Apple Maps Adding More Airports
Apple announced indoor maps for places like airports and shopping malls as part of its release of iOS 11, and the company has just now expanded the feature to include 3 more international airports. Sydney…
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PearsonLloyd redesigns economy-class seating
PearsonLloyd has designed a new business class cabin environment for German airline Lufthansa, which will launch alongside the new Boeing 777-9 aircraft in 2020. Aiming to provide better privacy and comfort for business class passengers, the redesigned…
Hawaiian Holdings Delivers Another Stellar Quarter
After several years of struggling to build a defensible international route network, leisure-focused airline operator Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ: HA) has become one of the most profitable airlines in the U.S. in the past few years. Hawaiian's pre-tax margin…
On This Day: Dan-Air Flight 1008 Crashes in Tenerife
Dan-Air Flight 1008, a Boeing 727-46, crashed on the 25th of April in 1980. The flight was a charter that departed from Manchester Airport in the United Kingdom, and was heading to Tenerife in the…
Ryanair to buy 25 more Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair (RYA.I) has agreed to buy a further 25 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX planes, worth $3 billion at list prices, lifting its order of the U.S. planemaker's flagship short-haul plane model to…
Alaska Air Succumbs to Basic Economy Pressures
Well, The Greyhound-ification of the skies is now complete. Alaska Air, one of the last US airlines to resist the "no-frills" model to some degree, has announced that they will begin offering a basic fare…
Boeing, Brazil’s Embraer close to tie-up
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA is seen at the company's headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio/File Photo More SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Talks aimed at…
Icelandair Introduces Boeing 737 MAX Service
Over the last few years, Boeing has developed a groundbreaking new aircraft that combines less fuel use, less noise and a revolutionary redesign of the passenger space. The result is a flight like you’ve never…
Tammie Jo Shults, hero pilot of Southwest 1380
Audio of the Southwest Airlines incident has emerged, showing how pilot Tammie Jo Shults remained completely calm after an engine exploded and a woman passenger was nearly sucked out of the plane. Former fighter pilot Ms Shults…
Southwest Airlines plane engine explodes, 1 passenger dead
One person died Tuesday after a Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after it experienced engine failure, officials said. Seven others who were aboard Flight 1380, which was headed from LaGuardia Airport…