Hat tip to @juliejohnsson.bsky.social and Siddharth Philip for getting this one confirmed: 777X entry into service is now 2027 at the earliest. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The entry-into-service of Boeing’s 777X is now not expected until 2027, another headache for airlines like Lufthansa, Emirates and Cathay that have invested heavily in the plane. via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social

This is excellent.

As investigators closed in, elite experts and professionals offered support and advice to Jeffrey Epstein. A cache of private emails obtained by Bloomberg News reveals details from his network. Read the Big Take ⬇️

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Amazing shot! #chicagohenge

Thanks to Bloomberg, @juliejohnsson.bsky.social, as well: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NK1300 and AF1 had a bit of an "encounter" today-- ATC was reportedly yelling at NK1300 to get their attention to get them to alter course. Not sure it was a "close call" at all, but since AF1 involved.. I tend to believe the yelling part. Thanks to @petchmo.bsky.social for his help in..

Any day spent on an airport ramp is a good day! Thanks Cranky Dorkfest! #aviation #Dorkfest2025

The Beam at the Bean. This morning in Millennium Park

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“The Court’s conservative majority seems at times uncomfortable with the position that Trump has put it in. It has largely expressed this unease by being avoidant—focussing on ancillary technical issues … or deferring decisions to another day.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Big news out of Boeing's St. Louis defense hub where members of IAM 837 just rejected a 4-year contract offer. There's a 7-day cooling-off period before a potential strike.

Ozzy Osbourne, Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Delta Air Lines is taking delivery of an Airbus A330-900neo (N435DX). The delivery flight is from Toulouse to Tokyo in order to avoid US tariffs on new aircraft. www.flightradar24.com/DAL9950/3a92...

Flights bound for Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore currently holding or returning to origin. www.flightradar24.com/multiview/3a...

Spotted a Qatar retro livery at SeaTac!

"Boeing is the rare American company that’s historically generated a trade surplus with China, a market it helped pioneer a half-century ago." via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social

Donald Trump's tariffs have given Xi Jinping an opening to build relationships with US allies, and Chinese officials are already taking action

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Oof. Another day, another disturbing travel incident.

NEW: Five of the billionaires who attended Donald Trump's inauguration have lost a combined $210 billion in wealth since then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

SpaceX’s Starship explodes during test flight.

The US vice president's critique of Europe has brought a unity among rival German politicians that was rarely seen during the campaign.

The source code for the new Department for Government Efficiency’s “official US government website” points to X as its primary source of authority while sharing links to the site sends users to x.com.

I'm in DC today for the CSF/FAA conference, where the question on everyone's mind is: what's going to happen with NASA's Artemis program? And is SLS a goner? Well we don't know for sure yet, but here's why changing the program will be hard work www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Very odd place to find a plane. It is ink, not a decal.

One of the most tracked flights right now - US Air Force C-130 Hercules searching for the missing Bering Air Cessna 208.

Late Friday News Dump: #Boeing will be sending WARN notices to about 400 people working on the SLS mega-rocket. Cue the Congressional campaigns to save the program from Musk/DOGE

Boeing will lay off about 400 staffers from its SLS moon rocket program as Trump and Musk push for a Mars shot. Eric Johnson & @juliejohnsson.bsky.social > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This evening, a Learjet 55 (XA-UCI) crashed shortly after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The flight departed at 23:06 UTC, reaching a maximum altitude of 1,650 ft at 23:06:54 before descending steeply. www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraf...

DCA security camera of AA Flight 5342 colliding with an Army UH-60 over the Potomac.

Heavy emergency response along river

Where am I? #aviation #travel #boredpassenger

Winging into the new year on a Dreamliner

The position of special envoy to the UK doesn’t currently exist.

One thing about LA traffic: you have LOTS of time to admire the views

60 Minutes is turning its attention to Boeing this Sunday youtu.be/ST24Zg_y2FM...

To mark my 747th follower, a photo of the Queen lounging at a Frankfurt gate in 2022. #aviation #avgeek #QOTS

BREAKING: A Texas judge has rejected the DOJ-Boeing plea deal citing a DEI provision. I did not have this on my bingo card for 2024. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Good morning Bluesky! This historic photo was taken one year ago today. It was the last flight of the mighty P3 Orion at the end of 55 magnificent years in RAAF service, and smiling out front is the first pregnant Commanding Officer of an operational flying squadron in RAAF history.

ICYMI: Boeing curtailed a cherished perk of its top leaders -- travel on its corporate jets -- when new CEO Kelly Ortberg and CFO Brian West rolled out its first austerity measures in September. Exco members were relegated to flying coach. #aviation #avgeek #Boeing www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

Mood #caturday

Sliding into the weekend like BART. Let's see if this share works. www.instagram.com/reel/DCrbskA...

When you came for a Starship booster catch but got a water landing