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In October 2025, Simple Flying reported that Alaska is set to cut 16 routes while simultaneously adding 13 routes to its network in 2026. The move is a reshuffle to focus attention on the cities that have the most opportunity for growth and less competition from larger carriers such as United and Delta. It also allows the carrier to shift away from the routes that have been causing it problems since the merger with Virgin America. This article further breaks down the commercial justification for the route reshuffle across the carrier’s West Coast network and the growth rather than cutting…

Electric aircraft manufacturer Beta Technologies began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, in a market debut that gives the company a value of $7.4 billion after its shares opened at $34 each, matching its IPO offer price.  Beta’s initial public offering raised $1.01 billion for the company, underscoring investor appetite for electric aviation startups.  Founded in 2017 and based in Burlington, Vermont, Beta designs and builds electric aircraft, propulsion systems, and charging infrastructure. Its flagship CX300 ALIA, a fully electric, conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, has completed extensive flight testing in the United States and Europe. Earlier this year, AeroTime met Beta co-founder and CEO Kyle Clark at the…

A 1991-vintage MD-11F being operated by UPS crashed early this evening in Louisville, Ky. The CF6-powered aircraft (48417), operating flight 2976 from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) to Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), crashed shortly after takeoff at around 5:15 p.m. local time, the FAA said in a statement. Videos posted online […] source

 A UPS cargo jet crashed and exploded in flames seconds after lifting off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) on Tuesday evening, killing all three crew members and temporarily halting operations at the company’s massive Worldport hub. The fiery crash of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, operating as UPS Flight 2976 to Honolulu, occurred moments after takeoff and was captured on video showing the aircraft’s left engine engulfed in flames as it struggled to gain altitude.  According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the widebody freighter went down at approximately 5:15 p.m. local time after departing Runway 17R. The aircraft climbed only briefly — reaching no more than 200 feet — before rolling left and slamming into an industrial area beyond the runway. The impact…

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An aviation geek at heart, Channing enjoys the thrill of covering some of the industry’s top headlines. With nearly a decade of professional experience, his longtime passion for traveling and airplanes brings a unique approach to his reporting. Channing holds a degree in broadcast journalism and spends some time freelancing in local news. US West Coast-based. This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operated by UPS Airlines crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.…

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) has re-opened, and a United Airlines jet has been secured, after a security threat to an incoming flight earlier today. The airport’s control tower received a call saying that there was a bomb aboard Flight 512 from Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The airport immediately initiated a full ground stop, halting all arrivals and departures for approximately 90 minutes. The United flight landed without incident at 11:20 and passengers were safely disembarked before law enforcement performed a thorough search of the aircraft. No bomb was found, and the aircraft was moved to its gate…

Flight operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) were briefly suspended on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, after authorities responded to a security threat involving a United Airlines flight arriving from Houston.  According to officials at the Washington, D.C., airport and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the ground stop was issued late Tuesday morning after an unconfirmed bomb threat was reported aboard United Airlines Flight 512, a Boeing 737 Max 8 carrying 89 passengers and six crew members.  The flight landed safely at Reagan National around 11:30 a.m. and was directed to a remote area of the airfield, away from…

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II was meant to be the jet that redefined modern air combat: fast, stealthy, and networked, capable of replacing several legacy fighters at once. Yet more than twenty years after its first flight, the F-35 remains a paradox. It dominates Western inventories but still struggles with cost, readiness, and upgrade timelines. Meanwhile, the world has moved toward sixth-generation programs and unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs). So the question arises: Did the United States spend too much time developing the F-35 and, as a result, lose the race toward the future? In this article, we will…

On November 4, 2025, a Gulf Air Boeing 787-9 operating Gulf Air Flight 155 from Manila (MNL) to Bahrain (BAH) inadvertently entered Manila’s active Runway 06 while taxiing before departure, prompting a swift and decisive response from air traffic control, which instructed an arriving aircraft on short final to execute a go-around while directing the Gulf Air jet to vacate at the next turnoff. There were no injuries, damage, or rejected takeoffs that resulted from this incident and operations at the facility resumed quickly thereafter. The flight subsequently departed from Manila and touched down in Bahrain roughly on schedule, resulting…