Top 25 US airport times

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Airlines | 0 comments

Readers know airline time isn’t free.  As a passenger, you “pay” with your time when a flight is delayed, with scant hope of compensation.  That Contract of Carriage was not written for the benefit of the traveler. What happens when we look at time...
US Airline Fleet Inventory

US Airline Fleet Inventory

by | Aug 5, 2021 | Airlines | 0 comments

The US DoT offers several interesting datasets. One that is good to dig into is the B-43 Fleet Inventory, recently updated through year-end 2020.  Take a look at this model. Remember to click the double-headed arrow to maximize the viewing. As US airlines emerge from...

Premium #303 – Old aircraft and the example of Delta Air Lines

by | Nov 15, 2016 | Airbus, Allegiant, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Expressjet, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, McDonnell Douglas, premium, SkyWest, Spirit, United Airlines, Virgin America | 0 comments

Delta Air Lines is well known for its commitment to older aircraft.  Delta has a world-class MRO in Atlanta.  Even with such an MRO, it must be tough to keep that big fleet at work.  We decided to take a look at delays, and searched the US Department of Transportation...

Premium #231 – Is it Time to Privatize Air Traffic Control?

by | Aug 23, 2016 | Aerospace, Aircraft, Airlines, ATC, Avionics, Connectivity, FAA, Fuel, General Aviation, GPS, ICAO, Pilots, premium | 0 comments

The United States was once the global leader in aviation, enabled by a forward thinking FAA.  Today, that agency is bogged in politics and red tape, resulting in decision-making processes that would result in a description of incompetence and the phrase “you’re fired”...