The Special Operations Command Africa is conducting market research to identify companies having an interest in, and the resources to support, an emerging requirement for mobile fixed wing air transport services to move personnel and cargo within the northern regions of Africa and surrounding countries. Link
Spirit Airlines has announced it will launch services in 2015 linking Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with nine more U.S. cities, along with new routes from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore and Kansas City. Link
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-ENW performing flight FR-8506 from Gdansk (Poland) to Rygge (Norway), was accelerating for takeoff from Gdansk’s runway 11 at about 17:35L (16:35Z) when the crew rejected takeoff at about 70 knots due to an engine (CFM56) ingesting a number of birds. Link
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-ENW performing flight FR-8506 from Gdansk (Poland) to Rygge (Norway), was accelerating for takeoff from Gdansk’s runway 11 at about 17:35L (16:35Z) when the crew rejected takeoff at about 70 knots due to an engine (CFM56) ingesting a number of birds. Link
Frontier Airlines has announced it will launch service in the spring of 2015 from Austin to Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Las Vegas. Link
A Predator B drone has successfully completed tests with so-called sense-and-avoid radar, bringing it a step closer to legal operation in US and international airspace. You may be thinking, “haven’t they already operated extensively in places like Iraq?” Yes, but in the US and other nations where skies are packed with traffic, drones are forbidden…
DETROIT • Delta Air Lines is passing along profits to its employees, but consumers shouldn’t expect the company to pass along savings gleaned from low oil prices any time soon. Link
STOCKTON, Calif. — The recent delivery of 10 new CH-47F Chinook helicopters to the California Army National Guard brought a significant upgrade from that airframe’s aging predecessor, the CH-47D, one that should mean a higher operational readiness rate and a higher level of situational awareness. Equipped with the Common Avionics Architecture Structure (CAAS), the CH-47F…
This is your chance to fly the B747 without leaving the country as Delta Air Lines operates a flight between Detroit and Minneapolis. Link
South African Airways (SAA) has renegotiated lease re-extensions on three Airbus A340s and is working on similar deals for another five, which are expected to cut R262 million ($22.5 million) in annual costs. Link
With upward of 20,000 cockpit seats expected to open up at U.S. airlines over the next seven years due to FAA-mandated age-65 retirements, the scene should be set for the pilot pipeline to work as designed: Regional pilots working for low wages finally get their chance to move quickly up to the big leagues of…