The famous World Trade Organization dispute than found both sides of the Atlantic needed to clean up their government support to their airframe manufacturers has resulted in positive changes in procedures and behavior. Airbus and Europe reported today that they…
Today there was big news from Seattle. Boeing and one of its key unions (IAM 751) came to an agreement on differences going back a long time. There were negotiations that were ongoing but seemed to have ratcheted up seriously…
American Airlines files its anticipated filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning, ending its attempt to be the only legacy carrier to avoid a filing in the wake of 9 While the carrier made a valiant effort to compete without…
If there is one company that seems to love aviation, it is Red Bull. They sponsor a lot of aviation activities and a beautiful museum – their logo is ubiquitous in any aerial “stunt” – you simply expect to see…
Our earlier post on this matter elicited a good suggestion. So we went back and took a look at the data by block hour for 2009, 2010 and 2011 through August. The charts are shown below. We selected JFK because…
Airbus completed installation of the first set of ‘Sharklet’ wing-tip devices on the company’s A320 development aircraft (MSN 001), preparing for the flight-test campaign in the coming weeks. The sharklets, specially designed for the A320 Family, will reduce fuel burn…