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All News

August 25, 2011

Boeing Expects Dreamliner Certification Friday

FAA And EASA Set To Clear The New Airliner For Service

The buzz around the Puget Sound region is that the FAA and EASA will announce Friday that the Boeing Dreamliner is  a certified airplane, clearing the way for entry into service with ANA later this year. The first airplane is expected to be delivered to the Japanese customer in September.

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Boeing Delivers 737 Test Bed To United Airlines

Plane Was Used To Test Efficiency Improvements In Flight

Boeing says the Next-Generation 737 that served as a flying test bed for a series of efficiency improvements has now been delivered to United Airlines. Boeing began performance improvement testing in November 2010 with the goal of reducing fuel consumption by up to two percent. For customers, that would mean saving an average of $120,000 per airplane, per year, based on current fuel prices.

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QRA Interception Training Conducted With New Lufthansa A380

Typhoon Fighters Fly Alongside The Superjumbo

Two Austrian Eurofighters conducted a QRA training interception of Austrian Airlines new A380 on its flight through Austrian airspace on Monday, August 22nd. After Vienna's Mayor Dr. Haupl christened the new Lufthansa A380 "Wien" at the hub of Austrian Airlines, the Eurofighters, scrambling from their base in Zeltweg/Styria, intercepted and flew in formation with the A380.

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FlightAware Chooses DediPower Hosting In Europe

UK Online Hosting Service Helped With Implementation Of Service

In the United States, if you're not getting up-to-date information on an airline flight from the airlines, you can get it from third-party services such as FlightAware. Sensing a big opportunity for a similar service in Europe, FlightAware went looking to provide it. But as a US-based company, FlightAware needed a competent online hosting partner on the other side of the world.

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Flyers Rights Happy, Disappointed With DOT

Consumer Protections Welcomed, But Some Are Being Delayed

Kate Hanni, founder and executive director of FlyersRights.org, praised Tuesday's implementation of new Department of Transportation airline passenger protections. International flights will now be subject to the DOT's three-hour tarmac stranding law, certain passenger compensations have increased, and airlines will have to refund you the fee they charged for your checked bag if they lose it. 

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Paperless Flight Deck Now In UAL, Continental Cockpits

Airline Says Move To iPad Improves Safety, Saves Fuel, Boosts Efficiency

United Continental Holdings announced Tuesday that it is converting to paperless flight decks and deploying 11,000 iPads to all United and Continental pilots. The electronic flight bags (EFB) replace paper flight manuals, and as a first for major network carriers, provide pilots with paperless aeronautical navigational charts through an iPad app.

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