Uniendo al Mundo de la Aviación en una Misma Frecuencia.
The Boeing 747, one of the best commercial airliners of all time, was a magnificent joint venture between Boeing and Pan Am, who at the time wanted a plane they could use to cover the gap they had in their routes to Europe, while they waited for the Boeing SST, the proposed American supersonic passenger...
December 4 1991, a day which will forever be engraved in the hearts and minds of all of those who work in the airline industry. 30 years ago today, we lost “The World’s Most Experienced Airline”. We all have our stories of Pan Am, and as a kid Pan Am was the inspiration behind my...
American Airlines is about to start moving people en masse as usual but at much much lower altitudes than normal. The world’s biggest airline in fleet size announced yesterday April 7 that they will be offering bus connections between Philadelphia and a big array of regional airports located in the vicinity of the former capital...
Yesterday, march 29 a LATAM Airlines Airbus A320-200 registration CC-BAS operating flight LA4292 from Medellin International Airport (MDE) and Cartagena (CTG) was forced to return to its departure airport due to a failure in its nose landing gear. Passengers at the airport were able to capture the moment when the aircraft touched down on the...
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that it is continuing to invest in its super-midsize Gulfstream G280 with the addition of an even lower cabin altitude and new LED exterior lights. The new enhancements follow a record sales year and exemplify Gulfstream’s ongoing commitment to the G280. Mr. Mark Burns, President of Gulfstream said: The G280...
Embraer enters the air freight market with the launch of the E190F and E195F Passenger to Freight Conversions (P2F). The E-Jets freighters are designed to meet the changing demands of e-commerce and modern trade that require fast deliveries and decentralised operations. Embraer is offering the unbeatable cargo economics and flexibility that rightsized jets provide. Arjan...
OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation), on behalf of the French and Spanish Armament General Directorate, the DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) and the DGAM (Dirección General de Armamento y Material) has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters for the development, production, and initial in-service support of the Tiger MkIII attack helicopter upgrade programme. The...
Atlas Air, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., announced an agreement to expand its partnership with Flexport, the technology platform for global logistics, to add a third Boeing 747-400 freighter to its existing fleet beginning in September 2022. This long-term charter agreement reflects the strong customer demand for Atlas’ services and dedicated international widebody airfreight...
Global full-service aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG), wholly owned by Tokyo Century Corporation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 20 A220s and a firm contract for 40 A320neo Family aircraft, of which five are A321XLRs. The A220 is the only aircraft purpose-built for the 100-150 seat market and brings together state-of-the-art aerodynamics, advanced...
This past December 7th in the United States we commemorated the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which ultimately led to the US entering WWII. Two national airlines took advantage of this 80th anniversary to commemorate as well. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines, both of which are traditionally very committed to our military, had...
American Airlines CEO, Doug Parker announced today that he will retire sometime in March of 2022. Parker famously led American through the merger with US Airways and a very controversial image change that included a revamp of the iconic AA logo. The heir to AA’s throne is the current President, Robert Isom who hopes to put...
Space is the next frontier without any doubt, and as the concept of flying to space just for leisure becomes every day more common, a flight from New York to Beijing could be completed unas little as 2 hours thanks to suborbital space travel. A Chinese company is developing a rocket with wings for commercial...
There’s nothing better to bring back the glory days of commercial aviation than an around-the-world flight, and if we’re talking about tradition, nothing more traditional than a flight from Hong Kong to New York. Just the mention of it brings back memories of Pan Am, their Boeing 747 SPs and Kai Tak, the long gone...
In our first installment, we talked about the problems faced by the Boeing 737 MAX, this time we will delve a little more into the challenges of the newest aircraft from the American mega manufacturer. Boeing has lost a lot of business because of this. Every day we report on airlines that, in an effort...
Donald Trump is a year and a half out of the presidency of the United States and the changes he made to the world’s largest economic power are still being felt. The American aviation community is partying after yesterday, Monday, April 18, A Federal Judge appointed by Former President Donald Trump, eliminated the mandate of the...
The Boeing 737 MAX is the newest single-aisle aircraft in the Boeing family. A piece of engineering like few others have been seen worldwide with a tremendous amount of technology mounted on a reliable and fairly well-proven platform that is found all over the world operating with reliability and consistency. Unfortunately, this is not the...