Phoenix Air on contract to the U.S. Navy. […]

Embattled business aviation provider Wheels Up’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Form 8-K released on May 9 reveals that outgoing chairman and CEO Kenneth Dichter will continue to receive his $950,000 annual salary for the next two years. Dichter, who founded Wheels Up and will remain a director on its board, will also receive a […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today in a memo that YouTuber Trevor Jacob, 29, agreed yesterday (May 10) to plead guilty to a felony charge for obstructing a federal investigation. According to the plea agreement with the U.S. States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Jacob admits he deliberately destroyed the wreckage […]

One of the Air Force’s top commanders has been fired amid unspecified misconduct allegations. Maj. Gen. Phillip A. Stewart, commander of the 19th Air Force, was relieved “for loss of confidence in his ability to command” the unit according to Air and Space Forces. “The Air Force takes any misconduct allegation seriously and is committed […]