Aircraft
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United Prepares For Massive Growth in More Ways Than One With Big Aircraft Order
The long-rumored new aircraft order is now official, and on the surface it may not seem very surprising. This order, however, is…
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Cranky on the Web: Summer Travel, Airport People Mover, Southwest CEO, and Airbus Isolation Tents
It was a really busy media week, and these are only the ones I could find links for. Oddly enough, they are…
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3 Links I Love: Geneva Goes Down, New Mint, Qantas Embraers, Boeing NMA
This week’s featured link SWISS temporarily reduces its Geneva flight operations to an absolute minimum in view of further-tightened travel restrictions –…
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3 Links I Love: MCAS Not Needed, CNN Airport Network Dies, JSX at Orange County
This week’s featured link Boeing’s MCAS on the 737 Max may not have been needed at all – The Air CurrentThis long…
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Eventually, You’ll Fly the MAX Again, But Nobody Will Make You Do It Now
The MAX is back, and I don’t really care. That may sound callous and strange, but really, that’s how airlines should want…
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3 Links I Love: MAX Delayed Yet Again, US Customs Grows In Europe, Jet Exhaust Bad News
This week’s featured link Boeing 737 MAX re-certification is not expected before October – AirwayDelays, delays, delays. As the Wall Street Journal…
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As the A380’s Demise Accelerates, A Look Back
It was less than 20 years ago that Airbus officially launched the monstrous A380 project. The first true double-decker passenger aircraft from…
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So Long, Mad Dog
On Tuesday, the last of Delta’s McDonnell Douglas-branded aircraft gathered at the grandiosely-named Arkansas International Airport in Blytheville, not far from the…
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Analyzing Delta’s 777 Retirement Plan
On the heels of announcing the retirement of its MD-88 and MD-90 fleet on June 2, Delta has now announced that its…
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3 Links I Love: A 5 Year Recovery, Mitsubishi Hurting, Ryanair Denies Airbus
This week’s featured link COVID-19 Outlook for air travel in the next 5 years – IATAThis presentation has all kinds of interesting…
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3 Links I Love: Emirates on COVID, Alitalia Being Alitalia, The Queen Flies High Again
This Week’s Featured Link Emirates’ Tim Clark: Coronavirus is a black swan event for the airline industry – The NationalI’m a sucker…
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Boeing’s Golden Opportunity Will Probably be Squandered
This doesn’t even need to be said, but I have to start this post somehow: It has been a terrible couple of…