Aeromรฉxico’s Plan of Reorganization is confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court

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Grupo Aeromรฉxico, S.A.B. de C.V. informs that the hearing to consider confirmation of the Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Company and its subsidiaries that are debtors in the Company’s Chapter 11 voluntary financial restructuring process has successfully concluded, and the Bankruptcy Court formally announced that it has confirmed the Plan.

January 28, 2022 represents the most important milestone to date for the Company’s restructuring process. ย Aeromรฉxico will continue working with all its key stakeholders to swiftly emerge from Chapter 11, at which point the corporate resolutions adopted at the Shareholders Meeting held on January 14, 2022ย will become fully effective.

Andres Conesa, Company’s CEO, stated “This is a very important day for the Aeromรฉxico Family. I want to thank all my colleagues for their hard work and dedication; I am very proud to be part of a great team of world class airline professionals. I want to thank our employees and Board for their invaluable support, and to all of our restructuring advisors who did an outstanding job helping us lead our beloved airline through these turbulent times. I want to express my sincere gratitude to Judge Chapman and her team who conducted this process in an exemplary way. Finally, I want to thank all stakeholders and the new investor group for having confidence in Aeromรฉxico and for giving us wings to fly even higher through the skies of Mexicoย and the world.”

Note: Under the plan, AM is expected to reduce its Embraer 170 and 190 fleet while increasing its Boeing 737-8 MAX 8 and 737-9 MAX 9 fleet.

Top Copyright Photo: AeroMexico Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner XA-SSS (msn 62147) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 954634.

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Is a Boeing 777X freighter coming for Qatar Airways?

Qatar Airways is reportedly planning an order with Boeing for 50 new Boeing 777X freighters according to Bloomberg.

The unconfirmed deal is likely to be announced at a meeting between Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2022.

The new Boeing 777X will be the worldโ€™s largest and most efficient twin-engine jet, unmatched in every aspect of performance. With new breakthroughs in aerodynamics and engines, the 777X will deliver 10 percent lower fuel use and emissions and 10 percent lower operating costs than the competition. A true family, the 777X offers low-risk, profitable growth, industry-leading reliability and seamless integration with the 777 and 787 Dreamliner families for even more flexibility. But performance is just part of the story. With a spacious, wide cabin, new custom architecture and innovations from the 787 Dreamliner, the 777X will deliver the flight experience of the future.

Read more from Bloomberg Business Wire:

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/boeing-is-set-to-launch-its-first-new-jet-in-nearly-five-years-with-50-plane-qatar-deal-1.1715136

Airline Profile: Skybus (UK)

Skybus (UK) (Isles of Scilly) de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter G-CEWM (msn 656) LEQ (Wingnut). Image: 956604.

Skybus flights operate from Exeter, Newquay and Landโ€™s End Airports and takes as little as 15 minutes to reach Scilly. There are stunning aerial views of the Cornish coastline whichever route you take, and when the islands come into view youโ€™ll have a unique opportunity to see the Isles of Scilly from the air as you come in to land at St Maryโ€™s Airport.

Flights leave year-round from Landโ€™s End Airport (15 minutes). Cornwall Airport Newquay (30 minutes), and Exeter Airport (60 minutes) operating six days a week between March and October.

Skybus services from Exeter and Newquay connect with flights to London Heathrow and Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Belfast, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and more, as well as GWR rail services to local stations.

Isles of Scilly Travelโ€™s dedicated Landโ€™s End Airport is small and friendly with no long waits and helpful staff on hand to help you check in just one hour before your flight.

Enjoy a coffee and admire the sea views from full length windows looking out over the coast, with no need to worry about rushing or queuing in a busy terminal.

 

When you walk out to board your plane, youโ€™ll be greeted personally by your pilot before enjoying a truly memorable flight.

The airline describes its history:

Skybus has been the Isles of Scillyโ€™s own airline for more than 30 years. Having started with charter flights in 1984, we now provide a year-round, scheduled service to the islands from three airports; Landโ€™s End, Newquay and Exeter. We have eight aircraft and, at busy times, operate more than 60 flights each day.

Top Copyright Photo: Skybus (UK) (Isles of Scilly Skybus) de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter G-CEWM (msn 656) LEQ (Wingnut). Image: 956604.

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Alaska Airlines “West Coast Wonders” livery

2021 "West Coast Wonders (Orca)" special livery

Alaska Airlines has offered an explanation for the special “Orca” livery on N932AK. It is called a “West Coast Wonders” livery. Will there be more in this series?

From Alaska Airlines:

The West Coast Wondersโ€ฏaircraft isโ€ฏinspired byโ€ฏtheโ€ฏbeautifulโ€ฏplaces we fly toโ€ฏand encourages everyone toโ€ฏtake actionโ€ฏwith us to protect our planet.โ€ฏThe design for this Boeing 737-9 MAX honorsโ€ฏthe shores we call home and the natural life of the Pacific Ocean and West Coast waters. Alaska Airlines set environmental sustainabilityย goals for 2025 and beyondย “This indicates a link to an external site that may not meet accessibility guidelines.”ย to reduce our climate impact through carbon, waste, and water.

