Tag: Boeing
INFORMATIONAL Aug 01, 2024 Meet the 747 DreamLifter: The Plane That Transports Other Airplanes Building an aircraft is no easy task. In many cases, various parts of an aircraft are built in different places. As such, transporting these parts to one central factory where they can be assembled has proven to be a headache for airplane manufacturers. This is precisely why Boeing came up with its "Dreamlifter", a modified Boeing 747 designed to facilitate the transport of individual aircraft parts. Read More →
NEWS Jul 25, 2024 Southwest Ditches Open Seating Policy, Adds Premium Seating Texas-based low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines has just announced its ditching one of its most well-known policies: open seating. In addition, the airline is adding premium seating options and redeye flights for the first time in its storied history. Read More →
STORIES Jul 25, 2024 Can the Airbus A321XLR Replace the Boeing 757? It's a question that has seemingly become more common in the past few years: Will Airbus' new A321XLR be a proper replacement for the legendary Boeing 757? The debate over whether there will ever be a proper 757 replacement has been raging for a while. However, now Airbus might have an aircraft that can finally replace the flying pencil. Read More →
NEWS Jul 23, 2024 Boeing Big Winner on Day One of 2024 Farnborough International Airshow The first day of the highly anticipated Farnborough International Airshow started off with a bang. Both Boeing and Airbus announced new commercial and cargo aircraft orders, Austria and the Netherlands ordered Embraer C-390 military aircraft, and Qatar Airways revealed their NextGen Qsuite product. Read More →
NEWS Jul 18, 2024 Emirates Places $1 Billion Order for Boeing 777F Cargo Aircraft Emirates SkyCargo, the cargo division of the world-renowned international carrier, has just inked a new order for more Boeing 777 Freighters. Let's take a look at this order and explore what the future holds for Emirates SkyCargo. Read More →
NEWS Jul 08, 2024 Breaking: Boeing Agrees To Plead Guilty To Defrauding FAA Over Boeing 737 Max Crashes Following a series of pressing hearings regarding its questionable manufacturing and oversight processes, Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge concerning two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX aircraft. Here is all you need to know regarding this massive aviation news headline. Read More →
STORIES Jul 01, 2024 Boeing 737 vs. Airbus A320: The Ultimate Narrowbody Aircraft Showdown No two aircraft have made air travel more accessible than the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. These are the two most common aircraft families in the world, so much so that one of these aircraft lands or takes off every 2.5 seconds. Today, we will analyze and compare these two narrowbody competitors. Read More →
NEWS Jun 27, 2024 The World’s First Hybrid Airline: Air Premia You may be familiar with the two main groups of airlines: full-service carriers and low-cost carriers. But have you ever heard of a "hybrid" airline? Today, we will look at the world's first example of such an airline: Air Premia from South Korea. Read More →
NEWS Jun 26, 2024 Will We Ever See United 737 MAX 10s? With Boeing continuously in the hot seat, many once-loyal customers are rethinking their future fleet strategies. Specifically, the constant controversies involving shoddy build quality and issues with newer planes like the 737 MAX are too much to ignore. Such issues have prompted United Airlines, a loyal Boeing customer, to rethink its future fleet possibly without the Boeing 737 MAX 10, which it has over 100 orders for. Read More →
NEWS Jun 20, 2024 Malaysia Airlines Flight Forced To Return to Hyderabad After Mid-Air Engine Fire On June 20th, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 operating flight MH199 suffered a technical problem, causing one of the engines to catch fire mid-air. The flight returned to its origin airport in Hyderabad where all passengers and crew safely deplaned. Read More →