A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Opinions split at FAA over prospect of early commercial eVTOL ops theaircurrent.com/regulation/f... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent

NEW: This is too much. The DOJ accidentally emailed copies of Volume II of Jack Smith's final report to the lawyers representing a woman they charged with obstruction of justice for emailing Volume II of Jack Smith's final report. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/doj-accide...

Boeing, engineers union to try novel bargaining strategy in test of labor peace theaircurrent.com/industry-str... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent

@jonostrower.com and I teamed up for a major #scoop : Boeing's commercial and defense factories have been disrupted from Washington to Florida by a massive computer outage that started Monday afternoon.

Breaking now on TAC/Intel: Boeing commercial jet deliveries and production disrupted by widespread IT outage theaircurrent.com/intel/boeing... (via @jonostrower.com & @juliejohnsson.bsky.social)

We're doing "research"

The White House is building a quarantine facility for Ebola patients in Kenya — a country that has never recorded a case of the disease. Locals are furious.

New: Coast Guard pilots said they believe risk of a helicopter-on-helicopter collision near DCA airport is *higher* after the FAA changed the airspace in the wake of a 2025 midair crash. Deep dive on @theaircurrent.com: theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...

Alaska 737s leading candidate to replace Hawaiian 717s on interisland operations theaircurrent.com/airlines/ala... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

Next union showdown looms in Boeing’s new era of never-ending labor talks theaircurrent.com/aircraft-pro... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent

Boeing explores hiking 737 production close to rival Airbus’s stratospheric target theaircurrent.com/aircraft-pro... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent

MY SCOOP: Boeing is exploring possibly hiking 737 production to rate 70. Studies are early stage. It will have the capacity with the North line, but can suppliers keep pace?

"There is no capacity at other Northeast airports to handle Newark’s international flights due to airports already being slot controlled." Airlines shared some data on the implications of pulling CBP officers out of sanctuary city airports, including Newark.

Insane footage filmed from a nearby restaurant shows tonight’s explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 (LC-36). Original post

Heyo @theaircurrent.com is now on Reddit! Come join us over there...too. www.reddit.com/r/theaircurr...

Boeing faces good and bad news as it plots 737, 787 production hikes theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent

Richard Lasher, a Boeing employee at the Frederickson plant, was on his way to ride his dirt bike around Spirit Lake when Mt St Helen’s erupted in front of him. Original image taken May 18, 1980. (Washington state archives)

Boeing ends a nearly decade-long sales drought to China theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent

"It is the authority’s master plan for Dulles executed at rocket speed."

ATC modernization strains the definition of ‘America first’ theaircurrent.com/air-traffic-... (via @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent

So excited to track the next iteration of The Sporty Game with @jonostrower.com! Let's go!

The FAA's top safety official is retiring, @willguisbond.com reports in a scoop for @theaircurrent.com. The timing is not great for Boeing, with key certification decisions looming. Gift link here: theaircurrent.com/s/wztpqj4dsgn

Former Spirit Airlines aircraft continuing to make their way to long-term storage facilities. With today’s movements, 23 aircraft have been sent to Marana (MZJ) and 20 to Goodyear (GYR) so far. www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviatio...

Airbus revives A220 sales as AirAsia places largest-ever order theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social & @wingborn.com) #staycurrent

Dateline Mirabel for reporting from @theaircurrent.com: Great look at the long and winding road for an AirAsia deal for the (now) A220 from @juliejohnsson.bsky.social and @wingborn.com and what comes next for the Canadian single-aisle. theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...

Great read! Via @elanhead.com

We've taken down the pay wall, if you want to take a look at our deep dive into Spirit's final chapter.

JetBlue is moving quickly to fill Spirit's gap, adding 11 new routes from Fort Lauderdale beginning in July. - Barranquilla - Baltimore-Washington - Cali - Charlotte - Chicago O’Hare - Columbus - Detroit - Houston Bush - Indianapolis - Nashville - Ponce

Damn www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s...

"In the eyes of its competitors, Spirit is worth more dead than alive — and the White House is running out of time, and options, to save it." via @willguisbond.com @juliejohnsson.bsky.social @jonostrower.com

For Spirit Airlines, the unfortunate likelihood is the fall is all that's left. And thus, how they fall matters a great deal. The Air Current did their usual great work on this piece.

The Spirit Airlines rescue effort is frustrating an industry that has simply been waiting for the beleaguered carrier to fail. Here's how to think about the last two chaotic weeks (w/ @juliejohnsson.bsky.social & @jonostrower.com via @theaircurrent.com): theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi...

A look at the frantic scramble to save Spirit Airlines -- and why its dimming bailout prospects are a relief to much of the US airline industry. My latest for The Air Current with @willguisbond.com and @jonostrower.com

SCOOP: The FAA is considering purchasing a commercial office building in Dallas to house its first consolidated ATC "super center." The deal is not final, but it's unclear whether it complies w/ 2025 law to "construct a new" building (via @theaircurrent.com): theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby for the first time publicly acknowledges that he approached American about a merger, saying it would have been ‘adding and not subtracting’ (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social & @jonostrower.com on @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...

Ethiopian Airlines is plotting a 100-jet fleet expansion even as it weathers oil shock theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent

Boeing’s 737 Max engine anti-ice fix finally in the air theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev... (via @jonostrower.com @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent

Scoop from myself and @juliejohnsson.bsky.social ahead of @boeing earnings tomorrow morning. We found one very interesting patent that helps tell the story of the Max engine anti-ice fix.

Spirit Airlines is asking the Trump administration for millions of dollars to stay afloat as fuel prices rise, reports @theaircurrent.com. Many believe a bailout to be bad precedent. Spirit leadership is set to meet with Secretary Duffy next week.

Vertical Aerospace’s piloted transition flight is a technical and business milestone theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent

Spirit Airlines seeks U.S. government aid as oil spike threatens turnaround theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi... (via @jonostrower.com @willguisbond.com @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent

SCOOP: Spirit Airlines seeks U.S. government aid as oil spike threatens turnaround (with @jonostrower.com & @juliejohnsson.bsky.social via @theaircurrent.com): theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi...

I’ve known @juliejohnsson.bsky.social since the earliest days of my career. Even as we fiercely competed, I have always admired her tenacity, relentlessness and passion. Now, I get to welcome her as Global Correspondent for @theaircurrent.com as she joins our intrepid team of expert journalists.

Congrats @juliejohnsson.bsky.social!

The US is already churning out record amounts of jet fuel and has little capacity to increase exports despite President Donald Trump’s call for nations to buy more from American refiners as the Iran war squeezes supplies.

SpaceX's role in NASA's moon plans is growing, at Boeing's expense. Scoop from @lorengrush.bsky.social @juliejohnsson.bsky.social, Ed Ludlow @bloomberg.com

Breaking: Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort to buy the social media platform for a lower price than his original $44 billion bid, a jury concluded

SCOOP by @juliejohnsson.bsky.social > Boeing is close to one of the largest sales in its history, a 500-aircraft order for 737 Max jets to China that will be unveiled when Trump travels to Beijing for a state visit. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...