Airline Buys 30 More After A Year In Service Citing High Customer Satisfaction

JetBlue Airways has joined in the aircraft buying bonanza in 2022, jumping in with an order for 30 more A220-300 from industry partner Airbus. Overall, their total commitment to the brand stands at 100 aircraft on order, making up a significant fraction of the total A220 book of 740 aircraft. JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said their current batch of A220s have been such solid performers they couldn't wait to acquire more of them. “We’re already seeing benefits from the eight A220s we’ve added to the fleet, and we’re very happy to have more on the way. We’ve seen double-digits increases in customer satisfaction scores, and these fuel-eff

AD 2022-03-18 Requires Replacing The Push Rod Assembly With A Modified Push Rod Assembly

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain British Aerospace (Operations) Limited and  British Aerospace Regional Aircraft Model Jetstream Series 200, Jetstream Model 3101, and Jetstream Model 3201 airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI identifies the unsafe condition as a bent control rod within the gust lock system, which may enable both power levers to be pushed into the flight range with the gust lock lever fully engaged. This AD requires replacing the