COMMENTARY: NTSB Briefing on Asiana 214
Under Pressure: The Ups and Downs of Flying High
EMERGING DETAILS: American’s Tim Ahern Talks About the New American Airlines
BREAKING: American Airlines and US Airways Close Merger, Create Worlds Largest Airline
End of The Plain Plane? Contemplating The Future of Airliner Design
Government News
The San Francisco crash of Asiana 214 during perfect VMC conditions (but with the ILS out of service) has prompted many questions. The answers have prompted many more questions about why the Boeing 777 was allowed to crash at all.
Columnists
Flying high above the earth where the air is thin, the human body requires enough oxygen to keep it functioning. But how exactly are the necessary oxygen levels provided, and what happens when aircraft pressurization systems fail?
Airline News
Fresh from this morning’s close of the American Airlines / US Airways Merger, American Airlines Group’s vice president of gateways and hub coordination, Tim Ahern, spoke with NYCAviation about the impact of the merger on both consumers and employees.
Airline News
In Dallas early Monday morning, officials from AMR Corporation and US Airways formally finalized the merger of the two carriers, forming American Airlines Group, Inc. The merged carriers have, with the stroke of a pen, become the largest airline in the world.
Columnists
The basic design of the jet airliner has remained unchanged for the last 50 years. New technology and the quest for fuel efficiency may lead to new design innovations.
