NEWS: Delta Air Lines passes the 1,000 aircraft mark.

NEWS: Delta began unwinding its 717 fleet today with the first of several 717 retirements this summer. This marks the first 717 to exit Delta's fleet in over 5 years.

NEWS: United Airlines now has 105+ mainline aircraft with Starlink WiFi as of this morning.

📍 Airbus Mobile, Alabama

The latest from the 787 Dreamliner factory in North Charleston, SC. 📷: @BoeingSCSpotter (X)

Tomorrow.

VFR transition over Atlanta yesterday morning. @atlairport.bsky.social Bucket list item checked off.

NEWS: Riyadh Air plans to take delivery of their first 787 Dreamliners today.

NEWS: United Airlines takes delivery of their first A321XLR today. ▪️Starlink onboard ▪️20 lie-flat Polaris seats ▪️50 on order

An update on the 787 facility expansion at Boeing Charleston, South Carolina.

A quick visit to Savannah and got to see a new G600 conduct its first flight. @mariotrunz.me

NEWS: JetBlue to launch route between Fort Lauderdale and Caracas, Venezuela

American Airlines to add Starlink WiFi to 500 Airbus aircraft.

Extremely impressive operations from the folks at Delta today.

Saudi-backed Riyadh Air is expected to take delivery of its first two 787-9 Dreamliners from Boeing in the coming week, per @telegraph.co.uk

NEWS: United Airlines now has 50 mainline aircraft with Starlink WiFi as of this morning.

NEWS: United Airlines to launch flights to Sapporo, Japan 3x weekly from San Francisco. ✈️: 787-9 Dreamliner

Saw some of @martysg.com's old birds today in Macon, Georgia.

The new Delta A321neo featuring 44(!) first-class seats. Soon flying on: ATL-LAX ATL-SFO ATL-SAN ATL-SEA

NEWS: The first United Airlines A321neo now has Starlink.

With the delivery of four brand new aircraft today alone, the United Airlines fleet reached 1,100+ aircraft. American: 1021 Delta: 996

NEWS: Delta will introduce Amazon Leo high-speed Wifi (Starlink competitor) on hundreds of Delta aircraft, starting with an initial installation on 500 aircraft beginning in 2028.

Jetblue "Blueprint II" coming soon to a factory-fresh A220. www.planespotters.net/photo/190888...

NEWS: United Airlines is taking delivery of the first 787-9 Dreamliner with its new Polaris seat later today. The aircraft will have 64(!) Polaris seats.

News: Updated Viasat satellite roadmap just released. F2 and F3 should bring much more wifi capacity to the Delta fleet.

NEWS: Boeing expects to ramp up 787 Dreamliner production from 8/month to 10/month in 2026. 737 MAX production expected to increase from 42/month to 47/month in 2026.

A tale of 3 strategies: United: Grow + secure production spots years out in advance Delta: Diversify widebody strategy American: Pay down debt on balance sheet (needed)

NEWS: Delta widebody order. +16 additional A330-900neo +15 additional A350-900 + additional widebody options

Airbus EVP of Sales Benoit de Saint-Exupéry is bringing some John Leahy level of energy to the battle between Airbus and Boeing in these quotes. I love it.

Christmas college hoops with @johnhollinger.bsky.social in Catlanta.

Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle is out as CEO effective immediately. Jimmy Dempsey to become new Frontier CEO.

Tonight, Viasat + @ulalaunch.bsky.social launch the 2nd of 3 Viasat-3 satellites. Viasat-3 will deliver streaming-speed wifi over the Americas to thousands of aircraft, including most of the Delta fleet!

Seeing reports of an AirAct Cargo 747 in the water at the Hong Kong Airport. Photo: x.com/michaelmohk/...

Boeing to build 2nd 787 Dreamliner final assembly line building in North Charleston as part of $1+ billion expansion. www.postandcourier.com/business/aer...

Spirit's Q2 report is out and WOOF things are bad. It says that if measures it's taking to increase liquidity (sale or "monetization of certain aircraft and real estate, the sale of excess airport gates...") that its ability to continue as a going concern is in "substantial doubt" within 12 months.

Such a sad sad day for aviation.

A sad sad day for aviation.

CNN carrying FAA statement just now that confirms the collision of a CRJ and a Black Hawk helicopter near DCA tonight.

Boeing’s 777X has returned to the skies. Certification test flights have been paused since August when broken engine thrust links were discovered on all 3 test aircraft. www.flightradar24.com/BOE003/38c10...

Very excited by Etihad Airways announcing 4x weekly flights between Abu Dhabi and Atlanta starting July 2nd!