Flights to Cuba, business gold or folly?
Flights to Cuba, is it business gold or just plain folly? That's the question I ask, as a mass of airlines have lined up to request permission to operate service to the Island nation. The…
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Boeing KC-46A tanker number 2 takes flight
Boeing KC-46A Tanker number 2 has completed its first flight. The second tanker aircraft is being added to the first one for completion of the flight testing program. The Boeing KC-46A tanker aircraft are currently being used to test…
Lockheed Martin awarded NASA supersonic plane design
Lockheed Martin has been picked by NASA to design a new supersonic airplane. The design will be required to include new boom suppression technology to minimize noise pollution when flying faster than the speed of…
HondaJet scheduled to arrive in Austin today
HondaJet is scheduled to arrive in Austin today. Deliveries of the new private jet are now under way. A ceremony honoring the first HondaJet delivery of the executive light jet was held at Honda Aircrafts world headquarters in Greensboro, North…
Southwest Airlines pilots seek Max raise
Southwest Airlines pilots union is seeking a Max-imum raise. The airline is currently the launch customer for the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, but the pilots are stating that they will not fly the airplanes without a new…
Gol Airline of Brazil receives $251 million cash injection
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, Brazil's second largest airline, stated it will receive a cash infusion of up to 1 billion reais ($251 million) as it cuts its routes and fleet in an effort to cut costs due to weak demand. The…
Republic Airways seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Republic Airways has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New York court. The regional air carrier has stated it will attempt to sustain normal operations while it works to stabilize its financial situation. The filing last Thursday comes around…
Chicago Cubs 2000 schedule is the Friday pic of the week
Chicago Cubs 2000 schedule is todays pic of the week. I thought it would be appropriate in honor of the start of Spring Training 2016 next week.
NetJets and union at odds over cost cutting demands
NetJets workers are voicing their opposition to cost cutting demands and work proposals that they say will effect their ability to perform their jobs. The technicians and flight dispatchers are preparing to vote on a strike authorization. The latest…
FAA has proposed a fix for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
FAA has proposed a fix for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The government agency proposal for a new airworthiness directive is targeted at some of the Boeing Company's 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. It specifically addresses a report defect found in a…