US regional airlines operated around 43.54% of US flights and carried 19.42% of all enplanements in 2015. Yet, at the same time, air service to 29 cities was lost between 2013 and 2015, and the trend is continuing. Views: 50
We have completed the 2016 EFB survey and added this data to the EFB survey data set, starting with 2012. The current Excel sheet provides 293 rows by 228 columns of data. If you are interested in acquiring this excel…
Last Wednesday it happened in Indonesia. Citilink, owned by Garuda, initially denied the pilot was drunk. Later Citilink’s president and the airline’s production director resigned and the pilot was fired. Then on Saturday in Canada, a pilot at Sunwing was…
Let’s take a look at what flying could be like 20 years from now. Will the airport, aircraft, systems, and infrastructure be ready for an improved experience? It is 20 years from now. What might the travel experience be? You…
In a previous story we wrote about the growing demand for pilots. The demand is real and well documented. But what about the other side of the equation? Where will these pilots come from? In its recently released study, Boeing…
Ethiopian Airlines, in it’s 70th year of operation, is fulfilling its company motto: “The New Spirit of Africa”. It is the first African airline (and second Star Alliance airline), to receive an Airbus A350XWB (on lease from the AerCap). With…