Tag: boeing 737
NEWS Jan 08, 2026 Avelo’s Fleet Downsizing, Base Closures, and Exit from ICE Charter Sector Signal a New Era of Efficiency In a sweeping series of manoeuvres aimed at fortifying its long-term financial stability, Avelo Airlines has announced a fundamental restructuring of its network and fleet. As of January 8, 2026, the Houston-based carrier is moving to retire nearly its entire Boeing 737-700 sub-fleet, shutter three operational bases, and terminate ICE flights. Read More →
NEWS Jan 01, 2026 ATC ‘Keep Your Speed Up’ Instruction Preceded United 737 MAX 8 Houston Runway Excursion Freshly released investigative documents from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have shed new light on the March 8, 2024, runway excursion involving a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8. The report highlights a critical sequence of events in which Air Traffic Control (ATC) instructions, the pilot's perception of runway conditions, and a high-speed exit manoeuvre converged to send the aircraft into the grass at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Read More →
ROUTES Dec 16, 2025 Oman Air Returns To Singapore After Nine Years with New Boeing 737 MAX Service Oman Air Returns To Singapore After Nine Years with New Boeing 737 MAX Service. It will resume nonstop service to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) starting July 2, 2026, restoring a vital link between the Sultanate and Southeast Asia that was suspended in 2017. Read More →
NEWS Dec 29, 2024 Second Jeju Air Landing Gear Failure Forces Boeing 737 to Make Emergency Diversion in South Korea As recovery efforts are underway for the flight that crashed yesterday, December 29th, another aircraft of the same airline made an "emergency diversion" today, December 30th, due to a landing gear issue. Read More →
NEWS Sep 07, 2024 J.D. Vance’s Jet Busts White House’s Restricted Airspace A private Boeing 737 airplane carrying the Republican Vice President nominee J.D. Vance entered heavily restricted airspace surrounding Washington D.C. on September 4th. While no significant response was initiated, the pilots of the aircraft received a phone number to call due to a possible pilot deviation. Read More →
NEWS Aug 16, 2024 Trump-Vance Boeing 737 Door Opens Mid-Flight, Makes Emergency Landing in Milwaukee Donald Trump and J.D. Vance's private Boeing 737-800 plane just made an emergency landing in Milwaukee after one of the aircraft's doors was left open on departure. Read More →
NEWS Jul 25, 2024 Southwest Ditches Open Seating Policy, Adds Premium Seating Texas-based low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines has just announced its ditching one of its most well-known policies: open seating. In addition, the airline is adding premium seating options and redeye flights for the first time in its storied history. Read More →
NEWS Jul 23, 2024 Boeing Big Winner on Day One of 2024 Farnborough International Airshow The first day of the highly anticipated Farnborough International Airshow started off with a bang. Both Boeing and Airbus announced new commercial and cargo aircraft orders, Austria and the Netherlands ordered Embraer C-390 military aircraft, and Qatar Airways revealed their NextGen Qsuite product. Read More →
STORIES Jul 01, 2024 Boeing 737 vs. Airbus A320: The Ultimate Narrowbody Aircraft Showdown No two aircraft have made air travel more accessible than the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. These are the two most common aircraft families in the world, so much so that one of these aircraft lands or takes off every 2.5 seconds. Today, we will analyze and compare these two narrowbody competitors. Read More →
NEWS Jun 20, 2024 Malaysia Airlines Flight Forced To Return to Hyderabad After Mid-Air Engine Fire On June 20th, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 operating flight MH199 suffered a technical problem, causing one of the engines to catch fire mid-air. The flight returned to its origin airport in Hyderabad where all passengers and crew safely deplaned. Read More →