Airbus A320 Poised to Overtake Boeing 737 as Most-Delivered Commercial Airliner(simpleflying.com)

65 points by helsinkiandrew 1 year ago | 25 comments

Over 150k Flights: Airlines Just Flew the Busiest Day in Recorded History(simpleflying.com)

27 points by cainxinth 3 months ago | 21 comments

Swiss' Entire Boeing 777 Fleet Now Has Shark Skin Technology(simpleflying.com)

96 points by belter 2 years ago | 50 comments

United Airlines tells Boeing to stop building Max 10s and to switch to max 9s(simpleflying.com)

65 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 110 comments

Chicago O'Hare digs up 50-ton boulder under airfield, asks public for name ideas(simpleflying.com)

110 points by Stratoscope 7 days ago | 91 comments

Simple Flying article reporting that Chicago O'Hare airport dug up a 50-ton boulder beneath its airfield and is asking the public to suggest names for it.

Ural Airlines is preparing to fly a stranded Airbus A320 out of a field(simpleflying.com)

144 points by stefan_ 3 years ago | 118 comments

Two American Airlines Flights End Up with the Same Flight Numbers(aviationa2z.com)

44 points by samch 22 days ago | 23 comments

Aviation A2Z news article about two American Eagle regional flights operating with the same flight number/callsign due to a scheduling conflict.

What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane(prospect.org)

735 points by doom2 2 years ago | 446 comments

American Prospect article by Maureen Tkacik on how Boeing's management drove out experienced engineers and workers who knew how to build planes.

Missiles are now the biggest killer of airline passengers(wsj.com)

496 points by JumpCrisscross 1 year ago | 352 comments

Wall Street Journal article reporting that missile shootdowns have become the leading cause of airline passenger deaths; the page loaded a captcha instead.

The FAA’s Hiring Scandal(tracingwoodgrains.com)

574 points by firebaze 1 year ago | 498 comments

A Substack essay by Tracing Woodgrains recounting the decade-long story of the FAA's air traffic controller hiring scandal and efforts to expose it.

Boeing missing key elements of safety culture: FAA report(ainonline.com)

327 points by elorant 2 years ago | 268 comments

AIN news article on an FAA expert panel report finding Boeing lacks key elements of a safety culture, including employee awareness of how to report safety concerns.

Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit(theregister.com)

544 points by pseudolus 2 months ago | 371 comments

The Register article reporting that Google paid $10 million at auction for defunct Spirit Airlines' data, including emails and recorded calls, for AI use.