The Pre-Owned A380
News this week about Singapore Airlines not renewing the lease on its first A380 has caused a flutter. The considered opinion is that this is another piece of bad news for the Airbus program. The Wall Street Journal has this…
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Schrödinger’s Long-Haul First Class – Alive or Dead?
Is Long-Haul first class alive or dead? Several airlines have eliminated first class and are upping the ante on their business class offerings to nearly first class standards. Other airlines maintain a distinction between the two, utilizing suites for First…
Premium #219 – Boeing’s 787 – Breaking through Headwinds
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GoGo’s big week
Delta is increasing its commitment to 2Ku, Gogo’s in-flight Wi-Fi technology, by at least 350 aircraft. This brings Delta’s total 2Ku commitment to more than 600 aircraft in its mainline fleet. Deploying 2Ku will offer customers faster speeds and bandwidth…
A Flight Ops Challenge – And the case for E-Taxi documented
E-taxi pioneers Wheeltug just released research (ground operations summary 31 Mar 2016) it undertook monitoring airport operations. The case for adding e-taxi capabilities to aircraft has tended to focus on saving fuel burn. But fuel burn is no longer such…
Premium #181 – The New World Order of Airlines
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