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A flurry of reports on Wednesday stated that a Southwest 737-800 had ‘skid off the runway‘ at Baltimore’s Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). This was not the case. Instead, the aircraft slid off the center-line of the taxiway, while remaining on the paved area. Around 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, Southwest flight 906 was preparing to depart […]

Ryanair has announced an expansion to operations east of the Mediterranean, with two new services to Jordan. Initial services will begin from Cyprus to the Jordanian capital’s Queen Alia International Airport in March, followed by multiple routes from across mainland Europe to the southern resort of Aqaba. The Irish low-cost carrier, describing itself as ‘Europe’s […]

Aircraft spotters and Boeing employees were out in force on Monday as the aircraft manufacturing giant unveiled the newest member of its Boeing 737 MAX family: the MAX 7. For the occasion, Boeing held a ceremony at its factory in Renton, Wash. where they showed off the plane to its employees to celebrate the important […]

United Airlines is taking a unique approach to reducing fuel consumption and sees an opportunity with reducing paper usage.  Rather than reducing the size of seats, removing more in-flight entertainment screens or further limiting the amounts of luggage passengers can carry on, the airline will be cutting one ounce (28 grams) from the paper used […]

On Monday, Norwegian Air Argentina’s (NAA) first aircraft arrived at Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza International Airport. The plane, a 10-month-old Boeing 737-800, was received by the traditional water salute and tango music. The delivery flight began in Oslo, Norway, the airline’s home country and namesake, and was completed after stops in Goose Bay, Canada, and Martinica, French […]

A Pegasus Airlines jet narrowly avoided the Black Sea on Saturday after skidding off the runway at Trabzon Airport in Turkey. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft came to a halt on the side of a cliff, its nose just meters from the water’s edge below after leaving the runway shortly after touchdown. The accident occurred on […]

In the fast-growing Argentinian commercial aviation market, Flybondi, a new player, has begun selling tickets, 5,000 of them in the first four hours. The expectation for these tickets was high. After a long and intense advertising and brand positioning campaign, Flybondi was set to define its first routes, the schedule for those first flights and, above […]

A whole year has passed since the National Aviation Authority public hearing where Flybondi requested the routes which it plans to operate, and today the airline is still completing steps to begin flying in the near future. From the original request of 99 routes, ANAC (Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil, Argentina’s Aviation Authority) extended a […]

The GOP tax bill has been making headlines recently and Southwest Airlines just announced a $1,000 bonus to all of its employees as a result of this tax reform. As a way for the airline to celebrate the recent passage of the tax reform legislation, the board of directors at the Dallas-based carrier authorized the […]

American’s polished aluminum livery, also known as the “tri-color” design, has been a fan favorite among customers and employees since its debut in the late 1960s. The livery, featuring a polished aluminum fuselage, red, white, and blue bars along the length of the aircraft, and “AA” stenciled on the tail, was designed by Massimo Vignelli, who […]