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Alaska Airlines Retrofitting 737 With Split Winglet
Alaska Airlines is deploying the new split winglet on its Boeing 737NGs. It is expect these will reduce fuel consumption by 58,000 gallons a year per aircraft. The split winglet will save the airline $20 million and cut carbon dioxide…
The Rapidly Changing World of Electronic Flight Bags
Probably no single new technology is capturing more attention among airline pilots than the Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). And recently the EFB market has become captivated by Apple’s iPad®. These facts were manifestly underscored at the recent EFB workshop in…
The disruptive impact of an American and US Airways merger
There are many ways to look at the potential (and quite likely) merger of American Airlines and US Airways. There are the obvious issues everyone is talking about, but take a listen to the less obvious issues. The impact on…
Alaska Airlines goes for the iPad
Alaska Airlines is issuing iPad computers to its pilots. The 1½-pound iPads replace up to 25 pounds of paper flight manuals pilots are required to carry when they fly. The iPads are being distributed to all Alaska Airlines pilots, a…