US regional carrier, Mesa Airlines, has finalized a new contract with American Airlines that will see it continue to fly CRJ900s on behalf of the powerhouse. The new agreement is a five-year agreement that replaces a previous one. The new agreement with American Airlines Before Thanksgiving,...
Pan Am and other airlines would go on to bigger and heavier flying boats. Pan Am opened transpacific service in 1935 with the Martin M-130 (one of which was christened the China Clipper) and began transatlantic service in 1939 with the Boeing B-314, which had a wingspan of 152 feet a...
In the SOAR Program, you learn how the pilots deal with each and every problem that could possibly develop.. Pilots are more comfortable in flight than on the ground because, in flight, they have more control than on the ground. When this control is real to you, you will be satisfied ...
Hoping to make his design more versatile, Waterman modified the Arrowplane by making the wings detachable and fitting the fuselage with a Studebaker engine that could drive both the wheels and the propeller. The resulting roadable aircraft, dubbed the “Arrowbile”, first flew on February 21, 1...
Virgin Atlantic remains one of the best ways to book an award flight with a lap infant. Parents need to pay as few as 1,000 Virgin points each way for a child under the age of two, with the price depending on the class of the ticket: 1,000 points in economy. 2,000 points in P...
plane start to fall apart in the sky — especially on the heels of this summer's high-profile aviation incidents, like the tragic shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on July 17 and an Air Algerie flight with 116 people on board that crashed in Mali on July 24. ...
The Super Constellation with the registration number N6923C was sitting on the tarmac of the old Gothenberg Torslanda airport. Ragnar had arranged for the chartering of the aircraft to fly his engineering class to and from the US for an education and orientation tour. He was surprised to see...
The Super Constellation with the registration number N6923C was sitting on the tarmac of the old Gothenberg Torslanda airport. Ragnar had arranged for the chartering of the aircraft to fly his engineering class to and from the US for an education and orientation tour. He was surprised to see...
We talk with Franz Donhauser the general manager of the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong about uncomplicated light switches, technology, and the windswept plains of Patagonia where some incredible hiking beckons. ▲ topAIRLINESAirbus vs Boeing The A380 and B787 face off. Who's bigger, badder, ...
Southwest Airlines has announcedit will stop flying out of four airports, including Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The company said it will stop flying to IAH on August 4, 2024, as part of a plan to deal with weak financial results and delays in getting new planes from Boein...