In the last two days, there have been stories coming out of India regarding regulators and airfares. The first reported that the Indian DGCA told Spicejet to stop offering extremely low fares. The carrier had offered fares as low as…
In the wake of the disappearance and assumed crash of Malaysian flight 370, industry chatter regarding uninterruptible autopilots installed on Boeing aircraft has intensified. Boeing was awarded a patent for this technology in 2006, and reportedly began installations a year…
Embraer delivered the first E175 to SkyWest. The aircraft is part of the firm order signed by the airline last year, for 40 E175s. SkyWest will operate the aircraft as United Express for United Airlines. These E175s are configured in…
Two pilots tried out Google Glass with very interesting usability. Take a look here for details of the event. An item that attracts our attention here is how this might be used for EFBs. As we have seen, pilots increasingly…
Today ANA announced orders for 70 aircraft worth $16.6Bn at retail prices. The long haul portion of this order has been much anticipated after rival JAL’s order for A350s. The A350 order by JAL was significant because this was the…
Another call with veteran Australian aviation journalist, Ben Sandilands. Views: 35