"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...

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

NEW: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lufthansa can now seat passengers 25 out of 28 seats in its Allegris business class cabins on its 787s — up from just 4 — now that all but three in the second row are FINALLY certified by the FAA.

we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds

News: Amazon has asked the FCC for a two-year extension in the deadline to get half of its satellite broadband constellation in orbit. The rockets that Leo - formerly Kuiper - needs aren't ready. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Donald Trump says he would charge a 50% tariff on aircraft from Canada and decertify all planes made there until Ottawa agreed to approve jets made by US firm Gulfstream

Meanwhile: Waymo acknowledge it struck a "young pedestrian"--aka a CHILD--in a blog post, and NHTSA opened an investigation. Near a school in Santa Monica. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

January 2026 is almost done and this frame is the first Airbus delivery out of Mobile (BFM). 👉 aviation.flights/aib/A320/13017

What a gem! My favorite band performing on my favorite radio station back in the day. #stereolabgroop #KCRW www.kcrw.com/shows/mornin...

Bears Win!!!!! Holy Moly!!!!!

When in Rome...

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

For the last few months, I've been working on a story about January's crash near Washington, D.C. What I learned was that it was simply an accident waiting to happen. Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong (via @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...

Breaking News: The Trump administration is sharing all air travelers’ names with ICE officials to find people with deportation orders.

NEW investigative report: "Things will get really nasty." Hedge funds. Brokerages. Billionaires. Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties on and off Wall Street were broader than previously known, a cache of emails @bloomberg.com obtained earlier this year reveals 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight

India is sending investigators to the US next week to go over data with the National Transportation Safety Board gathered so far on the deadly crash in June of an Air India flight.

NEW via my #FOIA: These are all the divisions at FBI involved in the review of the Epstein files earlier this year. Between March 15 and March 22, 934 FBI agents and other personnel reviewed the recors

“Analysis... has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls. A significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service which may be impacted.” Currently ~3,000 airborne A320 family aircraft. www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/...