AZ – A Juvenile 747 with little flight experience has met its end in the desert of Arizona. A multi-million-dollar marvel is being scrapped for parts before its life in the skies ever truly began. The Boeing 747, with roughly 50 flight hours, met its ...
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NM – An agreement has been inked between officials with the Recreational Aviation Foundation and Gila National Forest in New Mexico to increase access to five backcountry airstrips: Beaverhead, Jewett Mesa, Me-Own, Negrito, and Rainy Mesa. In addition, the RAF was invited to be the ...
AZ – Falcon Field Airport is experiencing immense development. Falcon Field Airport (FFZ) is a general aviation reliever airport owned and operated by the City of Mesa. Falcon Field, the 2nd busiest general aviation airport in the U.S., hosts over 330,000 annual aircraft operations. In ...
AZ – Waymo’s robotaxis are now offering pick-up and drop-off service at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. In a blog post on its website, the company, owned by Google parent Alphabet, confirmed it is now running a ride-hailing service to the airport for members of its “trusted tester” program ...
AZ – AeroGuard is thrilled to announce that Arizona State University has selected AeroGuard Flight Training Center to provide flight training services to ASU students enrolled in the B.S. in Aeronautical Management Technology (Professional Flight) degree program. Within this agreement, AeroGuard will train future commercial ...
AZ – Canadian low-cost carrier Flair Airlines launched its new nonstop flights from Tucson International Airport on Wednesday with the first of its twice-weekly flights to Edmonton and Fort McMurray, Alberta. Flair also is launching once-weekly nonstops this week between TIA and Prince George, British Columbia, and ...
NV – If you fly through Reno often, you will notice that the Biggest Little City’s airport is getting busier. Built in the 1980s, Reno-Tahoe International serves 12,000 travelers a day on average, and its age is beginning to show. There’s not enough parking and ...
AZ – Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Tower has been replaced by a new tower fitted with an integrated digital tower solution from Frequentist. The digital tower solution consists of integrated recording and digital terminal information and weather services, ensuring controllers have modern, digital solutions to support ...
AZ – In a recent announcement, Spirit Airlines has developed a new pathway program in collaboration with the CAE flight school in Phoenix, Arizona, called Spirit Wings Pilot Pathway. The program aims to give prospective pilots a more direct track to the cockpit and bring ...
AZ – A blind woman from Arizona is set to make history by piloting a plane across the country. With a few flights already completed, Kaiya Armstrong, 21, will fly from Mesa, Arizona, to Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13 in honor of World Sight Day. ...