It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week, on a very sunny autumn day is a JetBlue Airbus A320 "Blue Monday" awaiting its next turn at Washington Ronald Regan National Airport. JetBlue operate a fleet of 130 Airbus A320 aircraft, with orders for A320neo and A321neo aircraft. The A320 fleet is used across the Jetblue network - from … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – JetBlue Airbus A320 with Sharklets
It's Sunday again. so it must be time for some more airplane art. This, week - it's JetBlue Airbus A320 (with fancy Airbus Sharklets), beginning its take off run at San Francisco International Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! Want to keep up with me … [Read more...]
Etihad to codeshare with JetBlue and Air Europa
Eithad continues along its way in adding more routes and more connections as they confirm they are to add codeshares with JetBlue. Etihad is to place its EY flight codes on JetBlue operated flights from New York-JFK and Washington-IAD, covering 40 routes in the first instance. Later, routes between New York and destinations in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Colombia … [Read more...]
JetBlue joins to “No calls in flight” gang
JetBlue has joined the ranks of Delta and Southwest Airlines in not allowing in-flight voice calls to be made according to an article on Runway Girl. This would include voice calls and Voice over IP calls. JetBle A320 taxing at Newark - Image - GhettoIFE Like a lot of readers, I can see the need for in-flight data via WiFi and to a point, text messaging. Voice … [Read more...]
American, United and US Airways (and Alaska) join the party on Personal Electronic Devices
After the early start by both JetBlue and Delta, three other major US Airlines have joined the party on the Gate-to-Gate use of Personal Electronic Devices American Airlines will allow on all mainline flights, with American Eagle flights operated by SkyWest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Republic Airline or Chautauqua Airlines to follow. United is allowing devices to be … [Read more...]
JetBlue and Delta allow electronic devices at all stages of flight
After yesterday's news where the FAA allows certain electronic devices to be used in all phases of flight, both JetBlue and Delta are out of the gate first. JetBlue posted this to their twitter feed: Image - JetBlue via Twitter - https://twitter.com/hellojetblue/status/396401561502371840 Meanwhile, Delta has posted the following on their Twitter … [Read more...]
US Federal Aviation Administration rules on Personal Electronic Devices
... And it's an interesting read to say the least. http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=15254 is where the full release is. The first thing to note is that implementation of the guidance is down to the airline - subject to their own risk assessment. This is actually important as one aircraft may be more sensitive than another. This could mean … [Read more...]
Jetblue goes to Airbus for more aircraft
JetBlue are rather busy. As well as taking delivery of their first Airbus A321, they have placed an order for 35 new aircraft today. The order is split between: 15 A321ceo (current engine option) 20 A321neo (new engine option) In addition, the airline has also chosen to up-size some of its existing orders converting: 8 A320ceo to 8 A321ceo 10 A320neo to 10 … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – JetBlue Airbus A320
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a JetBlue Airbus A320 taxing at Newark International Airport, NJ in the winter sun. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]
More operators accept A320’s … with Sharklets!
The spread of the midlife update of the A320 - the A320E with Sharklets wingtip devices is spreading further. A quick re-cap on what a Sharklet first though - It's a device on the end of a wing that increases the lift generated at the wingtip, whilst reducing the educe the lift-induced drag caused by wingtip vortices, leading to better performance of an aircraft in terms of … [Read more...]
