A few days later, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, the latter of which operates the world's largest fleet of the aircraft, announced that they had discovered loose bolts on several of their planes of the same model. These issues add to a growing list of damaging incidents and issues for...
It had seemed unlikely that the pair would ever co-pilot 【3】___ same aircraft because Miss Elliott learned to fly on Airbus planes when she joined the company in 2009, and her father flew Boeings. However, after Peter Elliott, 59, retrained to fly Airbuses, their dream of flying toget...
The carrier's fleet has just over 100,000 seats installed in its fleet, which includes the largest number of Airbus A320-200s and the second-largest number of Airbus A320neos. 5 Emirates The world's largest Airbus A380 operator is bound to have a significant amount of offered seats. Em...
The Westport resident of over 20 years worked with Airbus, GE Capital and GE Aircraft Engines. His job took him around the world, with long-term assignments in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. After retiring from GE in 2019, planes remained an important part of his activities. After earni...
The Westport resident of over 20 years worked with Airbus, GE Capital and GE Aircraft Engines. His job took him around the world, with long-term assignments in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. After retiring from GE in 2019, planes remained an important part of his activities. ...
3. Small Planes, Big Sky The bigger something is, the easier it is to spot. There’s not much more to say about this, but next time you see a contrail being formed, consider how big the plane is relative to the contrail. Even the smallest contrail is ten times as large as the pla...
The Laird Swallow was the first made-for-production civilian aircraft built in the United States. Barnstormers Shut Down Towns With aircraft came the death-defying daredevils who flew them. Performing gasp-inducing spins and dives. Flying upside down. Wingwalking. Changing planes in midair. Swi...
Alice Springs Airport claims its runway is capable of accepting "any plane". A quarter of a century on, we might even see a Qantas A380 mothballed there as Qantas moves to the yet-to-be-invented Airbus A1000 or the long-rumoured, often denied Boeing 797 blended-wing plane, pictured rig...
Though the Oneworld-carrier has been keen on using wide-bodies for domestic flights, it's still got a big surplus of these planes. Our research found that American has so far sent 110 wide-bodies to be stored at the following airports: AirportAirbus A330-200Airbus A330-300Boeing 767-300...
The Westport resident of over 20 years worked with Airbus, GE Capital and GE Aircraft Engines. His job took him around the world, with long-term assignments in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. After retiring from GE in 2019, planes remained an important part of his activities. ...