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The Airbus A321XLR’s Potential
Airbus finally announced the much anticipated Airbus A321XLR at the Paris Air Show this past week. The aircraft is the longest range single-aisle airliner that Airbus has to offer, with a range of 4,700 nautical miles it undoubtedly stole the show in Paris with over 240 commitments. The airline is notable for a few reasons. […]
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Two Notable Things to Look for at the 2019 Paris Air Show
Starting this Monday, the aviation industry will meet for the largest aerospace industry exhibition trade fair in the world, the Paris Air Show. Held at Paris’ Le Bourget Airport, the event spans seven days including four trading days for industry members and three days open to the public. The 52nd Paris Air Show in 2017 […]
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New EU Regulation Takes Aim at Middle East Carriers
Airlines in the United States have for years been crying over alleged subsidies that Middle Eastern carriers receive. The U.S. carriers will tell anyone who will listen that the so-called ME3, which includes Qatar Airways, Etihad, and Emirates are all receiving government subsidies that allow the airlines to operate at a loss. They believe that […]
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Vistara Acquires ex-Jet Airways Boeing 737s
In the continued gutting of Jet Airways, it has now been announced that Indian carrier Vistara will be leasing four Boeing 737-800 aircraft that originally belonged to Jet Airways. This is an attempt to grow the airline which currently has a five percent market share in India and also make up for the sudden drop […]
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Holland Proposes a New Aviation Tax
The Dutch government is moving forward with legislation for a new aviation tax on passenger and cargo flights departing from Dutch airports starting in 2021. The country has been lobbying the European Union for this tax for quite some time and while it continues to lobby the bureaucrats in Brussels its own bureaucrats in Holland […]
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New TWA Hotel at JFK Airport Serves as a Shrine to Aviation History
The long-awaited TWA Hotel on the grounds of New York’s John F. Kennedy International finally opened on Tuesday. It is the culmination of an ambitious project to bring the landmarked but hitherto dormant TWA terminal into use as a hotel, the only one of its kind at New York’s main airport. MCR Development, the developers […]
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Asiana’s Removal of First Class Highlights a Larger Industry Trend
Earlier this week Asiana Airlines surprised a good portion of the aviation community by announcing that they would no longer be offering a first class product. Overall Asiana only offers first class on three routes so it’s not that really that big of a deal. It’s not like Cathay Pacific or Emirates were discontinuing first […]
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The Looming Chinese Threat to Airbus and Boeing
Earlier this week Canadian company Bombardier made an announcement that it was selling off subdivisions in Belfast, Ireland and Morocco. A plan to further consolidate Bombardier aerospace activities into Bombardier Aviation. While an asset sale like this isn’t completely uncommon, some of the likely bidders should raise eyebrows for some. Two large Chinese government-backed organizations, […]
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Indian Airlines Eyeing Jet Airways’ Assets
With the grounding of Jet Airways in mid-April, other Indian airlines have begun circling trying to get a piece of what remains of the carcass. In order to maintain current levels of capacity, the Indian aviation ministry is granting airlines such as SpiceJet and IndiGo many of Jet’s highly-coveted slots at airports in Mumbai and […]
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NASA’s Boeing 747 Flying Telescope: Keeping the ‘SP’ Variant Airborne
The Boeing 747 aircraft is an iconic jet that has graced the skies for decades as the undisputed Queen of the Skies. The aircraft type spurred the global aviation industry as we know it. Unfortunately, fewer and fewer 747s are being seen in the skies carrying passengers. A shift towards twin-engine aircraft that are more […]