United Continental Holdings Inc. ’s management sent a dramatic safety warning to its pilots last month, calling for stepped-up compliance with rules and procedures following several serious incidents caused by cockpit errors. The bulletin, issued Jan. 9 under the heading “significant safety concerns,” said it was prompted by four separate “safety events and near-misses” in…
Can you guess the top airline in Latin America? Here is a countdown to the biggest fleet… Link
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 16, 2015 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] will build for SES S.A. [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG] a new, all-electric 702SP satellite that will enable SES’ airline customers to provide in-flight entertainment and WiFi over North America, Central America and the Caribbean. This is the 12th satellite in more than…
Alaska Airlines’ fleet of fuel-efficient Boeing airplanes is growing with the purchase of six Boeing 737-900 Extended Range aircraft, valued at $594 million, Boeing’s current list price. The new planes, four scheduled for delivery in 2016 and two in 2017, bring Alaska’s total jets on order to 79. Link
On a second landing attempt, the crew showed poor decision-making “in initiating and continuing a descent in IMC below the authorized altitude, and hitting a construction crane. Link
SEATTLE, Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE:BA] and Transavia Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Air France KLM Group, today announced an order for 17 Next-Generation 737-800s, including options for three additional airplanes. The order, valued at $1.6 billion at current list prices, was previously booked and attributed to an unidentified customer on…
Korean Air is expanding its route network into China with four new services to second-tier cities, buoyed by increasing demand. Link
Well this is taking luggage handling incompetence to the next level. Link @henrywei @AmericanAir current unclaimed baggage at baggage service!!! Some of us are still waiting….7 hours in pic.twitter.com/Ra5t9C3U48— James Patrick Shay (@Muscling) February 21, 2015
