Aircraft
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An Appreciation for the A380, an Airplane That Never Should Have Been Built
Less than 20 years after the aircraft program was launched, Airbus announced last week that it would begin winding down production on…
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Cranky on the Web: The 747 at 50, More on the CRJ550, Suing Over Hidden City Ticketing
50 Years On, Boeing’s 747 Is Fighting for Survival – Popular MechanicsI was asked to comment for a piece on the 50th anniversary…
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3 Links I Love: Air France Exec Turmoil, Regional Madness Since 1990, KLM Starts to Say Goodbye to the 747
This week’s featured link: Air France-KLM Said to Weigh Changing Dutch Head for New Era – BloombergThis is a sad by-product of…
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United’s Clever Move to Be Competitive While Obeying Scope with the CRJ550
United put out a press release yesterday touting a big increase in the number of premium seats onboard its aircraft. Some of…
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A Look Inside the Singapore Airlines A350-900ULR
Singapore Airlines re-launched its nonstop flight from Los Angeles to Singapore on November 2, and I headed over to LAX for the…
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Republic “Commits” to Up to 200 Embraer Aircraft It’ll Probably Never Fly
This week is the Farnborough Airshow, a biennial orgy of aircraft orders where manufacturers try to flex their muscles and show the…
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JetBlue Supersizes Itself With A220 Order, A321 Upgauge
It wasn’t long ago that Airbus finalized its deal to take control of Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft program, so to celebrate, the aircraft…
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3 Links I Love: More EAS Cuts, Boeing and Embraer Cuddle Up, Hope for Mexico City
This week’s featured link: US DOT terminates EAS availability at 21 communities – ch-aviation It’s that time again when the Department of…
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A Video Walkthrough of Delta’s New A350
Last week, Delta brought its fancy new A350 to Los Angeles to show it off. The airline parked the airplane at the…
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American’s Widebody Plans Crystallize with 787 Order, A350 Cancellation
What American would do with its widebody fleet has been top of mind for a whole lot of people lately. In the…
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3 Links I Love: The Qantas, Singapore, and Air New Zealand Long-Haul Edition
This week’s featured link: Qantas flights direct from London to Perth – we reveal the hell of flying non-stop 17 hours from…
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3 Links I Love: Boeing’s 797 Hints, Maintenance Takes Center Stage, Open Skies in Brazil
This week’s featured link: This is Boeing’s NMA – JonOstrower.com If you haven’t heard, Jon Ostrower is no longer with CNN, and…