At the end of a flight, there is always that feeling of excitement. The flight was pleasant enough, with some nice views along the way, but now you are ready to get off and rejoin planet Earth.
With bushfires becoming more ferocious and harder to fight from the ground, organisations are turning more and more towards larger firefighting airplanes.
So what is so different about the MAX that this latest 737 is suddenly struggling with airworthiness certification?
So many things need to line up before travel can start again, and different parts of the world will treat it differently.
Just over 50 years ago on 09 February 1969, Boeing made history as the world’s largest jet airliner, the Boeing 747 named City of Everett, climbed off the new purpose-built runway into Seattle’s grey…
As many of us in different countries are being asked to stay at home and isolate ourselves, this may be a strange question. Is this a good time to learn to fly? If being a pilot is in your future plan.
So where do the airlines keep these grounded planes? As you can appreciate, a large modern airliner takes up a lot of space and also needs to have a solid base beneath its wheels.
Depending on how quickly the COVID19 pandemic can be contained, IATA estimates that revenue losses for passenger transport would run at B$63 – B$113 (US).
The most recent idea from Air New Zealand that has travellers excited is the Skynest. Lie flat beds for economy travellers has to be a good thing on those super long-haul flights.
