United Airlines has issued a waiver for all travel to/from Newark Airport through May 17 — nearly 2 weeks from now.
This is an acknowledgement that the issues at Newark are not going to get better quickly. Cancellations today today 75 departures, 76 arrivals and counting, per FlightAware.
SKY Leasing has acquired JetBlue’s venture capital arm, JetBlue Ventures, which since its 2016 inception invested in 55 early-stage aviation startups. Terms were undisclosed as JetBlue pivots to sharpen profitability and refocus on its core airline operations. - More on hype.aero
Amex Centurion Lounge SFO Moving Temporarily, To Terminal 2
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From @crankyflier.com
The Day Southwest Airlines Died
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Love plane spotting while abroad. As much as an airline wonk as I am, I had to look these carriers up.
Screenshot of a post on Twitter: "Reposting this from someone who just sent it to me. Delta Air Lines flight from MSP to YYZ operated by Endeavor Air has just crashed in Toronto. Airport is reportedly closed. It is Endeavor 4819, CRJ-900 tail N932XJ. Praying for everyone onboard."
Plane crash at Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ).
Heard from a witness that an Endeavor Air CRJ crashed at Toronto Pearson Airport. Photo shows the plane inverted
Welcome back to California, Philippine Mars.
Philippine Mars being towed away from shore
After modifying the departure time to 10 am (fog is a beast in the valley) and towing her to turn her, engines are on!
#MartinMars #Aviation
I covered military aviation for 9 years, and now the intersection of regulation and commercial for four.
Aviation is just the thing I do.
Flying's gotten safer — and less reported on. Washington crash shows how the aviation beat is fading apnews.com/article/avia...
NTSB Board Member J. Todd Inman just now on how the organization manages several investigations at once: "This is what we do, week in and week out. Just today a lot more people are paying attention to it."
(My photo from yesterday)
“The President of the United States shattered decades’ worth of precedent… to avoid any overt interference or appearance of the same in active air safety investigations. That precedent has contributed to the overall safety of the aviation system both in the US and globally.”
This ⬇️
Devastating evening. Prayers to those impacted by tonight’s tragedy in the Washington region.
May this never happen again.
##AA5342
The FAA has closed Washington's Reagan National Airport until at least 5am ET on Friday, Jan. 31.
Airlines will undoubtedly be issuing travel waivers to change flights shortly. #AA5342 #DCA nasstatus.faa.gov
Ah- missed that. Terrible nonetheless.
Three fatalities in 2013’s Asiana incident at SFO.
There have been just two U.S. airline fatalities since the 2009 Colgan crash. In 2018, the failure of an engine aboard a Southwest flight caused a passenger to be partially sucked out the window and in 2019 a PenAir turboprop experienced an overrun in AK causing a prop blade to impact the fuselage.
Statement via FAA: A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time. PSA was operating as Flight 5342 for American Airlines. It departed from Wichita, Kansas.
As lawsuits now challenge Trump's order to end birthright citizenship, the history of that right can be traced back to the 1890s here in San Francisco.
A cool shot today I got while on a gig in Novato. This is a SMART (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit) train departing the Novato Hamilton station this afternoon. Shot on a DJI Air 3S on the 3x lens. Use without permission is prohibited. #sonoma #marin #transit #trains #commuter #bayarea
All the stunning drone videos & images emerging from the devastating Southern California wildfires you're seeing ... were obtained illegally.
sUAS operators are risking federal prison time and hefty FAA fines to get "the shot."
Abide by the TFRs!
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American Airlines Travel Advisory issued: Southern California Wildfires at 2025-01-08 08:37. Additional details here. #PaxEx #AvGeek
San Francisco International Airport does not expect to fully recover to pre-pandemic passenger numbers until at least 2027, a new bond prospectus shows.
Both O&D and connecting pax numbers remain down. #SFO
United Airlines issued a Palisades Wildfires waiver for BUR, LAX. Original travel: Jan 07, 2025 - Jan 09, 2025; must be completed by Jan 15, 2025. Additional details here. #PaxEx #AvGeek
Happy 60th to the timeless Air Canada Rondelle - an iconic of the North.
Dreadful game for San Francisco, no matter how good cut it.
SCOOP: Initial U.S. technical advisory team traveling to Jeju Air crash doesn’t include engine specialists theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
One important comment about aviation safety: When the global air travel system achieves the incredible level of safety that it has through deliberate engineering and organizational safeguards, the remaining accidents are at the edge of the bell curve -- ensuring they will be increasingly bizarre.
Another hit to Oakland: California’s most unique air route appears to have been canceled. Comes on the heels of TAP Air Portugal announcing San Francisco-Terceira in 2025.
