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It's Going To Be Cheaper To Fly In America In 2015
Flyers rejoice! Plane tickets are going to be cheaper in 2015 according to a recent report published by Expedia and Airline Research Corporation (ARC). "Though a number of industry reports suggest that...
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Passenger Who Got Sick Of Waiting To Get Off Plane Deploys Emergency Slide
Last week, a passenger on a China Eastern Airlines plane deployed the emergency slide after the aircraft landed at Sanya Phoenix International Airport, off China's southern coast.The passenger's excuse...
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16 Awesome Retro Airplane Paint Jobs That Need To Make A Comeback
With the recent mergers of American Airlines and US Airways, Delta and Northwest, as well as United and Continental, there are just three major international airlines left in America.As the once great...
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Airplane Food Is Getting A Lot Better
Paris (AFP) - Michelin-star food and vintage champagne: airlines are pulling out all the stops to cater to their top-tier passengers' tastes, as they seek a larger slice of the highly profitable...
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Eastern Air Lines Is Back After Being Gone For Over 20 Years
Nearly 24 years after the original Eastern shut down on Jan. 18, 1991, the new Eastern Air Lines welcomed home its first new aircraft on Dec. 19.Ex-Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 “The Spirit of Captain...
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Major US Airlines That Took Risky Bets On Oil Are Hurting From Falling Prices
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some major U.S. airlines including Delta and Southwest are rushing to finance losing bets on oil and revamp fuel hedges as tumbling crude prices leave them with billions of dollars...
View ArticleHow To Avoid Long Lines At The Airport
The pre-flight ritual of standing in long security lines, removing your lap-top and taking off your shoes is getting a little bit easier. That is, if you're willing to pay $85 to become part of the TSA...
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Prosecutors Have Issued A Warrant For The Korean Air Executive At The Center...
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors requested on Wednesday a detention warrant for a former Korean Air Lines executive who delayed a flight because she was unhappy about how she was served nuts...
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Russian Airlines Are Taking A Major Hit From The Ruble Collapse
Moscow (AFP) - Their international competitors may be cheering tumbling oil prices, but the collapse in the ruble has meant major financial turbulence for Russian airlines who have expenses in foreign...
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Airlines From Indonesia Have Struggled With Safety
In 2007, all Indonesian airlines were banned from flying to the European Union.Among them was Indonesia AirAsia, whose flight QZ 8501 apparently crashed on Sunday.The EU was concerned about the safety...
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Korean Air's 'Nut Rage' Executive Has Been Arrested
Korean Air's shamed former executive, Heather Cho, has been arrested in Seoul as a result of her behavior in the now infamous "nut rage" incident.According to the Korea Times, the Seoul Western...
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Another AirAsia Plane Suffers Mishap, Overshoots Runway (AIABF)
An AirAsia Zest Airbus A320 overshot the runway in the resort town of Kalibo in the Philippines this week.The AirAsia Zest jet with 159 passengers on board was at the very end of a 200-mile long flight...
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Watch North Korea's Supreme Leader Fly A Plane
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is depicted in propaganda as a man of extraordinary abilities.A couple of years ago, the hermit nation announced that its supreme leader mastered the art of driving...
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A Qatar Airways Passenger Was Restrained Before Emergency Landing
A Qatar Airways flight from New York was forced to make an unscheduled landing at a British airport because of a disruptive passenger, local police said Thursday."It would appear the staff had to...
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Aviation Experts Think The AirAsia Flight Landed Safely In The Sea Before...
There are conflicting opinions on what happened to cause AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 end up on the bottom of the Java Sea with all 162 persons onboard dying, but some believe it first landed safely on the...
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It Would Be Expensive And Unnecessary To Track All Airliners In Flight
Let's see if we can square away some of this “tracking” business that has been getting so much attention.Christopher Drew, in a December 29th op-ed in the New York Times, said that “Airlines use...
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China's First Modern Airliner Is Finally Here
After more than a decade of development, China's first homegrown airliner has finally earned approval from the country's government to carry passengers.The ARJ21-700, from China's government-owned...
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The AirAsia Plane Crashed Due To Ice Chunks In The Engine, Weather Experts...
Meteorological experts have said that icing is a likely cause behind the downing of AirAsia QZ8501, based on an analysis of available weather data from the day the plane disappeared.In the Indonesian...
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Why Airlines Hate 'Hidden City' Ticketing
You've probably already heard the "hidden city airfare" story that's been all over the news.Briefly, a 22-year-old tech whiz kid in his spare time designed a website called Skiplagged that shows people...
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Animals Were Sacrificed To Fix This Broken Jet
In 2007, Nepal Airlines sacrificed a pair of goats to help solve some of its aircraft maintenance issues.According to the BBC, the airline confirmed that the animals were slaughtered at Kathmandu's...
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