An agreement has been reached between the US Justice Department and American Airlines and USAirways. The proposed settlement of anti-trust concerns, which still must be approved by the Federal District Court, includes the divestiture of 104 takeoff and landing slots…
There are 84 E-190s flown by US airlines. Embraer has delivered 482, and the US fleet accounts for 17% of the total. The following table shows the fleets for E-190 operators in the United States. Two weeks ago JetBlue deferred…
Yesterday the third Superjet 100 delivered to Interjet landed in Toluca (Mexico) to join two SSJ100s already in service. The aircraft was rolled out at SuperJet International’s hangar in Venice after completion of customization and the technical acceptance procedure November…
If you wondered just how much time and effort goes into airline fleet strategy, here’s a briefing by one of the industry’s leading experts. Lufthansa has occasional events they call an “Academy”, where they have senior managers explain the “behind…
Nico Buchholz, Executive Vice President Lufthansa Group Fleet Management, spoke with us today at a Lufthansa Academy event. Views: 37
Delta Air Lines is ready to allow its customers to be the first to use their PEDs (portable electronic devices) below 10,000 feet as early as tomorrow, pending FAA approval. Delta has completed carrier-defined PED tolerance testing across its fleet to…