Sometimes questions come up time and time again because even among the biggest airplane geeks, and experienced aviation journalists, not everyone knows all the variants of all the aircraft flying around in the skies above our heads. As an airplane geek myself, it is widely known that I have a penchant for ‘three-holers,’ ie: planes…
Saudi Arabian Airlines has been positioning its self, and its subsidiary businesses, to be privatized and become profitable. With business units already being spun off from the airline and succeeding as independent profitable businesses, such as the airline catering division, the primary focus is for the airline division to take center stage for becoming independent…
New York’s JFK International Airport is known to be an extremely congested airport, and sometimes stark reminders of how dangerous airport taxiways can be interrupt the perfectly choreographed movements of airplanes that appear to be effortless along the taxiways and ramps. Yesterday evening as Comair’s Delta Connection Flight 6293, a Bombardier CRJ-700 (CR7), taxied…
Airlines around the world routinely sell aircraft they no longer need. Aircraft are sold due to age, fleet commonality, converted to freighters and some are just scrapped. As Air India modernizes its fleet and seeks additional liquid capital in the process it has arranged a somewhat unusual sale to be directly carried out by an…
It was a rough year for airlines in 2008, fuel prices were climbing at impossible rates, passenger numbers were dropping, the introduction of ancillary fees were being introduced and airlines of all sizes were feeling the impact around the world. As April 2008 began the writing was on the wall for some airlines that managed…
I’ll be the first one to admit it, I really don’t like April Fools Day … especially when its perpetuated by legitimate news and editorial organizations, large corporations and government entities using April Fools Day to create fake news stories. The intertwining of legitimate news and gag news stories crosses the line and muddies the…
Sometimes the logistics of a crime seems so unlikely that the fact that it happened make the story even more fascinating. One such story is unfolding in Germany as six Lufthansa employees, four of them flight attendants, have been arrested after smuggling more than 63,000 pounds of discarded, out of circulation, €1 and €2 coins…
March 31st 2002 was an unusual day; Switzerland lost its 71-year-old national flag carrier and at the same time gained a new national flag carrier. Swissair was established on the 26th of March 1931 with the merger of Balair and Ad Astra Aero. While the airline had a rocky start, only flying during the summer…
While you might not know the name Harry Shearer you certainly know his voice … as he is best known as the voice of Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Lenny, Otto, Mr. Smithers, Dr. Hibbert and countless others on The Simpsons for more than 20 years. Not a fan of The Simpson (and is…
Irish low cost carrier Ryanair can be seen in many different ways, innovative, controversial, evil, profitable, brilliant, dastardly … but if nothing else the airline has forged its own path and certainly made a name for itself doing things other airlines only dream about or don’t dare do. Today Ryanair has announced it that this…
