NEWS 1,400 Security Badges Lost, Stolen at Atlanta Airport
More than 1,400 security badges used by workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have been lost or stolen. Link
NEWS @AmericanAir left a customer on hold for six hours – @BostonDotCom
American Airlines released this statement following the claims: “We apologize for the frustrating experience. It was a very challenging weekend due to extreme winter weather impacting the Dallas/Fort Worth area. American had more than 2,000 weather-related cancellations systemwide on Saturday and Sunday. We also had extended wait times in our reservations system and social media…
NEWS Aerolineas Argentinas receives first of four new A330-200s on order
Argentina’s flagship carrier, Aerolineas Argentinas, has taken delivery of their first new, directly purchased Airbus A330-200 aircraft as a part of the carrier’s fleet renewal strategy. The aircraft, equipped with GE engines, joins the airline’s existing fleet of 11 Airbus widebody aircraft, comprising four A330-200s and seven A340s. Link
NEWS Piecing a C-17 Together (Video)
On Feb 26, inside Boeing’s Long Beach manufacturing facility, C-17 employees pieced together the nose, center fuselage, wings, and tail for the last time. Plane 279 marks the final, “major join,” of the C-17, and will be the final plane to come off the assembly line. Link
NEWS VIDEO @timothy_mcd reports on what companies are doing to make sure events related to MH370 don’t occur again – @BBCNews
A year on, the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 remains shrouded in mystery. What many found hard to believe was that a plane could go missing with so little trace in an age of electronic communications. Freelance journalist Timothy McDonald reports on what companies are doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Link…
NEWS How Air-Traffic Controllers Sound When They Have to Close the Airport
Since most things about the modern airline experience are so unpleasant for most of the traveling public most of the time, it’s worth noticing how smoothly these professionals do their work. Link
NEWS Textron Aviation Resurrects Hawker 4000 for Testing
Beechcraft’s out-of-production Hawker 4000 is back in business, at least in testing. Textron Aviation, which acquired the Beech product line a year ago, has been flight-testing a winglet-equipped Hawker 4000 at Beech Factory Airport in Wichita. Link
NEWS Single Japan Air Defense Squadron scrambles 400 times a year
Squadron is based on Nahu, the nearest Japanese base to islets in dispute with China. Squadron addresses daily challenge to Japanese airspace. Link