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Tl;Dr nope! Bonza fallout: Can Australia sustain another airline? - ABC listen
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/brisbane-mornings/bonza-airline-competition/103814360

Bonza fallout: Australia's airline duopoly leaves no room for competition - ABC listen
In the wake of Bonza's collapse, concerns remain for aviation's duopoly stranglehold

Justice Department Opens Probe, Interviews Crew in Alaska Airlines Blowout (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/justice-department-opens-probe-interviews-crew-in-alaska-airlines-blowout-d4cdfa6d
http://www.memeorandum.com/240309/p43#a240309p43

Investigation launched after Boeing engine cover falls off during takeoff
US airline regulators have launched an investigation after an engine cowling on a Boeing plane fell off during takeoff and struck the wing flap.
The Southwest Airlines flight 3695 rose to about 10,300ft (3,140 metres) before returning safely 25 minutes after takeoff to Denver international airport at about 8.15am local time on Sunday.
It was towed to the gate after landing.
The Boeing aircraft w…

SoPhAr: Solar Phased-Arrays to boost the range of electric, hydrogen and SAF airliners in a solar world
Christian Claudel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04779 …

SoPhAr: Solar Phased-Arrays to boost the range of electric, hydrogen and SAF airliners in a solar world
In late 2022, ICAO member states adopted a long-term global aspirational goal (LTAG) to achieve net zero carbon emissions from international aviation by 2050. To date however, no economically scalable solution to the aviation decarbonization problem has been proposed. Despite considerable research on potential alternative fuels including e-fuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), Hydrogen or Ammonia, and extensive research on purely electric propulsion, low-carbon propulsion methods are unable t…

Etats-Unis : un #Boeing 777 perd une roue peu après son décollage de San Francisco
https://www.lemonde.fr/internati…

Etats-Unis : un Boeing 777 perd une roue peu après son décollage de San Francisco
L’appareil était à destination du Japon mais a dû atterrir à Los Angeles après la chute de l’un des six pneus d’un train d’atterrissage. Selon des experts, la responsabilité de l’incident tiendrait davantage aux équipes de maintenance de la compagnie United Airlines qu’à Boeing.

#AirTravel
Via San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle
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NEW: A United Airlines flight en route to San Francisco from Frankfurt, Germany, was forced to divert due to an overflow from one of the aircraft’s toilets into the passenger compartment.

eu_airlines: European airline network
A multiplex network of airline routes among European airports, where each of the 37 edge types represents routes by a different airline.
This network has 450 nodes and 3588 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/n…

Ted Cruz Wants Airlines to Keep Your Cash When They Cancel Your Flight
Cruz and three other congressional lawmakers offered legislation that could undermine the Biden administration's new airline refund rule
The lawmakers are four of the six largest congressional recipients of campaign cash from the airline industry in the current election cycle, according to data from the government transparency group OpenSecrets.

Ted Cruz Wants Airlines to Keep Your Cash When They Cancel Your Flight
Congressional lawmakers bankrolled by the airline industry offered legislation that could undermine Biden's plan for automatic airline refunds.

eu_airlines: European airline network
A multiplex network of airline routes among European airports, where each of the 37 edge types represents routes by a different airline.
This network has 450 nodes and 3588 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/n…

After years of delay, Boeing to try again with Starliner space capsule
A decade after NASA awarded Boeing a contract to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, Boeing will finally attempt to fly its Starliner spacecraft with people onboard.
According to plan, at 10:34 p.m. on Monday, the company is set to fly a pair of veteran astronauts, Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, on a mission that will be one of the most significant tests for Boeing’s space division…

After years of delay, Boeing to try again with Starliner space capsule
Monday’s planned launch comes as the aerospace giant is dealing with the fallout from problems with its airline division.