Aircraft
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Free Internet in the Sky Through Year-End
In the past, I’ve discussed how Boeing had decided to shut down it’s Connexion in-flight internet service, but I didn’t mention that…
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Those Funny Pointy Things at the End of the Wing
US Airways announcement today that they’re adding winglets to their 757s made me think it’d be a good time to repost an…
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The New Role of 757s – Northwest Bumps Up European Flying
The 757 is an aircraft that missed its calling. It was supposed to be a replacement for the 727 back in the…
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Who the F*** is Allegiant Air?
If I went up to 100 people in the US asked them about Allegiant Air, my guess is almost all of them…
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More A380 Delays . . . Bummer
It’s true that I think the A380 wasn’t the right strategic move for Airbus (smaller is better), and it’s one of the…
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Raise Your Hand if You Like Flying Russian Aircraft
I’m going to take a wild guess that the only people raising their hands are airline dorks, and even the dorks get…
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Frontier to Buy Turboprops
Frontier Airlines announced today they’re going to buy 10 of the 74 seat Dash 8 Q400 turboprops made by Bombardier. They’re also…
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Video of Four A380s in Flight
Forget about the questionable business case and the fact that it is one ugly airplane for a second. It’s still pretty cool…
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Boeing Turns off Inflight Internet Service
Boeing says they’ve finished reviewing their Connexion inflight internet service, and they’ve decided to shutter the whole project. In the short term,…