The airline scorecard is out again with the annual report from DOT on airline performance metrics – on-time flights, baggage handling, passenger bumping and customer complaints. On all of the metrics, the US airlines did slightly better in 2011 than…
We believe an area that deserves more aerospace attention is biofuels. Airlines need these fuels because they can reduce fossil fuel price volatility. Biofuels can be sourced in many places in the world. Places subject to much less political unrest…
Just when you thought the new law, with a fine of up to $27,500 per passenger for delays that keep passengers on the tarmac for more than three hours would solve the problem, a JetBlue flight was diverted to BDL…
The FAA has proposed new rules to enable Part 135 charter pilots to update navigational databases on aircraft without the need for a licensed mechanic to sign off on that procedure. While pilots of owner-flown aircraft under part 91 can…
At the 2011 ISTAT conference in Scottsdale, Arizona we heard from the FAA on the actions the agency in busy with to improve the US commercial aviation sector – from next gen nav through biofuels. Play Views: 28
At the DC-based Air & Space Museum they have a fascinating display of what the sky looked like for a 24 hour period some years ago. Each dot is an airliner. As you watch the video, the change of color…