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A Look at NASCAR’s Traveling Aviation Armada
As we have covered before, the world of sports chartering and traveling is a unique operation that requires each team making sure they have the resources and time to get to their destination. However, NASCAR teams and the requirement of moving multiple sets of teams is one that was briefly mentioned in our 2015 article […]
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Big Names Drop Singapore Airshow Over Coronavirus Fears
Although aviation presence has already been hurt by the coronavirus outbreak in Asia, the trend has continued and has now trickled into the Singapore Airshow. Four major aircraft manufacturers have announced they will not appear in the show out of fear of the outbreak or were denied access by the event’s hosts. Denied access were […]
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Boeing Plans 737 MAX Return With Spirit Aerosystems Supplier
Following a rough start to the 2020 year, Spirit Aerosystems has finally been able to get some promising news following a deal with Boeing to look into restarting Boeing 737 MAX production should the aircraft meet the aerospace firm’s current strategy to get the plane recertified. Spirit had been producing the fuselage for the narrowbody […]
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Contenders for MAS Stake Become Public
Malaysia Airlines has taken the next step in selling a stake of the carrier to another company in its quest to return to profitability. The country’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says that five bids have been received in hopes of selling part of the struggling carrier and keep it flying. Previously, the Government of Malaysia […]
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Airport Ads: How Some Cities Try to Win Over Airlines and Passengers
When it comes to the world of supply and demand, the middleman isn’t considered by the aviation world as passengers buy an airline ticket directly from the company. But choosing the price to pay or the airline to fly usually dictates a flyer’s starting point. For airports large and small, the task of winning over […]
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Changing Times: The Airline-Aircraft Combinations That Ended In The 2010s
As 2020 rolls around a decade of change has been brought to the airline industry and with mergers and acquisitions defining the 2010s, a round of aircraft removals drew headlines across the industry. So, as the next decade begins in under one week, let us take a look back at some of the aircraft that […]
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Wichita Lands Phoenix Competition with New American Service
One of Wichita’s most popular carriers has officially launched its newest route from the city as American Airlines flew its inaugural flight from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Wednesday. The largest airline to serve Wichita, American will fly the route daily through the winter and spring seasons […]
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Dornier Disappearing: Tracking The Remaining Dornier 328 Commercial Operators
It is rare in the aviation world for work to stop on a project for over a decade only for a plane to be given a return to the drawing board in hopes that an old design will succeed. This summer, however, the Sierra Nevada Corporation announced that it would begin designing the Dornier 328NEU, […]
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Rebuilding The Princess Juliana Alternative: L’Espérance Airport
Quietly tucked on the French side of the dual-country island of Saint Martin, the L’Espérance Airport is far from the landmark that its cross-island neighbor Princess Juliana International Airport has become. While it can’t boast widebody aircraft flying mere feet above, the airport still plays a key to the French side of the island and […]
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Airline Catering Employees Stage Strikes Nationwide Over Healthcare, Pay
As the Thanksgiving travel season began Tuesday in the United States, crowds flying across some major airports were met with a round of protests across the country staged by the Unite Here union for airline catering employees. The union created ‘die ins’ as workers walked into terminals and lied down on the floor to make […]