The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry
trade organization for the leading US airlines, joined by Airports
Council International-North America (ACI-NA), released its summer
forecast and steps that passengers can take to help ensure a more
enjoyable travel experience.
On Tuesday, a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-700 completed a
flight into China's Lijiang Airport to validate the capability and
benefits of an advanced navigation method known as Required
Navigation Performance (RNP).
On Monday, Boeing and International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC)
celebrated the delivery of the leasing company's 400th Boeing 737
airplane, a 737-800 that ILFC customer Travel Service will
operate under lease.
One would think the January 2008 landing crash of a British
Airways Boeing 777 would present something close to the ideal
scenario for an aviation accident investigator: a largely-intact
airframe, 152 survivors to give their accounts of the mishap (which
resulted in no fatalities,) and even additional information from a
dedicated crash recorder installed by the airline, on top of the
data recorders mandated by federal authorities.
We'd say that something smells here... but we don't wish to
imply anything, or go for an all-too-obvious pun. A New York City
man claims JetBlue Airways forced him to give up his seat on a
February flight, forcing him to sit in the plane's lav during part
of the five-hour flight from California.
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