April 15, 2019 4:13 pm ET
January 10, 2019 10:22 pm ET -
Brazilian Government Approves Boeing-Embraer Joint Venture
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro finally gave his approval for the purchase of Embraer's Commercial Aviation division by The Boeing Company in a deal valued at $4.2 billion. The announcement was made after the closing of stock markets in both Brazil…
January 7, 2019 11:10 am ET -
Air Tanzania Debuts Airbus A220-300 in Africa
In a historic day both for African aviation and Airbus’ new product, Air Tanzania has flown its first A220 revenue flight. The route for this first flight, with designation TC110, was between Tanzania’s most populated city Dar-Es-Salaam and Mwanza. Air…
December 15, 2018 2:21 pm ET -
Emirates Takes Delivery of Its Last Current Generation Boeing 777
Emirates Airline has taken delivery of the last of its orders for current generation Boeing 777 aircraft, specifically the Boeing 777-300ER. The Middle Eastern carrier operates the world's largest fleet of triple-sevens, with over 139 of the -300ER variant alone…
December 9, 2018 8:29 am ET -
Study Shows Airlines Failing to Meet Emissions Targets
According to a new study from the Atmosfair Airline Index, despite improvements in technology among many now-top-selling aircraft—including Boeing's 737 MAX and 787 and Airbus's A320neo —airlines will not be able to make "significant" changes in their carbon dioxide emissions,…
November 30, 2018 10:00 am ET -
Trip Report: A Disappointing Journey on One of KLM’s Most…
As a typical AvGeek, I’ve always taken any opportunity possible to fly on the most unique and unusual aircraft flying the friendly skies. I’ve flown from Phoenix to New York via San Francisco and Chicago to fly on a United…