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Alaska Airlines and Airspace Intelligence have signed a multi-year contract for a “first-of-its-kind partnership to optimize air traffic flow using artificial intelligence and machine learning.” In a news release, Alaska Airlines said the partnership will use, “Flyways AI … that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to assist dispatchers in making flight operations more […]

Most pilots have at one time or another read an NTSB accident report created by the independent US agency responsible for investigating mishaps in all forms of transportation. And most of us have thought: “Wow. I’d never do anything as crazy as that pilot.” Yet pilots of all categories continue to make mind-numbing mistakes in […]

On May 23, 2021, a scheduled Ryanair flight from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania, was diverted as it transitioned the airspace over Belarus, and instructed to land at Minsk. Belarus’ air traffic control informed the pilots of a bomb threat—the purported reason for the diversion, though the flight was quite near its destination already—yet once […]

Local business owners at the Chino Airport are not giving up on the idea of shutting down the Planes of Fame Air Show. A local judge has given the green light for a lawsuit after Planes of Fame attempted to thwart the idea through an anti-SLAPP motion — strategic lawsuit against public participation — claiming […]

Because regional airlines have been hardest by the pilot shortage, it makes sense those airlines would be some of the first to create their own pipeline to the cockpit. Republic Airways recently created Indianapolis International Airport-based Leadership In Flight Training (LIFT) Academy to train future pilots. Republic opened LIFT Academy, “to make a career as […]

At the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI) Xponential trade show for unmanned systems and robotics in Dallas this week, French aerospace conglomerate Airbus launched a service called Airbus Aerial. The subsidiary will merge a variety of aerospace technologies, such as satellite and drone imagery, and use targeted software and analytics to produce solutions […]

Appareo’s list of approved supplemental type certificates for the company’s Stratus ADS-B “out” transponders has expanded beyond the well-known Cessna, Piper and Mooney models. Appareo says it just received FAA approval to include Cirrus, Diamond, and AeroSedan models on its Approved Model List (AML). Both Stratus ES and Stratus ESG are certified 1090 Extended Squitter […]

A special visitor was in attendance at the Defenders of Liberty Air Show this weekend at the Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport, Louisiana. The B-29 named Doc, which recently returned to flying condition, made its first of four tour stops planned for this summer. The show became particularly sentimental for those who have tracked […]

The pandemic certainly took a toll on almost every event in the US and around the world including the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF). The organization cancelled last year’s induction ceremony and recently decided to pass on 2021′s as well. But NAHF trustee Phil Roberts took a bold step a few weeks ago to […]

The FAA in January 2021 sent a letter to Pedro Fabregas, president and CEO of Envoy Air, Inc—American Airlines’ largest regional partner—that the agency’s safety assurance system inspectors had identified nine potential operational safety concerns related to flight crew performance. The letter and other documents were anonymously sent to Flying magazine, but were believed to […]