Category Alaska
Alaska Airlines Retrofitting 737 With Split Winglet
Alaska Airlines is deploying the new split winglet on its Boeing 737NGs. It is expect these will reduce fuel consumption by 58,000 gallons a year per aircraft. The split winglet will save the airline $20 million and cut carbon dioxide…
PAS 2013 – Horizon Air on Q400 Ops in Alaska
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The Rapidly Changing World of Electronic Flight Bags
Probably no single new technology is capturing more attention among airline pilots than the Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). And recently the EFB market has become captivated by Apple’s iPad®. These facts were manifestly underscored at the recent EFB workshop in…
The disruptive impact of an American and US Airways merger
There are many ways to look at the potential (and quite likely) merger of American Airlines and US Airways. There are the obvious issues everyone is talking about, but take a listen to the less obvious issues. The impact on…
As Southwest grows it becomes like other airlines, or does it?
Southwest has been the darling of airline analysts for a long time. Perennially profitable and seen as hyper-efficient, the airline has somehow managed to maintain its “small” feel. Its people are marvelous – from in-flight crews to staffers. The charm…