Fat Guy On a Little Runway: Boeing 787 Dreamliner Lands at Reagan National
Boeing's 787 Dream Tour made its way to an improbable destination on Monday -- Washington's Reagan National Airport -- a field that will almost certainly never see scheduled 787 service due to its size constraints.
End of The Plain Plane? Contemplating The Future of Airliner Design
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.
Flight Review: Finnair A330 From New York to Helsinki
Last week, I flew to and from Finland out of New York City on Finnair business class to participate in Quality Hunters (full post on that to come). Finnair is not a particularly huge airline, with only 15 total longhaul aircraf...
U.S. Travel Agencies Sell 11 Percent More Flights in First Quarter of 2011
The consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased 10.68 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of the year compared to 2010, which represents a 32 percent increase over the same ...
IATA Says More Passengers and Freight Flying in 2010
The IATA on Tuesday reported that international passenger traffic rose 10.5 percent year on year, while freight was up 14.8 percent.