The data presented comes from the US Regional Airlines Association. The story behind these numbers bears some thought. The last three periods in particular. Between 1980 and 2009, the number of regional carriers declined 75%. Yet those which remained grew…
This is surely one of the oddest videos seen in a long time. Considering all the perils of getting from the street to the airplane these days, you would hope that being on the airplane is safe – well at…
With mergers going on in the industry how will airlines’ rankings change? Using OAG data for flight capacity dated January 24 2011, we can see a before and after if the pending and actual mergers were completed now. The highlighted…
Meet Ted Vallas, who may be the world’s oldest airline entrepreneur. His life story is fascinating and inspiring. While almost everyone his age is retired, he is starting a new airline. In the United States and of all places, in…