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American to Match Delta Pay For Its Pilots
American has stated it will match Delta's new pay scale for its pilots, which would include a 40% pay bump over a 4-year deal per AAL's...
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Mar 13, 20231 min read
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Lufthansa Orders 22 Additional Widebodies
The German airline has placed an order for widebody aircraft with both Boeing and Airbus. The Airbus order entails 10 A350-1000s and 5...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
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Delta Pilots Agree to New Contract
The agreement, settled on Mar. 2, will have Delta pilots seeing a 34% pay raise over 4 years, breaking down to 18% upon signing, 5% in...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
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Air Canada & United to Offer New Summer Routes To & From Canada
The two carriers will be offering a combined 260 daily flights to & from the US/Canada and an additional 2 routes as well. The new routes...
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
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American Airlines Cutting Nearly 50,000 Summer Flights
As summer nears and travel begins to spool up, American Airlines is winding their schedule down. The airline has cancelled nearly 50,000...
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
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Boeing Halts 787 Deliveries Due to "Fuselage Issue"
Another fuselage issue has plagued the 787 delivery timeline, this one deemed "an analysis error" by Boeing. Boeing says that fuselage...
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
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Air India Places Largest Individual Aircraft Order In History
Announced the week of Feb. 13, Air India has placed an order for 470 total aircraft, making it the largest order ever in terms of total...
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Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Condor Airlines Conducts First Flight With Airbus A330neo
On Feb. 13, Condor Airlines, a German-based carrier, operated its first revenue flight on its A330neo from Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) to...
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Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Hawaiian Airlines Pilots Agree to New Contract, Comes With 32% Pay Bump
The Air Lines Pilots Association (ALPA) has accepted a new 4-year contract, with pay raise increases averaging 32% over the course of the...
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Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Mesa Launches Direct-Entry Captain Route to United
With United taking a 10% in Mesa Airlines, it's paying dividends for pilots within Mesa's organization, as well as for those looking to...
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Feb 10, 20231 min read
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Lufthansa Flight Turns Back
On Feb. 6, a Lufthansa Airbus A330 had departed Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) and was enroute for Austin, TX (AUS) over the Atlantic when the...
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Feb 10, 20231 min read
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FAA Seeking to Fine United $1.1 Million Over Preflight Safety Checks
On Feb. 6, the FAA announced it will be proposing a $1.1 million dollar fine against United as the airline allegedly failed to perform...
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Feb 10, 20231 min read
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Broken Spirits: Spirit Airlines Lost $270.7 Million in Q4 2022
Spirit Airlines ($SAVE) announced its Q4 and whole-year revenue on Monday, Feb. 6. The carrier lost a reported $270.7 million for the 4th...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Qantas Starting New Hop From Melbourne to Jakarta
The new route is set to kick off on April 16, and will be operated on an Airbus A330 three times a week. Qantas already operates a Sydney...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Frontier Starting 8 New Routes to Puerto Rico
Frontier Airlines announced on Feb. 5 that it will be launching 8 new, non-stop routes to Puerto Rico starting in May. 6 of the 8 routes...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
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FAA Seeking to Fine United $1.1 Million Over Preflight Safety Checks
On Feb. 6, the FAA announced it will be proposing a $1.1 million dollar fine against United as the airline allegedly failed to perform...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Southwest Dropping Pilot Minimums
Announced on Feb. 6, Southwest's new pilot minimums went into effect on Feb. 7, lowering the turboprop/turbine time requirement from...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Southwest/FedEx Close Call Under Investigation
On Feb. 5, a Southwest 737 and a FedEx 767-F had a near-miss at Austin Intl. airport (AUS). The Southwest 737 had been cleared for...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Alaska Airlines Adding 3 San Diego Routes
The additional routes will bump Alaska's offerings from 32 to 35 destinations out of SAN. The Eugene (EUG) and Dulles (IAD) routes will...
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Jan 31, 20231 min read
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Spirit Retiring All A319's by 2026
The company announced on Jan. 23 that it will be retiring all 31 of its A319-100's by the end of 2025. Spirit stated in a stock market...
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Jan 25, 20231 min read
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