Supply chain problems are hurting global airlines, a challenge that will remain for some time to come, the head of the International Air Transport Association warned industry leaders and regulators. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/03/supply-politics-aviation-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #aviation #airlines
American Airlines said last weekend's winter storm caused it to experience its largest weather-related disruption in its history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/29/companies/storm-american-airlines-crews-hotel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airlines #americanairlines #us
Oh fuck: that's ME determined never to fly on a Boeing 787!
Air India AI-171 crash: "Aircraft health data that had been transmitted via ACARS by VT-ANB about 15 minutes prior to the crash, indicated faults in the electrical system as well as in all Flight Control Modules (FCM). However, the flight crew never became aware of these faults or transmissions and therefore continued with the takeoff."
Whistleblower report. P100 Primary Power Panel caught fire repeatedly …
Some #Australian #Airlines operate #embraere190aircraft
These days I pick the flight time based on whether it's an Ebraere or a #boeing
This is where you are right now #america...
The dumpster burning bright atop the hill...
India’s aviation industry is poised for a reckoning after crises at its two dominant carriers exposed cracks in the booming market and forced government intervention. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/06/companies/crises-india-airlines-aviation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #aviation #india #airlines #airaccidents
China's government is instructing travel agencies in the country to cut the number of group tours to Japan as the two countries' dispute following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan continues to fester. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/china-curbs-group-tours-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #tourism #airlines #flights #taiwan
The Japan Transport Safety Board has conducted a simulation experiment as part of its investigation into a fatal aircraft collision accident that occurred on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/japan/jal-haneda-collision-interim-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airlines #jal #airaccidents #hanedaairport
One year on from South Korea's deadliest plane crash, relatives of the victims harbor deep mistrust over how the investigation has been handled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/asia-pacific/south-korea-jeju-air-flight-2216/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #airlines #airlineaccidents
The standoff between China and Japan threatens to exacerbate a seasonally weak period for Chinese airlines and make it harder for them to post their first annual profits in six years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/china-airlines-profit-return-dim/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #taiwan #airlines
ANA and Japan’s space agency are accelerating efforts to use sensors mounted on commercial jets to improve the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/passenger-jets-track-climate-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ana #airlines #jaxa #space #climatechange #emissions #aviation
A U.S. travel association and a top Democrat are bristling at President Donald Trump's plan to require many foreign visitors using the visa waiver program to provide social media handles used over the past five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/world/us-social-media-reaction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #airlines #tourism #immigration #privacy #personalinformation #tech #humanrights
This week, Airbus got a brutal reminder that even the world’s most-delivered jet — the A320 — isn’t immune to shocks as disparate as solar flares and flawed metal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/06/companies/airbus-icarus-bug/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airlines #airbus #tourism
Commercial airline pilots often conceal mental health conditions for fear that disclosing therapy or medication, or even just seeking help, could mean having their license pulled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/world/society/airline-pilots-mental-health/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #airlines #aviation #mentalhealth #depression
Global airlines scrambled to fix a software glitch on Airbus A320 jets, as a partial recall by the company halted hundreds of flights in Asia and Europe and threatened U.S. travel over the busiest weekend of the year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/30/companies/global-airlines-airbus-a320/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airbus #airlines #tourism
Europe's Airbus said Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, sparking disruption worldwide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/29/companies/airbus-a320-recall-disruption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airlines #tourism #airbus
Luke Drury
boosted
“Taxing airline fuel is not the only answer to encouraging more people to choose low-carbon travel, but it’s a start.
It’s ludicrous that the most environmentally damaging form of transport doesn’t pay fuel tax”
#Climate #Energy #Taxation #FossilFuels #Transport #Airlines #Aviation
The Chinese government has instructed the country’s airlines to reduce the number of flights to Japan through March 2026, signaling Beijing is braced for a protracted spat between the two nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/china-flight-cuts-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #airlines #aviation #tourism
“Taxing airline fuel is not the only answer to encouraging more people to choose low-carbon travel, but it’s a start.
It’s ludicrous that the most environmentally damaging form of transport doesn’t pay fuel tax”
#Climate #Energy #Taxation #FossilFuels #Transport #Airlines #Aviation
Plans to extend the runway at Sapporo’s Okadama Airport are moving forward to boost commercial flight capacity, attract more business jets and facilitate medevac flights at the city’s smaller airport. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/okadama-airport-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okadamaairport #hokkaido #sapporo #airports #airlines #tourism #mlit