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INFORMATIONAL Sep 26, 2022 The De Havilland Comet: A Pioneer with a Fatal Flaw This article discusses the story of the design of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner. It looks into why the two high-profile crashes occurred, and how this was fixed. Read More →

INFORMATIONAL Sep 18, 2022 Wings Over Houston Hosting 38th Annual Airshow With the airshow season ending, many aviation enthusiasts are hoping to find last-minute events to enjoy before the weather gets colder. One of these last-minute airshows is the Wings Over Houston Airshow located at Ellington Field in Texas. This is going to be a spectacular event with performances from all around the country. Read More →

NEWS Sep 12, 2022 PHOTOS: Learjet Overruns Runway in San Diego A Learjet 36 overran the runway at San Diego's naval air station. Two people onboard received minor injuries. The aircraft was under contract for the navy. Read More →

NEWS Sep 11, 2022 United Airlines Places Order for 200 eVTOL Air Taxis On Thursday, United Airlines announced its order of 200 Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) air taxis with Eve. The Embraer-owned startup, Eve Air Mobility, has made a $15 million pre-purchase agreement with United for 200 aircraft, with an option of 200 more available. The company had broken off from Embraer in May to become Publicly-traded, joining a shell company specializing in eVTOL aircraft. Read More →

NEWS Sep 08, 2022 Condor Offers Record Winter Schedule to North America Since Pandemic German leisure carrier Condor has announced that it will now be flying to a whopping four additional North American cities during the winter season this year. The change marks a significant shift from the carrier's strategy of flying to leisure hotspots in the off-season. Read More →

NEWS Aug 30, 2022 Lufthansa Receives its First Ever Boeing 787 On the afternoon of August 29, 2022, Lufthansa's first-ever Boeing 787 Dreamliner lifted off from Boeing's main headquarters at Everett Paine Field near Seattle, Washington. The following morning at 11:02 local time, the aircraft landed in Frankfurt, Germany (FRA). To celebrate the occasion, the pilots flew a Lufthansa branded flag outside of the cockpit during the aircraft's taxi after landing. Read More →

NEWS Aug 22, 2022 American Airlines Restores CRJ200 Through Partnership With Air Wisconsin Amid the retirement of American Airlines's CRJ-200s during the pandemic, American Airlines will reintroduce the 50-seater city hopper to its regional fleet mix. The airline announced a new agreement with regional carrier Air Wisconsin, basing up to 60 CRJ-200s mostly at its Chicago O'Hare hub. In exchange, Air Wisconsin will terminate services with United Express where it services United's hubs in Chicago O'Hare and Washington-Dulles. Read More →

NEWS Aug 11, 2022 Air India to Reportedly Lease Six Boeing 777s Air India is planning to lease six Boeing 777 aircraft in order to provide a more streamlined passenger experience, while potentially growing its North American network. This comes after videos posted on Twitter showing the interiors of some of Air India's Boeing 777s in an extremely run-down condition. Read More →

ROUTES Aug 07, 2022 JetBlue Adds to Transatlantic Services with Logan to London Route Last week, JetBlue's newest transatlantic route touched down at Gatwick. Read More →

INFORMATIONAL Aug 03, 2022 Why Passenger Load Factor is an Important Airline Performance Metric – An Arithmetic Perspective Passenger load factor, commonly abbreviated as PLF, is the measure of the number of paying passengers expressed as a percentage of the aircraft's total passenger-carrying capacity. But why is it an important metric for airlines to analyze? Read More →