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For a long time, the Flying Blue program has had a useful, “secret” calendar that lets you see award availability across a variety of dates. However, the ways to access this calendar have changed over time. In this post, I’d like to go over the details of how this currently works. The trick to seeing the Flying Blue award calendar Air France-KLM Flying Blue is arguably SkyTeam’s most useful frequent flyer program, and award pricing on Air France and KLM can be attractive, especially if you can find saver level award availability. The catch is that it’s sometimes hard to…

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are two of the ‘big three’ legacy carriers in the US, with some of the largest fleets in the world. There is no doubt that the US-Europe market is lucrative in commercial aviation, and the airlines offer stiff competition on their transatlantic routes. Both Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have extensive route networks to Europe, but which carrier wins on transatlantic routes? In this article, we will look in more detail at data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company, based on the airlines’ schedules this month. We will find out more about how…

Alaska Airlines has resumed operations following an IT outage that caused a system-wide halt of its flights across the United States, marking the second such incident for the airline within just a few months of 2025.  In a statement issued on October 24, 2025, the airline announced that the ground stop had been lifted at 23:30 local Pacific time, with all operations fully restored.  Since the afternoon of October 24, 2025, the airline reported over 229 flight cancellations. Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 indicated that, due to the outage, there were 100 fewer Alaska Airlines aircraft in operation compared to the previous…

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The first US-based Airbus A321XLR has landed at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to join the American Airlines fleet.  On October 22, 2025, the brand-new A321XLR, registered N303NY, set off from the Airbus facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW) on an 11-hour flight across the Atlantic.   The first of 50 A321XLRs was welcomed by American Airlines at its Dallas base, in what it described as a “new era of flight” for the carrier.  On October 23, 2025, American Airlines announced that the A321XLR’s first commercial flight has been scheduled for December 18, 2025, from John F. Kennedy International Airport…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — IAI aims to redeliver six more 777-300ERSFs for a total of eleven by the end of the year. Additional conversion sites in the United States, United Arab Emirates and South Korea will soon begin, helping to increase conversion capacity, Rafi Matalon, vice president and general manager of marketing at IAI Aviation Group, […]The post IAI targeting 11 Big Twin redeliveries for 2025 appeared first on Cargo Facts.source

Yesterday evening, Alaska Airlines experienced considerable operational disruption as a result of an IT outage that forced the carrier to issue a ground stop for both its mainline flights and those operated by its regional partner, Horizon Air. With hundreds of services having thus been delayed or canceled, the airline has postponed its third-quarter earnings call and implemented a flexible travel policy for its guests. The outage signaled a challenging end to Thursday for the oneworld member, which expects to see knock-on effects cause a degree of disruption today as well. While such outages and subsequent ground stops are rare,…

Boeing is one of the largest commercial aircraft manufacturers in the world, founded in 1916, nearly 110 years ago. Since then, the company has produced a wide variety of aircraft. This includes the Boeing 707, which helped usher the commercial aviation industry into the jet age. The company also currently produces one of the most popular narrowbody families of aircraft of all time, the Boeing 737 series. Boeing has also produced some of the most popular widebody aircraft in the world, including the Boeing 777 and the Boeing 787. However, Boeing also produced one of the most recognizable aircraft ever,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kansas Modification Center is preparing to cut metal on its 777-300ERCF prototype by the end of the year and hopes to begin test flights next year. The engineering for KMC’s 777-300ERCF conversion program is 94% complete, and the 2008-vintage prototype (37704, ex-Emirates) is shored in the hangar, Chief Operating Officer Jim Gibbs […] source

Three major European aerospace and defense firms, Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to merge their space units into a single entity. The agreement, announced on October 23, 2025, signals a strategic pivot for European players seeking to scale up quickly in the global space and satellite connectivity market and positions the new entity as a competitor to Elon Musk’s Starlink. The merged entity would pool satellite manufacturing, launch capabilities, ground infrastructure, and service provision under one roof. The intention is to create a vertically integrated challenger capable of delivering high-throughput broadband, IoT connectivity, and…