Wireless stuff on planes
Wanna save a ton of weight on your airplane? Perhaps getting rid of some of the hundreds of miles of wires running throughout the plane...
Airbus
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Indian airlines tie up
After struggling to get their international routes launched (BLR-SFO) and profitable (BLR-LHR), and facing off with the Indian aviation authorities on the routes served, it...
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Emirates takes delivery of A380
Emirates has taken delivery of their first A380 aircraft this morning. They aren’t the first carrier to operate the A380, so that isn’t all that...
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Random stuff from Farnborough
This past week the Farnborough Air Show has been going on. This is one of the major shows, where the airlines and the vendors all...
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Qantas shows off their A380 interior
And boy is it UGLY. The seats in economy are a beautifully pre-stained shade of green, while the business class seats have a strange salmon...
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China getting into the airliner business
It is a move that I cannot quite figure out, but it seems that China’s national government has decided that they want to be in...
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Some exit rows do recline
I had an interesting series of conversations on my flight down to Florida last weekend, all centered around whether the exit row seat I was...
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The 777 engine issues continue
This time it was a Continental flight, from Tel Aviv to Newark, and it doesn’t seem at all related to the other engine or 777...
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More planes grounded for FAA inspections
This time, it is United Airlines and the plane type in question is the Boeing 777. UA has grounded their entire fleet of 777s as...
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Another A380 fuel pump issue
Singapore Air had to ground a second of their A380s yesterday, again due to an issue with the fuel pump mechanism. They experienced a similar...