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...
A few hundred flights using the affected 737 MAX 9 planes have been canceled. Airlines won’t fly them again until the FAA has cleared them. As the FAA said on Tuesday:“The safety of the flying public, not speed, will determine the timeline for returning the Boeing 737 Max 9 to servic...
If travelers so choose, the easiest way to avoid Boeing planes or particular models is being selective with airlines. Travelers can do deep dives to find out if their preferred airline’s fleet has specific planes. Another option is checking the details of a booking on the airline’s website...
Several types of Boeing aircraft’s production have been affected as approximately 33,000 unionized workers in the Pacific Northwest have remained on the picket lines. Boeing workers with theInternational Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Union(IAM) went on strike in mid-September, re...
A Boeing 777-300ER in the Singapore Airlines livery. Photo courtesy of Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines: is it worth the (typically pricier) cost? For a luxurious travel experience, you don’t have to look further than Singapore Airlines. Though it doesn’t offer U.S. travelers as man...
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...
Since the blowout, what issues have emerged about the door plugs? United Airlines and Alaska Airlines say they found loose bolts on door plugs on several of their grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. Specifically, United Airlines said Monday it has found "instances that appear to relate to instal...
Alaska Airlinesresumed a limited numberof flights with its Max 9s on Friday. United aims to follow suit on Sunday, but a spokeswoman said the airline might use them as spare planes Friday or Saturday. Those are the only two U.S. airlines that operate this particular model of the Boeing 73...
These business class seats are found on all American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. That means you can book this aircraft and know that you'll have an excellent business class seat. Unfortunately, that's not true for other American Airlines aircraft. 2. Collins Aerospace Super Diamond seat...
The latter is in a mountainous area with unpredictable winds and at times intense fog, according to an article from the Airplane Owners and Pilots Association, a group for pilots of smaller general aviation planes. Experience Matters Airlines provide pilots with extensive information about airports ...