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Starting the weekend strong at EWR 💪

There are roughly 375 commercial flight go arounds per day globally, per NASA. “It happens all the time, everyday, because that’s the safe thing to do. Sometimes a go around is just a go around.” @flightradar24.com @petchmo.bsky.social @airlineflyer.net

American Airlines is addressing the gap in Wi-Fi service to rival Delta and United; plans to begin a trial phase of free Wi-Fi on 3 domestic routes next week. altitudeyes.com/american-air...

US spending down, core inflation data shows relief: 🎁 Gift Link: US Spending Drops on Cold Weather; Inflation Gauge Offers Relief www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

American Airlines Trialing Free Wi-Fi: A Step In The Right Direction onemileatatime.com/insights/ame...

Good morning and happy Friday! Today’s #Wingfriday post is from one of my many NYC-BOS flights. Check out Manhattan and the New York skyline from the air.

Some of my thoughts on Hyatt’s newest brand announced yesterday, Hyatt Select altitudeyes.com/hyatt-announ...

If you know, you know.

Putin and Russia are testing rockets over the North Pacific, which is affecting flights between Asia and the US. Flight JL5 from JFK to HND was forced to take a southern route which extended the flight time to over 14.5 hours. Flight DL121 from MSP to HND is adding a refuel stop in Seattle.

The annual sad day for World of Hyatt members. The category hike for Japan Hyatts was inevitable. They almost have no award availability today; supply/demand hasn’t been equilibrium whatsoever. world.hyatt.com/content/gp/e...

Runway Incursion: This morning Southwest Airlines flight #WN2504 conducted a go around just before touchdown as a FlexJet Challenger crossed the runway downfield. www.flightradar24.com/multiview/20... We are processing the granular ADS-B received from both aircraft.

Tokyo Haneda Airport's Terminal 1 is filled with Airbus A350s today. Japan Airlines is currently operating 15 Airbus A350-900s and 9 Airbus A350-1000s (seen over at Terminal 3), with more on order. #Avgeek

View from the cockpit

Airport luggage carts ripoff

Landed safely, ABC reports. #AA292

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N884AA, an American Airlines Boeing 787-8, is being ferried to DFW after a canceled flight out of HND last night. The inbound flight to HND the day before was delayed by 1 whole day also. #Avgeek

BREAKING: Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg announces the retirement later this year of Mike Delaney, the company’s Chief Safety Officer, and long time engineering development leader.

Read about why I love the bulkhead seats on Delta Premium Select: altitudeyes.com/where-to-sit...

Can somebody explain to me what this high-pitched, whiny sound on the Boeing 787 is? #Avgeek #Aviation I have a few more videos below ⬇️

Today is apparently Mount Fuji day back in Japan. Here are a a few Mount Fuji photos, both from the sky and on the ground. #Avgeek

We’ve got some new American Airlines destinations from Chicago O’Hare. These are some nice additions here. #aviation

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No fan of Hochul but I love this quote.