The Air Current

@theaircurrent

Data-driven reporting & analysis on the business, technology and strategy of flying. There’s always an aviation angle.

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · May 9, 2023

Your new place to start when keeping on top of the latest in aviation, defense and space. We're proud to launch Airflow powered by @HypeAviation. A live, searchable 30-day feed of global news from hundreds of sources all in one place. theaircurrent.com/airflow/

theaircurrent's tweet card. Welcome to TAC/Airflow powered by Hype.aero. Airflow is an advanced AI-based news gathering service that intelligently catalogs reporting from the world of aviation, defense and space for subscribers...

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 22

SCOOP: U.S. Army Aviation head reassigned ahead of DCA crash hearing theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @willguisbond) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. Role to be filled by lower-ranking Army Colonel amid broader officer restructuring

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 22

The FAA’s decades-long struggle to put a price on aviation safety theaircurrent.com/aviation-safet… (via @willguisbond) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. The agency’s requirement to conduct a benefit-cost analysis on major new rules favors tangible economic impact over potential improvements to safety

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 21

Beta advances stepwise certification approach with propeller approval from FAA theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @elanhead) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. eVTOL developer worked with Hartzell on first FAA-certified prop for an electric aircraft

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 17

With M-Air launch, Michigan leans into momentum of drone executive order theaircurrent.com/industry-strat… (via @elanhead) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. Mcity’s autonomous vehicle testing facility now available for drones and eVTOLs

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 15

ATC staffing issues force relaxation of fatigue rules for 2026 theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @willguisbond) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. Controllers will now receive 10 hours off before late-night shifts, down from 12

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 13

In Air India’s wake, revisiting the case for cockpit video recorders theaircurrent.com/aviation-safet… (via @elanhead) #AI171 #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. The fatal crash of Air India Flight 171 is the latest in a long series of accidents where cockpit video could have provided key evidence

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 11

AAIB confirm engine switch movement in Air India 171 preliminary report theaircurrent.com/dispatches/?en… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) confirms earlier TAC reporting.

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Shiv Aroor@ShivAroor · Jul 9

BREAKING ⚠️ Ahead of AI171 crash preliminary probe report release Friday, international aviation journal @TheAirCurrent reports the probe has narrowed its focus to movement of engine fuel control switches

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 8

Air India crash investigation focuses on movement of engine fuel control switches theaircurrent.com/aviation-safet… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. Data from the Dreamliner’s black box points investigators towards improper, inadvertent or intentional pilot actions

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 3

SCOOP: U.S. lifts ban on GE engine exports to Comac theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. The Commerce Department has lifted a ban on export license approval for GE Aerospace engines destined for Comac and its C919 and C909 jetliner programs.

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jul 1

The politics of consolidation are coming to an air traffic control facility near you theaircurrent.com/aviation-polic… (via @willguisbond) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. Senate budget bill leans into ATC facility consolidation, bypasses funding for controller recruitment

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jun 30

Thank you Petter for drawing on The Air Current’s reporting to create this video!

MMenTourPilot@MenTourPilot · Jun 30

Is JetZero about to change the aviation industry? This is one ambitious project we've seen in awhile, one that could change air travel forever. And, they've already started making it. Do you think this is the future of air travel? youtube.com/watch?v=mgEJ9j…

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jun 25

Commentary: AI slop fills the information void of Air India crash investigation theaircurrent.com/commentary/ai-… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. With scant official information available nearly two weeks after the crash of Air India 171, fictional AI-generated accident reports and outrage bait have spread like wildfire

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jun 20

Wing of A220 stretch to remain unchanged as Airbus ponders second engine theaircurrent.com/dispatches/?en… (via @jonostrower) #pas25

theaircurrent's tweet card. With Embraer and Boeing new product ambitions anything but clear, the extended fuselage design of the A220 with 170 seats may become the first committed variant of the 2030s. The news here is that...

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jun 12

Air India 787-8 Ahmedabad crash first fatal accident for Dreamliner theaircurrent.com/dispatches/?en… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. This is the first fatal crash and hull loss of a Boeing 787 since the type entered service in September 2011.

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jun 11

Archer settles on four blades for its eVTOL lifting props theaircurrent.com/aircraft-devel… (via @elanhead) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. Archer is not the only eVTOL developer that has modified its design due to challenges posed by two-bladed fixed lifters

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jun 7

SCOOP: U.S. engine and component ban poised to cripple China’s commercial aircraft manufacturing theaircurrent.com/china/us-china… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. New restrictions for Comac cover C909 regional jet as well as Honeywell and Collins Aerospace components

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jun 3

California court ruling affirms industry consensus approach to unleaded fuel deployment theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche… (via @willguisbond) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. Judge finds that GAMI’s G100UL is not "commercially available”

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jun 2

SCOOP: Boeing rolls out first 737 Max at 38 per month rate theaircurrent.com/aircraft-produ… (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent

theaircurrent's tweet card. Boeing takes a cautious approach to declaring rate achieved, but production milestone is key to industrial and financial rebound

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The Air Current@theaircurrent · Jun 2

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