Are Regional Airlines Feeling the ‘Middle Class Squeeze’? A Look at United’s Hidden Costs
United's cost of regional service will be mostly prohibitive unless regional carriers are able to reduce costs by 30% to compete with the United's own product.
Air China Orders Five Boeing 747-8 Intercontinentals
Boeing and Air China on Monday signed an agreement for the purchase of five 747-8 Intercontinental jetliners.
Ghosts of Octobers Past
Columnist/Pilot Justin Schlechter shares a story of flight crew really earning their paychecks, as the the autumn nights over Alaska bring some challenges in their 747 at the end of a long Pacific hop.
Southwest Shows Interest in Buying LaGuardia and National Slots if Delta and US Complete Swap
Some scarce flight slots at LGA and DCA will hit the market if Delta and US go along with the DOT's stipulations for their slot swap, and Southwest seems to be interested in scooping some up.
January 22nd in Aviation History: Pilot Mistakes Ireland for California and More
Pan Am becomes the first airlines to start 747 flights in 1970, STS-42 brings the first female Canadian into space in 1992, a P-3 Orion distance record in 1971, Apollo 5 launches in 1968, and the crashes of American Airlines Fl...