American airlines placed a major order for Embraer E175 and other aircraft last year. The carrier has announced allocation of 78 of those aircraft to its subsidiaries Piedmont Airlines and Envoy Air. These American Eagle operators will receive 45 and…
We know very little about the cause of a mid-air collision in Washington, DC. We know that a PSA Airlines airliner, operating as flight American Airlines 5342 from Wichita, Kansas to Washington DC Reagan National Airport, and an Army Sikorsky…
With another two stories today about in-flight component failures (Southwest, Sichuan), we are being reminded that airplanes are vulnerable. There is nothing quite like an airline/airplane scary story to catch people’s attention. The industry safety statistics are too good to…
Airlines have embraced ancillary fees as a way to make up for low fares. One of those fees was the “Reservation Cancellation/Change Fee”. Air travel is an activity that comes with many disruptive factors, as anyone can testify. The US…
Less discussed, so far, in terms of follow on impact of Delta’s decision to select the CS100 is its impact on the US regional airline market. Any discussion on the US regional airline market brings up the scope clause issue. …
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