Airlines   SpaceX   Starlink   United Airlines   Hawaiian   Satellites   LEO  
Wall Street Journal • Micah Maidenberg

United Airlines Taps Elon Musk’s Starlink for In-Flight Wi-Fi

Wall Street Journal reports: The carrier plans to outfit its entire fleet with SpaceX satellite internet service as airlines see satellites providing faster, more consistent connections.

Also: AirInsight, AeroTime, FlightGlobal, Paddle Your Own Kanoo, Reuters, Breitflyte, PaxEx.Aero, Skift, Airways Magazine, Simple Flying, Aviation24, Airline Geeks and 22 more
2024-09-13T05:03:18.038972-07:00

Today In Aviation

Last Updated: Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, 8:50 AM PDT

2024-09-13T08:50:27.177600-07:00 2024-09-13T08:50:27.177600-07:00 (2024-09-13T08:50:27.177600-07:00)

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AirInsight • Addison Schonland

Aircraft Lessor consolidation – Avolon acquires Castlelake

By AirInsight: Avolon, a leading global aviation finance company, announces an agreement to acquire Castlelake Aviation Limited (‘CA Ltd’), an entity managed by Castlelake L.P., the global alternative investment manager.

Also: AeroTime, Airline Economics, Aviator.aero, Independent.ie, airlinergs.com and aircargoweek.com
2024-09-13T05:39:37.710464-07:00
Airlines   Boeing   737 MAX   Leadership   737  
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Seattle Times • Paige Cornwell

Boeing Machinists union to strike; walkout starts at midnight Friday across Greater Seattle area

By Seattle Times: Workers said a main reason for rejecting the contract was that the wage increase was far short of what they wanted.

Also: New York Times, Airways Magazine, AeroTime, Associated Press, Skift, Aviation Week, FlightGlobal, Air Data News, The Air Current, Paddle Your Own Kanoo, Axios, Bloomberg and 63 more
2024-09-12T21:35:59.734076-07:00
Airlines   Airbus   A220   A330   Leadership  
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Simple Flying • Dillon Shah

Brussels Airlines Updates Fleet With Airbus A330s & $110 Million Cabin Interiors Program

By Simple Flying: More A330s, refreshed cabin interiors and an airBaltic wet-lease agreement: big things are coming at Brussels Airlines. .

Also: Aviator.aero, Airline Economics and Aviation24
2024-09-13T02:03:42.508062-07:00
Helicopter  
Vertical Mag • News Release

Whirly-Girls open 2025 scholarship season

By Vertical Mag: Deserving female aviators can apply for over $550,000 of helicopter flight training and educational scholarships.

2024-09-13T05:34:22.300560-07:00
Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Frontier Airlines Passenger Attempted to Choke Flight Attendant And Broke Out of Two Sets of Flex Cuffs During Mid-Air Brawl

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A Frontier Airlines passenger on a flight from Orange County to San Francisco has been accused of attempting to choke a flight attendant and repeatedly kicking another crew member during a terrifying mid-brawl in which he managed to break out of two sets of flex cuffs and had to be restrained with a seatbelt.

2024-09-13T03:43:39.606709-07:00