Goda Labanauskaite

2 weeks ago | aerotime.aero | Goda Labanauskaite

American Airlines is to launch a nonstop service to its 30th destination in Mexico, starting in December 2025. The new service to Puerto Escondido (PXM) will allow the airline to operate more flights to Mexico in 2025 than ever before, American announced in a statement on April 10, 2025. Flights will begin operations on December 2, 2025, and will be operated twice a week throughout the year from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

2 weeks ago | aerotime.aero | Goda Labanauskaite

Alaska Airlines has officially retired the first-ever Boeing 737-900 at the age of 24 years. Historically significant as the original model of its type, the aircraft served as a prototype for extensive testing of the Boeing 737-900. Alaska Airlines took the first delivery of this model on May 15, 2001. However, the 737-900 did not gain popularity, with only 52 units being delivered before it was replaced by the improved 737-900ER.

2 weeks ago | aerotime.aero | Goda Labanauskaite

US low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines is facing backlash after reaching an agreement with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to operate federal deportation flights. The flights, which will be operated from Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA), Arizona from May 2025, are a part of the Trump administration’s broader strategy to tighten immigration controls, including halting entry at the southern border and increasing interior enforcement.

2 weeks ago | aerotime.aero | Goda Labanauskaite

A firefighting helicopter crashed while battling a wildfire in Daegu, South Korea, killing the pilot aboard. The accident took place on April 6, 2025, at 15:41 local time, Yonhap News Agency reported. The helicopter, a Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II registered as HL9303, went down in a mountainous area in a northwestern part of Daegu, approximately 230 kilometers southeast of Seoul, according to firefighting authorities. The 74-year-old pilot died at the scene.

3 weeks ago | aerotime.aero | Goda Labanauskaite |Andy Murray

United Airlines has revealed that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved its first aircraft type equipped with Starlink, less than eight months after finalizing a deal with SpaceX for the service. On March 31, 2025, a statement by United announced that the FAA had granted a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the aircraft, with plans for the first commercial flight featuring Starlink in-flight internet to take place on a United Express Embraer 175.