Aircraft
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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…
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Reversal of Fortune: Airlines Suddenly Thrilled That the 737 MAX is Grounded
Remember the good old days when we could just talk about how incompetent Boeing was and get collectively angry that the MAX…