Then there are things like checklists to catch omitted actions. On modern Boeing and Airbus, these are electronic so they will warn the pilot if not completed or if any items on it have not been completed. So the chances of the pilots just forgetting and not realizing are, thankfully, lo...
United Airlines Held an Exercise So Realistic That Its Personnel Had to Be Reassured That the 9/11 Attacks Were ‘Not a Drill’http://911blogger.com/news/2015-12-28/united-airlines-held-exercise-so-realistic-its-personnel-had-be-reassured-911-attacks-were-not-drillMilitary Exercises, Or Warga...
GoGo Air is one of the largest in-flight Wi-Fi providers in the United States. Many U.S. airlines used GoGo Air's ATG4 (Air-to-Ground 4). ATG4 was a major step for in-flight Wi-Fi systems, boosting the number of antennas on each aircraft and the number of ATG towers across the...
In a highly unusual move, Spirit announced plans to cut its October-through-December schedule by nearly 20%, compared with the same period last year. The airline also has had to ground dozens of its Airbus jets due to required repairs to Pratt & Whitney engines. A reduced ...
Boeing's incremental-step-in-size strategy for widebodies (top) “looks more like a dog’s breakfast” to Airbus (bottom) Leahy argues that airlines want simplicity, and that Boeing’s multifaceted line-up is “not reasonable” in the current age: “My competitor has eight different ...
Spring Airlines and Airbus have signed a memorandum of understanding. Both sides will strengthen cooperation in the fields of civil aviation green and sustainable development, including promoting and applying SAF. COMAC has partnered with Boeing to conduct research on renewable aviation fuels, and the ...
accommodating these oversize aircraft mean that the Boeing 747 (a.k.a. Queen of the Skies) and the goliath double-decker Airbus A380 are no longer built. Today, no four-engine passenger jets are flown by North American carriers, but you will see overseas airlines flying them – for now....
‘With the A321 now, we can fly from the East Coast of the United States into Europe, but we can’t really go deep into Europe. We can’t go to Rome. So Airbus, can you do something to give us another 500 nautical miles?’” The company responded, he says, with a new fuel ...
American Airlines Airbus A321T First Class Seat I’ve reached out to American for an explanation of what this temporary branding change means. It appears to have been replaced prematurely, but isn’t clear whether it’s ‘the end of first class’ and whether this will ...
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