NEWS Boeing Weighs Options to Reprise Aging 757s
Boeing’s next new jetliner could be a version of an old one it stopped making a decade ago. Link
NEWS Bomber contract could push Northrop into Boeing’s arms
Whatever the outcome, it could precipitate an aggressive move by Boeing, the No. 2 U.S. defense contractor, to acquire the aircraft unit of No. 3 defense player Northrop Grumman. Link
NEWS Serial Plane-Hopper Strikes Again
The Transportation Security Administration is investigating how a woman with a history of boarding airplanes without a ticket was able to fly, ticket-free, from Minnesota to Florida. Marilyn Hartman was arrested Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla., and is scheduled to appear in court there today. Link
NEWS B1900 Crash in SW Miami-Dade County
Plane crashed shortly after takeoff see: Link
‘If terrorists take a plane in Irish space, it’s game over’ – @FlightCrisis
The Irish Examiner reports that… Ireland is “Europe’s weakest link” in air defence cover because our Air Corps is so poorly equipped it cannot defend our airspace against hijackers taking over commercial aircraft or intrusions by foreign military aircraft. One of the country’s leading security experts says the recent incursion by two Russian Tupulov TU-95…
NEWS Cirrus Aircraft Deliveries in 2014 Drive Strongest Performance in Six Years
Cirrus Aircraft today announced that new aircraft shipments in 2014 were the best company performance since 2008 as the Cirrus SR22 maintained its position as the best-selling airplane in its segment for the 12th year in a row. New unit deliveries for 2014 totaled 308, a 12 percent increase over 2013, securing the industry’s leading…
NEWS Air Canada 787 Emergency Landing Anchorage
Oil pressure loss warning makes for emergency landing in Anchorage, Alaska. Cold Bay was considered. PAX continued on another aircraft. Link