The geography of the US is not changing. Cities remain the distance apart. Yet we are seeing a steady rise in a number of minutes airlines need to connect these cities. Take a look at the following chart. We…
Swiss-based aeroTELEGRAPH has an intriguing interview with Hi Fly’s CEO. (English translation here) The part that caught our attention: “The Airbus A380 is an ideal platform for our customers who need a long-haul aircraft with premium interiors on racetracks and…
Rolls-Royce released the following PR this morning: “The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97, the latest and most powerful variant of the Trent XWB, the world’s most efficient large civil aero engine, has today received formal flight certification, leading the way to the…
Bloomberg has this interesting story on Delta and its MD-88 fleet. Plans are to keep these aircraft flying for another three years. American has been retiring its MD-80s as quickly as Boeing delivers its new 737-800s. Well it is interesting…
Reuters has an interesting story on the Air Berlin A330 fleet. It mentions an apparent interest in a dozen of the 17. Take a look at the airline’s A330 fleet data and at the bottom of the chart, you can…
There have been several reports of the growth in LCCs over the North Atlantic. Most recently the two Iceland-based airlines announced more new cities in the US they are planning to serve. Iceland is rapidly making its primary airport the…