Commercial Aviation News

Air Baltic has received its first Airbus A220-300 certified to hold up to 149 passengers. Normally the Air Baltic A220-300 would seat 145. As of April 5, the company has changed the cabin configuration for the first five of airBaltic’s 33 Airbus A220-300 aircraft. airBaltic plans to unblock the additional seats on its entire fleet by summer 2023. Due to different seat configuration, first 20 aircraft will have 148 seats available, while the next 12 aircraft will have 149 seats. All aircraft to be delivered between 2022 and early 2024 are planned to have 148 seats.

Etihad Airbus A350-1000 inaugural flight.

If you are interested, Airbus will e holding their AGM in a bit. You can tune it to watch when it starts.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has changed its head of aircraft certification. On May 8th, Liro Liu is to succeed Earl Lawrence as executive director of the Aircraft Certification Service. Earl Lawrence will pick up as deputy assistant administrator of the NextGen Office.

Pilots banned from the 737 MAX?

Boeing removes 141 aircraft from its order.

Airbus A321XLR.

Delta news...

Air Canada is seeing a significant uptick in demand as they saw just over 100,000 passengers travel on just April 15th alone. "We were very pleased to have had 100,701 customers board our planes on April 15, 2022, as travelers steadily return. Clearly there is a pent-up demand for travel that is matched only by our enthusiasm to welcome back our customers. It is also significant that we passed this milestone smoothly, indicating Air Canada has recovered operationally from COVID-19's effects and is prepared to safely and conveniently transport customers during the busy summer ahead," said Kevin O'Connor, Vice President of Air Canada's Systems Operations Control.

Sam Chui checks out Finnair's new A350 business class seat flying from Helsinki to London.

JetBlue looses the Spirit.

https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...ue-takeover-offer-antitrust-risks-2022-05-02/

Avianca has acquired Latin American carrier Viva Air Colombia.

https://airinsight.com/avianca-acquires-viva-colombia/

First Airbus A321XLR rolls out of the paint shed.

Qantas A350 First. Partnering with Airbus and Australian industrial designer, David Caon, the A350 promises a five-star flying experience with some of the world’s most spacious cabins, premium designer details and all new levels of luxurious comfort. Take a look through the First cabin.

A quick look around a flight test Airbus A350-1000.

Whoops?

Alaska Airlines unveiled its new Star Wars livery. Pretty nice i'd say.

Usually do not see this view from inside the landing gear wheel well of a Boeing 737.

Lufthansa makes a sizable order for commercial and freighters.

Some commercial charters recently went into the small airport on St. Kitts in the Caribbean. Here is one of them, Global X Airbus A320.