Taxi times are growing
Flying in the US is not only crowded it is also taking more time. The time airlines take to move aircraft around on the ground is rising. It is worth considering what this means to airlines. In 2015 the average…
Category Flight Ops
Ethiopia ATC strike: a risk to crews and passengers?
Ops Group put out an urgent message that warrants attention. “Last week, 120 Ethiopian Air Traffic Controllers announced a strike. Approximately 100 of them have now been banned from operating, and 10 of them – including the Chief Controller, Senior…
Safran e-taxi update
It has been some time since we last heard about any e-taxi news from Safran. But it seems something is cooking. Safran was partnering with Honeywell but is now moving forward on its own. The solution is to power the…
1Q18 selected US majors flight ops
Regular readers know we have a fascination with flight operations. More specifically, with ground handling time. We analyzed the first three months of the 2018 US DoT On-Time data to see if we could identify anything unusual. Here’s what…