While most everyone has heard about the incident where a 737 operated by Southwest Airlines had to make an emergency landing due to a hole that developed in the roof and now the question is what kind of impact will this have on aircraft sales. This incident seems to keep reappearing in the news as a result of follow up inspections revealing possible problems among other 737s that Southwest operates and potential problems with 737 models operated by other airlines. … >> Read More

The Boeing X-37 OTV (Orbital Test Vehicle) is an unmanned spacecraft similar to the space shuttle in appearance that made its first flight on April 22 of last year. The flight lasted for 225 days and the OTV successfully landed on Vandenburg Air Force Base on December 3 of that year. The OTV is powered by solar energy during its orbit. It features new thermal protection technology, avionics systems, and an autonomous guidance system. The OTV has generated much controversy. … >> Read More

Since their founding in 1993 Air Asia Airlines has been known for making bold moves that others in the industry were reluctant to act upon. This has both helped and hurt the airline over the years depending upon what situation we are talking about. Air Asia Airlines is making another moderately bold move again by continuing with their scheduled expansion of routes flying to both New Zealand and Japan. Their subsidiary low cost airline Air Asia X has just recently … >> Read More

With the amount of good economic news on the increase on a regular basis, Boeing Aircraft is no exception as they are seeing increases in orders from both commercial airlines and government/military customers. Following a fairly dismal 2010, this year is off to a great start for Boeing and all information tends to point toward a great overall year. While the company has not seen a large increase in orders from domestic airlines, there have been many orders coming from … >> Read More

On Monday April 19, 2011 the aircraft leasing business world added another company to the ranks of the already competitive marketplace. This company is named Air Lease and it has been started by Los Angeles billionaire Steven Udvar-Hazy. The company’s IPO on Monday raised around $802.5 million by selling around 30 million shares of common stock, this was greater than their initial expectation which was around 25 million shares. The question now is whether this initial vote of confidence is … >> Read More

There have been a few incidents recently that have caused Asiana Airlines to respond to a variety of safety concerns regarding both aircraft and employees. Asiana Airlines is the second largest airline in South Korea with only Korean Air being a slightly larger airline. There was an incident report that was recently released which brought to light a failed landing that was made by an Airbus A321 operated by Asiana Airlines pilots. A recent demand was made by Japanese aviation … >> Read More