Simple Flying
• Vyte Klisauskaite
Simple Flying
• Vyte Klisauskaite
Today In Aviation
Last Updated: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 11:33 AM PDT
2025-03-29T11:33:46.649779-07:00 2025-03-29T11:33:46.649779-07:00 (2025-03-29T11:33:46.649779-07:00)
Simple Flying
• Rytis Beresnevičius
Alaska Airlines Pauses Boeing 737 MAX 8 Flights To New York-JFK Until June
By Simple Flying: Alaska Airlines plans to have 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft by the end of 2026. .
South China Morning Post
• Stephen Chen
Comac C949: China unveils quiet supersonic jet with ultra-long range
By South China Morning Post: As global supersonic air travel looks set to begin its second act, China could be quietly leading the boom.
CNN
• Aaron Cooper
Collision warning sounds in cockpit of Delta plane due to close call with US Air Force jet near Reagan National Airport
By CNN: A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the cockpit of the passenger plane Friday.
Also:
Reuters,
Aviation24,
Simple Flying,
Associated Press,
Aviation A2Z,
Fox News,
The Independent,
South China Morning Post,
NBC News
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CNBC
• Erin Black
Why it's so hard to fix the U.S. air traffic control problems. Air traffic controller staffing “is at an all-time low,” said Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, their union
By CNBC: The U.S. has a severe shortage of air traffic controllers. There are currently 10,800 certified controllers but the country needs to have more than 14,000.
South China Morning Post
• Yujie Xue
Xpeng CEO says flying car market will be bigger than EVs over next two decades
By South China Morning Post: CEO He Xiaopeng believes the global flying car market could reach US$2 trillion in the next two decades, double the size of land vehicles.
Reuters
• Sophie Yu
China's top airlines post fifth year of losses in 2024 as competition weighs
By Reuters: China's three big state-owned airlines posted their fifth straight year of losses this week, citing domestic market competition, low international and business travel demand, supply chain problems and currency depreciation as challenges.
Flying Magazine
• Jack Daleo
ZeroAvia, FlightSafety International to Train Pilots on Hydrogen-Electric Aircraft
By Flying Magazine: Flight school trains some 52,000 civil pilots annually and says it will work with regulators on ‘future governance’ of training involving hydrogen.
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Skies Magazine and
autoevolution.com
