Alaska Airlines is new to twin-aisle operations. It began operating the Hawaiian-ordered fleet of 787-9s, and US DOT data show this is an uphill battle. Alaska now has to feed its own service out of its Seattle hub. Even as…
Delta Air Lines chose Amazon’s Leo satellite network over Starlink for its next-generation in-flight Wi-Fi. That’s the actual news. Everything else happening around it this week — a CEO allegedly trash-talking Elon Musk, Musk threatening to end that CEO’s career,…
Akasa Air is reportedly in talks with Boeing for more than 200 additional 737 MAX jets, according to Bloomberg — a deal that roughly doubles the Indian carrier’s existing order book. It comes as Boeing is separately dealing with a…
SkyWest Airlines is big, probably bigger than most people realize. This chart, for US domestic flights through July 2026, illustrates just how big SkyWest is. Notice that some other US regional airlines are larger than you might expect. US DOT;…
Baghdad and Muscat will stop accepting flights from Iran at midnight local time today. Iranian authorities are scrambling to redirect Baghdad-bound traffic to Najaf instead, and negotiating with Oman over alternatives. It’s a visible consequence of a new US sanctions…
ATR has brought a 29-foot-long mock-up to this year’s RAA Conference. This event is ground zero for their target customers. Hard-pressed US regional airlines should be very interested in what’s on display. No new aircraft technology has emerged in the…