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 Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, an E.A.D.S. subsidiary. The largest passenger airliner in the world, the A380 made its maiden flight on 27 April, 2005 from Toulouse, France, and made its first commercial flight on 25 October, 2007 from Singapore to Sydney with Singapore Airlines. The aircraft was known as the Airbus A3XX during much of its development phase, but the nickname, Superjumbo, has since become associated with it.

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 recent debates and discussions among US government officials on the subject of airline fares & fees. These discussions come at a time when there are seemingly a number of aviation issues making headlines and there is probably some connection between the two. The recent debates have led to the passing of legislation that further increases regulation of how airline fares are presented to customers and how fees are imposed. This legislation will certainly be beneficial to airline … >> Read More