Singapore plays host to the world’s aerospace industry, with more than 800 companies taking part in the biennial air show. The event, second in size this year only to Farnborough, has a new location - a purpose-built site with a 40,000m2 exhibition hall - and new name, the Singapore Airshow. Previously know as Asian Aerospace, […]
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With all the recent news about Super Tuesday in the US, I thought it would be interesting to see what airplanes the candidates are using. Apparently, Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are both chartering Boeing 737-800s from ATA (Clinton has already dubbed hers “Hill Force One”). On the Republican side, now-former […]
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a merger deal between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines could happen as soon as next week. Talks between the two were previously strained as the senior management of both carriers disagreed over whom would keep high-ranking management positions, but they have since come to […]
Hello and welcome to our brand new Blog, which will contain a bunch of Airline-related stuff. This will include news, gossip, reviews and details of the FlightRank winners (and losers) each month. Be sure to check out our FlightReports and FlightMagazine too, as they really are something very different from what’s available on […]
AirTran Airways is to launch seasonal flights from Milwaukee to five West Coast and East Coast destinations.
AirTran’s new routes from Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport (MKE) include:– Los Angeles International Airport,– Seattle/Tacoma International Airport,– San Francisco International Airport,– San Diego’s Lindbergh Field Airport and– Boston’s Logan International Airport.
The flights to Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco […]
That’s right! There’s a new job opening at Celebrity Cruises: groundskeeper. When Celebrity Solstice debuts in December 2008, it will present an industry first on the top deck of the ship: real, growing grass, set in an innovative new country club area called “The Lawn Club”.
Spanning over half an acre, The Lawn Club on Celebrity […]
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic announced on Wednesday a model of SpaceShipTwo, the world’s first commercial passenger spacecraft. SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is designed to carry 6 paying passengers and 2 pilots 68 miles (110 km) above the surface of the earth, where they’ll have a few precious minutes in weightlessness, before descending back to the ground.
Trips will […]
American Airlines has completed the first aircraft installation of the Aircell’s Internet broadband connectivity solution. AA, which will be the first U.S. airline to offer the Aircell’s service, plans to install and test the technology in 2008 on all of its Boeing 767-200 aircraft that primarily fly transcontinental routes.
The unique air-to-ground broadband system will provide […]
British flag carrier British Airways (BA) announced plans to create subsidiary airline to operate direct services between the US and mainland Europe. The new airline, called ‘OpenSkies’, will fly daily between New York and either Brussels or Paris from June, subject to regulatory approval.
A Boeing 757 will be used to service the first of these […]
Airline mergers and more low-fare regional jets, predicts the Air Travelers Association in its assessment of the top ten airline passenger trends and issues for the new year. Here’s the list:
1. The battle with the government over delayed flights versus high fares will continue.
2. The airline system will continue to operate at or near capacity.
3. […]