The grounding of Boeing 737 Max airplanes is making it harder for United Airlines to plan for next year. United Chief Financial Officer Gerry Laderman told analysts on a conference call Wednesday that they can assume that United won't get all the Max jets it was expecting from Boeing through next year. Executives said the airline will grow at a slightly slower pace than it planned next year as a result. United expected to have 30 Max jets in its fleet by now and to receive another 28 next… (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
Since there is no end in sight to the ongoing grounding of the Boeing's new-generation single-aisle jets, United announced that it signed an agreement to buy 19 used older generation Boeing 737-700. The jets will be delivered to the US carrier in December. The airline currently operates 40 Boeing 737-700. United Airlines has 14 737 MAX 9 jets in its fleet. On July 13, the airline withdrew the jets from its schedule until November. After two days from the United, another major US carrier… (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...
Bulgaria has picked a consortium comprising asset manager Meridiam and the operator of Munich Airport to run and operate Sofia Airport, the Balkan country’s main air transport hub, the transport minister said on Wednesday. (www.reuters.com) 更多...
Ukraine said on Wednesday a rebel who organised the trailer carrying the missile that shot down a Malaysian airliner in 2014 had been captured two years ago and was now serving a sentence in Ukraine. (uk.reuters.com) 更多...
Airbus launched the newest evolution of the A321neo, with a greater range of flight and fuel consumption per seat 30% lower than the previous aircraft... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 更多...
Federal Aviation Administration Acting Director Daniel Elwell, speaking in an exclusive interview with FOX Business’ Liz Claman, said it has informed Boeing to correct the irregularities found in the Boeing 737 Max jet. “As we look very deeply into this, we have discovered some anomalies and then we have directed Boeing to mitigate those anomalies and that’s an ongoing process,” he said on “The Claman Countdown” Wednesday. The Boeing 737 Max planes have remained grounded by aviation officials… (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
Twitter users slammed KLM Tuesday after a verified Twitter account associated with the Dutch airline posted about the likelihood of fatality based on where passengers were seated. The tweet has since been deleted and an apology issued. The @KLMIndia post read: "According to data studies by Time, the fatality rate for the seats in the middle of the plane is the highest. However, the fatality rate for the seats in the front is marginally lesser and is least for seats at the rear third of a… (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
FlightAware announced today that Embraer Executive Jets will begin participating in their Entry Into Service Program. The program provides owners and operators of new or pre-owned Embraer business jets with a complimentary, one-year subscription to the premium version of FlightAware Global,a professional and private flight tracking service. FlightAware Global offers worldwide flight tracking that fuses thousands of data sources and makes them available to unlimited users via FlightAware’s web or… (flightaware.com) 更多...
It seems Spirit Airlines could be repairing its reputation with customers, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Transportation that says the Miramar-based budget airliner (NYSE: SAVE) has nearly halved its consumer complaints year-over-year. In the first quarter of 2018, Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) had the highest rate of customer complaints of all the major airlines: 2.95 out of every 100,000 emplanements, or boardings. But that number is down to 1.63 for the first quarter… (www.bizjournals.com) 更多...
It’s a time-honored tradition that’s inspired thousands more. Share the annual rituals you observe without fail—the people, the routes, the stops along the way. As well as those extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime experiences. (www.hoptokosh.com) 更多...
