Yesterday, Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of their first Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Paine Field in Everett, WA. The aircraft is named “Africa First.” “Today begins the first day in a new era of flying for our passengers and brings us even closer to our vision for the future, Vision 2025,” said Tewolde GebreMariam, CEO of […]
WestJet has announced their plan to start a regional airline using Bombardier Q400s. This is by no means breaking news, but a story that somehow I missed and have been playing catch up and wanted to share some of the things that I have learned. For those of you who might not be aware of […]
A blog reader and aviation fan, JL Johnson (@user47), was recently able to witness the last flight and donation of a FedEx Boeing 727. He agreed to share his story and photos with the blog. Here is his story in his own words: I suspect it’s no news to readers of AirlineReporter.com, but we aviation […]
Ah, kids these days. They do not know how good they have it right? This classic Eastern Air Lines commercial from the 1960’s highlights highlights the airline’s “simpatico” service, the Boeing 727 and the ability to catch up on some sleep. If you are up for some more historical Boeing 727 fun, check out the […]
What a cruddy week for Alaska Airlines (and Horizon Air) in the press. First they get accused of mistreating an elderly man with a disability, then accused of flying around with broken airplanes twice and a flight has to make an emergency landing. So far, two of the stories have been picked up around the […]