Economy Class & Beyond

Safety Video Saturday – Northwest Airlines

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It's Saturday again, so it is time to put your seat in the upright position, stow your tray table and ensure your seatbelt is fastened as we go back to the past with Northwest Airlines as they demonstrate their safety procedures. More airline safety of course next week! … [Read more...]

More CRJ-200’s heading to American Eagle with Skywest and Expressjet

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American Eagle is buying extra capacity for flying in from Skywest Airlines and Express Jet. A total of 23 aircraft will be flying in American Eagle colours, with: 11 operated by ExpressJet 12 operated by SkyWest Alas, for lovers of comfort may wish to avoid these flights as they will be operated by Bombardier CRJ-200's which (I'm being generous here) are not my … [Read more...]

FAA allows AA to have flight deck iPads active for ALL phases of flight

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Here's an interesting little titbit that comes from the tech channels, with news that Federal Aviation Administration has granted permission to American Airlines to let its pilots use iPads in the cockpit in all phases of flight. The main use for these on the flight deck will be documentation - an Electronic Flight Bag to replace the current paper based system which AA hopes … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – United Airlines 767 IPTE Edition

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It's time to pop your seat in the upright position, stow your tray table and footrest whilst ensuring your seatbelt is fastened as we turn to this week's Safety Video. And if you've been aboard an United flight from London to Chicago, this will be very familiar. It's even worse when when you can do the introduction off by heart - Its the United Airlines Boeing 767 IPTE … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Alitalia

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to place your seat in the upright position, stow your table and fasten your seat belt as it's time for this week's safety demonstration presented by Alitalia Another safety video next week … [Read more...]

First screaming kids, then the laptop, now the camera. World…. STOP IT!

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Sometimes, trips are incident free. This one is nothing but FILLED with them As we all know, I had screaming kids and kids that used the plane as a climbing frame on the way out Then the laptop decided to die accross the pond due to a dead hard disk data cable (Repaired thankfully) And NOW the camera is being a royal PAIN with dust over the sensor that's being hard to … [Read more...]

BAA looses appeal in Stansted Airport sale

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Stansted Airport. For most - it's the low cost airline hub where Ryanair, EasyJet and the charter carriers reign supreme.  For BAA it is their other holdout airport where they reigned supreme. In 2009, the Competition Commission ruled that BAA had too dominant position over aviation in the UK, and was told to sell Gatwick, Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh … [Read more...]

United adds options on its 737 order

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Last week, United Airlines announced a big order for new aircraft. For those of you who forgot, the airline has ordered: 50 Boeing 737-900ER's 100 Boeing 737-MAX 9 Series Well it seems that wasn't all to the order. In a regulatory filing, United has also placed options to its current order, which will more than double this fleet. The options that United has decided … [Read more...]

Wonder what happens when a plane is sent off for an overhaul?

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Well for those with an engineering interest, British Airways opened its doors to the BBC to film an episode of "Engineering Giants" where a BA 747-400 -  G-CIVX is sent for a full strip-down, test, repair and rebuild the plane. The intro goes a bit like this: Engineer turned comedian Tom Wrigglesworth and Rob Bell, rising star of mechanical engineering, climb on board … [Read more...]

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