Tag: operations
NEWS May 19, 2026 United Airlines Flew Passengers Across the Pacific for 13 Hours With No Screens, No Wi-Fi and No Way to Charge Their Devices A routine transpacific journey turned into an uncomfortable test of endurance for passengers aboard United Airlines flight UA-804 after a technical fault rendered the entire cabin entertainment infrastructure inoperable for the full duration of the flight. Read More →
NEWS May 01, 2026 Southwest Nearly Abandoned 10 Passengers at Las Vegas Including a Pregnant Woman After Its Own Flight Made Them Miss Their Connection Southwest Airlines faced criticism after a Reddit post revealed that around ten passengers, including elderly travellers and a pregnant woman, were nearly stranded at Las Vegas airport because a Southwest delay caused them to almost miss their connecting flight. Read More →
NEWS Apr 21, 2026 American Airlines Took Nearly Two Months to Fix Its London Catering Disaster After nearly two months of operational chaos, reputational damage, crew revolts, and formal union grievances, American Airlines has finally resolved the catering meltdown that paralysed its London Heathrow operation from late February 2026. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Apr 16, 2026 Opinion: Adapting Ground Operations in an Era of AI Under the theme “Adapting Ground Operations in an Era of AI,” IGHC 2026 will bring together airlines, ground handlers, airports, regulators, and vendors to focus on practical solutions. This is about how AI, data, various digital tools, and automation can be applied today to improve safety performance, increase operational resilience, and reduce complexity while ensuring that human expertise remains at the center of our operations. Read More →
NEWS Mar 04, 2026 United Airlines Evacuates Crew Stranded in Middle East Conflict, Some Driven Across Saudi Desert United Airlines has successfully concluded a high-stakes extraction operation to repatriate the final members of its flight crews who were caught in the crossfire of the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Dec 23, 2025 GTF Storage Crisis Deepens: 835 Aircraft Grounded as Pratt & Whitney Recalls Surge Post-Mid-Year The operational crisis surrounding the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine family has reached a new peak. As of late Q4 2025, the number of stored jets powered by the PW1000G family has climbed significantly, highlighting a widening gap between maintenance capacity and the relentless pace of engine recalls. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Dec 20, 2025 Memphis at Midnight: Inside FedEx's Global Superhub When considering major hub airports in the United States, few might think of Memphis International Airport (MEM). This facility, which is only the second busiest in Tennessee based on passenger volumes, might not boast an impressive flight schedule from passenger airlines. However, across the airfield from Memphis' passenger terminal, FedEx has turned the airport into a critical cargo superhub. In fact, between the hours of 10:00 PM and 5:00 AM, Memphis becomes the busiest airport in the world. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Oct 09, 2023 Analyzing Airline Operations in War-Torn Countries: Libya and Yemen We live in a time when countries all over the world are engulfed in some sort of conflict. War, in particular, has devastated various nations. Based on that information, it makes one wonder: How do flight operations continue in war-torn countries? Read More →
NEWS Dec 24, 2022 Southwest Airlines Declares State of Operational Emergency at Denver Airport The recent winter storm has hit Southwest Airlines hard at Denver International Airport (DEN). Beginning at 1:45 pm Mountain Time on December 21, 2022, and extending until further notice, the Vice President of Ground Operations, Chris Johnson, declared a State of Operational Emergency. Read More →
NEWS Oct 16, 2021 Collins Aerospace Launches New Business Aviation Technology Hub Collins Aerospace is launching a new technology platform called Izon that integrates and streamlines business aviation services including flight planning, weather, fleet operations, and more. Izon combines multiple business aviation services that were once separate into one platform. The platform can be accessed by pilots, flight operators, and other operations staff.  Read More →