Did you know that orcas migrate each year between the Baja peninsula and Alaska? Many of our aircraft follow the same path!

Top Copyright Photo: Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX 9 N932AK (msn 44089) (Orca) LAX (Michael B. Ing). Image: 956598.

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Icelandair introduces its new five multi-colored liveries, TF-ICE is the first

Icelandair made this announcement today:

Icelandair’s new livery

New year, new us!

In 2022ย we areย updating our airlineย livery โ€“ the way our planes lookย โ€“ with new colorsย drawn from Icelandic nature, including the beloved northern lights.

This is the first time the whole livery design has been changed since 2006, and is part of a complete refresh of the Icelandair brand.ย Over the past year or so, weโ€™ve been looking at our brand as a whole and finding new, refreshing ways to bring the spirit of Iceland to the world.

The arrival of our new livery

TF-ICE, aย Boeing 737 MAX 8ย named Jรถkulsรกrlรณn (after Iceland’s famous glacier lagoon), is the first of Icelandairโ€™s fleet to be painted in the newย livery, in mid-January 2022. It arrivesย at Keflavรญk international airportย on Friday, January 28, flying from Norwich, UK (the site of theย aircraft painting facility).

We planย to have a total of 5ย MAX aircraftย with the new livery by the end of February. The repainting of the rest of our fleet will continue according to the maintenance schedule of each airplane.

With the new livery, Icelandairโ€™s aircraft will have 5 different tail colors (boreal blue, magenta, sky blue, yellow, andย green), representing different phenomena in Icelandic nature. Our first new arrival wears a sky-blue tail.

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Our brand inspiration

Our livery is like a flying billboard. And since we spend so much time in the sky, we drew inspiration from what we see in front of us, and what we see in our country from above.

Northern lights aurora shine over the Blue Lagoon

Our new colors:

  • The midnight blue is our heritage color and the backdrop to the dancing auroras.
  • The snow white represents our glaciers.
  • The boreal blue is a representation of the northern lights.
  • The magenta signifies the collective creative power of Iceland, with just a hint of sunrise.
  • The crisp blue is the Icelandic summer sky thatโ€™s filled with light.
  • The golden yellow is the sun reflecting off waterfalls, glaciers, and even simmering magma.
  • The green represents the life that can be found even after the harshest of events.

By extending our color palette, we have a chance to bring the vibrant Icelandic spirit to the world, and to show the world the diversity of our people: The Icelandic spirit is available to anyone and everyone who wants to share in it.

Northern lights aurora over Reykjavik

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The saga on JAT flight 367 and the survival of FA Vesna Vuloviฤ‡, who fell 33,330 feet from the aircraft!

Best Seller

This is probably the strangest survival story concerning a flight attendant and a airplane crash.

From Wikipedia:

JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367ย was aย McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32ย aircraft (registration YU-AHT) which exploded shortly after overflyingย NDBย Hermsdorf (located in or aroundย Hinterhermsdorf, in the present-day municipality ofย Sebnitz),ย East Germany, while en route fromย Stockholmย toย Belgrade on January 26, 1972.

The aircraft, piloted by captain Ludvik Razdrih and first officer Ratko Mihiฤ‡, broke into three pieces and spun out of control, crashing near the village of Srbskรก Kameniceย inย Czechoslovakiaย (now theย Czech Republic). Of the 28 on board, 27 were killed upon ground impact and oneย Yugoslavย crew member,ย Vesna Vuloviฤ‡ย (1950โ€“2016), survived.

She holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute at 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi).

More on Vesna Vuloviฤ‡:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87

Top Copyright Photo: Sister ship of YU-AHT: JAT-Yugoslav Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YU-AJH (msn 47562) ZRH (Rolf Wallner). Image: 921099.

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SpiceJet is given three weeks to resolve its financial issues

The Supreme Court of India has given finally-strapped SpiceJet three weeks to resolve its financial dispute with Credit Suisse and overturned the Madras High Court order to wind down operations.

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Ice Airport Alaska returns for Season 2, Anchorage and Fairbanks spotlighted

Season 2 is back.

Ice Airport Alaska will chronicle the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the facility open, freight flowing and passengers flying all despite weather that regularly dips to -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph. A new six part series on Smithsonian Channel.

https://www.yidio.com/show/ice-airport-alaska?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Search&t_source=64&utm_campaign=3889&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1emZ3MnU9QIVEODICh2AnwtgEAAYAyAAEgJcOPD_BwE

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Video: Air Canada’s “Gimli Glider”

On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet (12,500m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton. The crew is able to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, a former airbase at Gimli, Manitoba. An unserviceable fuel gauge and an error in converting between metric and imperial units caused the aircraft to be loaded with insufficient fuel prior to the flight.

From Wonder:

Winter storm warnings out for U.S. East Coast, will affect BOS, EWR, LGA and JFK especially

Forecast Map for this weekend:

Boston (above) and New York City will be the most impacted airports.