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All News

March 15, 2023

Saudia Announces Major Boeing Order

Saudi-Arabian Flag Carrier to Acquire Up To 121 787 Jets

Boeing and Jeddah-based Saudia announced on 14 March 2023 that the Saudi national flag carrier will add up to 49 787 Dreamliners to its long-haul fleet. Saudia plans to acquire 39 787s straight away while retaining options for an additional ten aircraft. By leveraging the Dreamliner’s proven efficiency, range, and flexibility, the air-carrier will effectively and profitably expand its global operations.

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Russian Fighter Jet Collides With U.S. MQ-9 Drone

Su-27 Dumped Fuel on U.S. Drone Prior to Collision

U.S. European Command reported on Tuesday, 14 March 2023, that a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet had collided with an unarmed American MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The collision, which occurred in international airspace, catastrophically damaged the drone and occasioned its loss in the Black Sea.

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CubCrafters-Built Aircraft Lands Atop Burj Al Arab Helipad

STOL Feat Dazzles

CubCrafters, the Yakima, Washington-based manufacturer of high-performance backcountry airplanes patterned after Piper’s iconic PA-18 Super Cub, has achieved an unprecedented and, frankly, remarkable feat of aeronautical engineering and airmanship by landing one of its fixed-wing Carbon Cub aircraft on the heliport of the United Arab Emirates’ world-famous Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai.

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Enstrom Introduces New Rotor RPM Governor

Thriving After Rebirth

On 08 March 2023, Enstrom proudly made public its development of a new RPM governor for the company’s piston helicopter models. Designed to aid pilots in maintaining rotor RPMs, the new governor functions by dint of a digital controller and fast-acting servo-motor.

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AirVenture 2023 Homebuilt-Rotorcraft Pattern Altered

Safety First …

Owing to expansion of aircraft parking at the south end of Oshkosh, Wisconsin’s Wittman Regional Airport (OSH), the flight pattern for ultralight/homebuilt rotorcraft attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 has been slightly altered. The enacted changes will create a more standard pattern for those using the Fun Fly Zone airstrip, home for ultralights, homebuilt rotorcraft, light planes, balloons, and the Twilight Flight Fest.

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WestJet Pilots Respond to Acquisition of Sunwing

WestJet Across the Great White North

Currently in ongoing negotiations for their second collective labor agreement, Pilots of WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline after flag-carrier Air Canada, have reiterated their call for greater job-security, better working conditions, and industry-standard wages. The aviators’ demands echo loudly in the wake of the Canadian federal government’s formal approval of WestJet’s acquisition of Toronto-headquartered low-cost air-carrier Sunwing Airlines.

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Boeing & GMR Partner in Freighter Conversion Enterprise

New Hyderabad, India Facility Announced

U.S. aerospace titan Boeing has partnered with India's GMR Aero Technic—an Airframe Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facility at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD)—for purpose of establishing an Indian in-country facility at which passenger aircraft will be converted to freighters. The enterprise speaks to the surging global demand for cargo occasioned, in part, by online commerce.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.14.23)

Aero Linx: American Association of Airport Executives American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) is the largest professional organization for airport executives, representing thousands of management personnel at public use airports.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.15.23)

“I want to stress that this MQ-9 was operating in international airspace over international waters and posed a threat to nobody.” Source: National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby briefing reporters on a U.S. European Command report that a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet had collided with an unarmed American MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).  

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