This morning SuperJet proudly announced that “Aeroflot signed the Acceptance Act for the third deliverable Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN 95011. The aircraft received the name after the famous Aeroflot’s pilot Ivan Orlovtsev and the tail number RA-89003. The document, signed…
In a clever move, Qatar is exploiting the Iranian airline situation. With sanctions biting hard, Iranian airlines are all in trouble. Safety is clearly being hit. Below is a video of the latest example of what is becoming a sort…
Transaero Airlines, Russia’s second largest airline, signed a MoU with Airbus for four A380s. Transaero is the launch customer for the A380 in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe. The Russian carrier plans to start operations with the A380 on…
(Photo – Virginia Mayo/AP) Earlier this week Ryanair’s CEO was his usual loquacious self. Mr O’Leary has been at this growth phase for a long time and has a successful track record to show for it. But every bubble…
Yes its true. The Obama Administration’s proposed tripling of the passenger security tax is on the table. Will Congress go along? After all there is a real need to cut the deficit. As one can imagine this new tax is…
There has been talk about this for some time. Today Boeing announced it is going to accelerate 737 production from 31.5 planes per month to 35 per month. It may not sound like much, but that is over 11% faster…