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A 471-page industry report released through the FAA’s Part 141 modernization docket proposes a sweeping rewrite of how certificated flight schools are approved, overseen and run in the US, with changes that would centralize oversight, expand simulator and extended reality credit, and tie more school privileges to formal safety and quality systems. The FAA is accepting comments through April 10, 2026. The report, dated March 31, 2026, was prepared by the National Flight Training Alliance and filed in the FAA docket as part of the agency’s modernization effort for Part 141 pilot schools. The FAA has said the current framework…

For the first segment of my exotic journey to Bangkok via Paris, I flew Porter Airlines’ PorterReserve product on the 3hr15min flight from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Montreal (YUL). Porter Airlines is Canada’s fastest growing airline, as the carrier now has dozens of Embraer E195-E2s in its fleet, which it’s using to expand across the Americas. Given the amount of competition that Porter is giving to carriers like Air Canada, I’ve been curious to check it out. Porter has a unique premium product, named PorterReserve, which is more along the lines of extra legroom economy than business class (the airline…

Hawaiian Airlines pilots with beards will have to shave them off, and some aren’t too happy about that, as reported by AirlineGeeks… Alaska Air Group updates pilot appearance standards Hawaiian is now part of Alaska Air Group, and the two carriers are working on integrating their labor groups. Despite plans to maintain two separate brands, on the back-end, the goal is for the airlines to operate as one. As part of that, Alaska Air Group is rolling out updated uniform and appearance standards for pilots at the two brands. As of this month (April 2026), Hawaiian pilots are no longer…

While the concept of basic economy has now been around for well over a decade in the United States, we’ve known that airlines in the United States are planning to expand that concept to premium cabin tickets. Executives at the “big three” US carriers — particularly Delta and United — have been clear about their intentions to roll this out ASAP. There’s now a major update, as United has announced plans to introduce tiered fares across cabins, and that includes the introduction of “basic” premium cabin tickets. United wants to segment business class revenue more United has announced a new…

Unverified images circulating on social media on April 3, 2026, appear to show the wreckage of a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle on Iranian soil.   If authentic, markings visible on the remains of a vertical stabilizer would identify the aircraft as belonging to the 494th Fighter Squadron, part of the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom.   However, neither the images’ origin nor the circumstances of the alleged crash have yet to be independently confirmed.  Second, the hills in the background don’t illicit a sense of this being anywhere in Kuwait, the site of the 3 shot down early in the war by…

In July 2025, we saw former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem implement one of the biggest policy changes we’ve seen at the TSA in years. With this, travelers no longer have to take off their shoes at TSA checkpoints. Obviously travelers are generally in favor of an easier security screening process, but that ignores the other side of the equation — does this policy pose any potential safety concerns? There’s an interesting demand, on that front… Senator Duckworth demands reversal of TSA policy With Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem having recently been fired (“reassigned” to another “very important job”), Tammy…

Korean regional airline SUM Air placed an order for up to eight ATR72-600 aircraft (four firm orders and four purchase rights) on April 3, 2026, with deliveries set to start from 2028. The deal was signed during the state visit to Seoul of French president Emmanuel Macron.  While SUM Air is new to the market, it is, technically speaking, not an entirely new ATR operator, since this deal has been signed just days after SUM Air launched scheduled operations with an ATR72-600 leased from Singapore-based lessor Avation.  Although it was founded as a subsidiary of a firm called ‘Mobility as…

Embraer delivered 44 aircraft during the first quarter of 2026, a 47% increase over the 30 units handed over in the same period a year earlier. The Brazilian manufacturer disclosed these figures in a securities filing on April 2, 2026, with growth recorded across all three business segments.  Growth across all segments  Commercial aviation accounted for 10 deliveries, up 43% from seven in Q1 2025. This comprised six E175s, one E190-E2 and three E195-E2s. Executive aviation contributed 29 jets, a 26% increase from 23 a year earlier, with the breakdown including 15 Phenom 300s, one Phenom 100, nine Praetor 500s and four Praetor 600s. The defense and security division delivered five aircraft, one KC-390 Millennium and four A-29…

In the summer of 2025, the government of Portugal relaunched a project to privatize national carrier TAP Air Portugal, with the goal of selling a large stake within a year or so. All too often, not much comes of this, though it seems like this is moving along. Two major airline groups have just submitted bids to invest in TAP, so this should get interesting. TAP Air Portugal privatization effort underway Portugal’s government has relaunched an effort to privatize TAP Air Portugal, with the goal of selling a 44.9% stake within a year, with the possibility to give up a…

Unverified images circulating on social media on April 3, 2026, appear to show the wreckage of a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle on Iranian soil.   If authentic, markings visible on the remains of a vertical stabilizer would identify the aircraft as belonging to the 494th Fighter Squadron, part of the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom.   However, neither the images’ origin nor the circumstances of the alleged crash have yet to be independently confirmed.  Second, the hills in the background don’t illicit a sense of this being anywhere in Kuwait, the site of the 3 shot down early in the war by…