NEWS United Airlines Set to Start Chicago O’Hare Re-Banking
United Airlines will begin re-banking its Chicago O’Hare hub this month, and reports success with last year’s re-banking of its Denver and Houston hubs. Link
NEWS 'I'll Hire Akbar Al Baker As My Union Advisor,' Jokes Lufthansa CEO
Lufthansa’s latest offer to German pilots has been rejected by their unions this week, but the flag carrier’s CEO has joked in an exclusive interview with Arabian Business that his back-up plan may be to hire outspoken Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker as his union advisor. Link
NEWS Houston Hobby gets first international flights since 1960s
When Southwest Airlines Flight 2207 from Aruba touched down at Hobby Airport this past Saturday (March 7), it ushered in a new era in Houston aviation. It’s the first time the airport has had international flights since the 1960s. Link
NEWS Sony Smart Glasses and Smart Watches for Virgin Atlantic Engineers
Virgin Atlantic is equipping its engineers at London’s Heathrow Airport with Sony smart glasses and smart watches so they can stream video tutorials and check for job updates, respectively, according to Engadget. The true test of the wearable tech will be whether it is streamlined enough to help engineers do their jobs better, and not…
NEWS An aircraft draws a Penis in the sky!
A mysterious owner of a private aircraft was above Lakeland (Florida) at around 6 pm yesterday (thursday march, 12th) when it started to draw a penis on Flightradar24 with his flight path, cruising at 1,800ft. The plane is a a Vans RV-12, delivered very recently. To draw objects on Flightradar24 looks to be a new…
NEWS Oil Bust Empties Out Private-Jet Parking Lot in Texas
The oil boom last year was easy to see at the airport in Midland, Texas, the gateway to the biggest crude-producing region in the U.S. The 30 or so spaces for private planes were often filled. On one day in early February, a lone corporate jet sat on the tarmac, the empty spots a harbinger…
NEWS Mapped: All the planes that have disappeared since 1948
Each dot on the map above represents a group of people who boarded a plane and simply disappeared. Some vanished over vast oceans, with no land in sight; others must have gone down in remote mountain ranges, inaccessible by rescue teams. But if they are on the map it means that no trace of their…
NEWS STOL Competition Returns to AirVenture Oshkosh for 2015
The specially modified short takeoff/landing (STOL) aircraft that were a hit at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 will return to Wittman Regional Airport for the 63rd annual convention and fly-in. These aircraft compete at the annual Valdez, Alaska, fly-in and air show each May, and more than a dozen of them will demonstrate their unique capabilities…