The Brazilian Military has been heading to the location where another jetliner reported seeing flames on the ocean previously. When the Brazilian military planes arrived they found a 3 mile long path of debris from the Air France jet carrying 228 people. The ocean depth at the crash location is about 3 miles. With the […]
Stories by David Parker Brown
Continental Airlines is reporting that the H1N1 (or “Swine Flu”) devastated their flights between the US and Mexico for May 2009. Continental could see a 19% fall in revenue per available seat mile in May and a 13% decline in April. The H1N1 media spree has seemed to cause a lot more than just awareness. […]
Flight 447, carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members was scheduled to arrive at Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris) early Monday morning. The Airbus A330-200 disappeared from Brazillian radar about 3 hours after take-off. Brazillian Air Force has been searching near the coast of West Africa. Before losing contact with Air France, Flight 447 sent an automatic message […]
Back in late 2008 I talked about how Boeing was working with Continental Airlines on an algae-based bio fuel. On Thursday Bill Blover, managing director of environmental strategy for Boeing Commercial Planes stated the new fuel could be approved and in commercial flights as early as early 2010. He states the technology is ready, but there […]
Checking over at CrankyFlier.com noticed that Brett (the cranky flier himself) got a great interview with Air New Zealand’s CEO Rob Fyfe. An interesting tid-bit? Air New Zealand’s new check-in policy is letting people arrive 15-20min before departure and getting on the plane with no problems. Want to know how? Then… CHECK OUT THE REST […]