On New Year’s Day 2022, Holly Hegeman, the founder, publisher and editor of the PlaneBusiness Banter, sent an email to her subscribers advising that she was ceasing publication of her popular newsletter. Hegeman’s self-described “PBB” was utilized by airline aficionados, investors and personnel, both management and labor, for over 25 years. Upon a foundation of […]
The main event between corporate heavyweights—the airline and telecom industries— will have to hold off for another two weeks. Both sides today confirmed the agreement to delay launching the latter’s 5G network, in deference to the former’s concerns over mass flight cancellations due to safety concerns that the powerful broadband signals were close enough on […]
It will likely take several days at least for the airline system in the U.S. to recover from a crushing series of domino-effect flight delays across the country that have left thousands of passengers stranded and caused days-long delays for others. At last count late Sunday, FlightAware was reporting that almost 2,700 flights with at […]
After a few tough years of quality control issues, a disastrous two-year grounding of its foundation aircraft and intense regulatory scrutiny, Boeing says it’s doing a top-to-bottom overhaul of its design, engineering and manufacturing systems as it gears up to build its next clean-sheet airplane. The company recently told Reuters it plans to plunge the […]
Denmark says it will join a handful of neighboring countries and make all its domestic airline flights fossil fuel free by 2030. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in her New Year’s address that making flying green is part of the government’s overall goal to reduce carbon emissions by 70 percent of its 1990 totals. “To […]
United Airlines is offering its pilots up to 3.5 times their regular pay for picking up extra trips for the next month. The 3.5 times rate applies to holiday period flights until Jan. 3 but they can still get triple the money for extra pairings through the end of the month. The pay schedule was […]
Verizon and AT&T say they’ll turn down the power of 5G broadband signals near major airports of their choosing for six months but otherwise the rollout of the much-anticipated system will go ahead as planned on Jan. 5. In a scathing letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson released by The […]
China-based urban air mobility (UAM) company EHang officially launched its 5G Intelligent Air Mobility Experience Center in Guangzhou, China, on Wednesday. Developed as part of the company’s 100 Air Mobility Routes Initiative, the Center is designed to serve as an operations hub with “all necessary infrastructures” for EHang’s autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs). The 2,000-square-meter (21,500-square-foot) […]
The Irkut MC-21-300 narrow-body passenger aircraft has been issued a type certificate by Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport (Rosaviatsiya). Irkut, which is part of the Rostec State Corporation’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), says it plans to further expand the airliner’s operating parameters with testing in high-altitude conditions, strong crosswinds and low and high temperatures […]
Airbus announced on Thursday that aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has signed a firm contract for 40 A320neo family aircraft. The order includes five A321XLRs, a version of the A321neo that offers a range of 4,700 NM. California-based ACG, which is wholly owned by Japan’s Tokyo Century Corporation, also signed a memorandum of understanding […]
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