Boeing 737-900 No Bombardier Q400 No Embraer 175 No American Airlines If you are hoping to have a screen on your domestic flight your odds of getting an American Airlines plane with a TV screen are not very high. Only about 20% of narrow body planes for American Airlines have TV screens...
What is going on with Boeing planes, and what does John Oliver have to do with it? It's been a turbulent few weeks for Boeing planes, as several aircraft have experienced alarming issues mid-flight — we'll get into that later — but the company started getting a lot of heat for its...
American is far behind other airlines when it comes to having power outlets at every seat; many of its Airbus planes still do not have them, making it hard to stay productive on longer flights. Luckily, American does feature Wi-Fi on all of its mainline planes and regional jets with more...
Indonesia grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes for inspection following the Ethiopian Airlines crash. There are currently 11 Max 8 planes operated by airlines in Indonesia including 10 by Lion Air and 1 by national carrier Garuda. China has 96 Max 8 jets in...
on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Almost every other airline opted for nine seats per row on the Dreamliner. On the flip side, low-cost airline French Bee packs in 10 seats per row on its Airbus A350 aircraft. Most other airlines have just nine seats per row on their Airbus A350 planes. ...
United Airlines has experienced recent issues on various flights involving Boeing planes, as has Southwest Airlines, which in early April had an engine fire on one flight. On Thursday, a Boeing 737-300 skidded off a runway in Senegal, resulting in 11 injuries, including four that were serio...
Boeing announced Monday that it will pay $4.7 billion in stock to acquire Spirit AeroSystems, which makes fuselages for the 737 Max. Boeing once owned Spirit, and it believes that bringing the supplier back in-house will help it improve quality and ease safety concerns about its planes. ...
So how does Boeing’s research suggest that airlines will configure their B777X cabins? For business class, Craver states that, “The wider cabin gives airlines a lot of opportunities, up to and including a seven-abreast staggered layout with direct aisle access.” At the other end of the ...
Business class, which features large recliner seats, is reserved for the A321 Neo planes that fly in-between the islands and to a few spots on the mainland, such as the shorter flights to the West Coast. First class on Hawaiian’s Boeing B717 which only flies in between the islands, fea...
Boeing is not out of the race either, but doesn’t see a hydrogen long-haul plane as around the corner. “We have a lot of experience with hydrogen – we’re the primary builder of the main tank on theSpace Launch Systemfor NASA,” says Faucett referring to the rocket that will powe...