Hello SurfAir!
About six months ago we spoke with an entrepreneur with an idea. You can watch him discuss it here. Today the idea takes off, so to speak. Wade Eyerly, CEO and Founder of SurfAir took time to speak with us…
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Promising Biofuels
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…
Gordon Autry, RIP
Another industry pioneer has left us. Gordon Autry, Founder and CEO of Rocky Mountain Airways, passed away Saturday March 10, 2012 at his home on the Lazy-A Ranch, near Montrose Colorado. Here you can hear him (in March 2010) describe…
ETS starts to bite
The ongoing kerfuffle over the EU’s ETS is now starting to hurt in places the EU seems to have overlooked – in its own backyard. Below is a comment just released by Airbus. Could it be the only people who…
How smaller airliners compare
Much of the industry attention is focused on airplanes over 150 seats – after all that is where the big orders are. But data on the regional market – less than 100 seats – shows interesting patterns. Rather than focus…
Ancillary Revenue – the airline revenue drug
Travelers hate them – fees for everything. Change your mind? That will be $50 please. Got bags? A fee. Spirit even charges for carry on bags. Is there no end to the nickle and diming? The short answer is no.…