THURSDAY MAY 02, 2024
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NEWS Boeing 777X Makes its First Flight Earlier today, thousands of people watched as an all new variant of the Boeing 777, the 777X made its first flight. The brand new 777, N779XW, departed from Paine Field at 10:30AM local time. After a few hours of flight tests and photography, the plane landed at Boeing Field, also located in Washington State. Read More →
NEWS Boeing 777X First Flight Postponed After 3 hours on the taxiway, the 777X first flight has officially been postponed. Earlier today, the 777X was supposed to go on its first flight today at 9:30am Pacific Time. However, the weather was not cooperating well. Due to gusty winds, the 777X registered N779XW had to wait on the runway before taking off. While the aircraft was awaiting clearance for takeoff, Boeing set a time limit at 1:30pm. If the plane did not takeoff by then, the flight would then be moved to a later date. Read More →
ROUTES Delta Announces A Package of Routes from Miami Delta will launch four new routes from Miami in 2020 to bolster its partnership with LATAM. The airline will launch flights from Miami to Orlando, Raleigh-Durham, Salt Lake City, Tampa. With the new connections, Delta will offer 41 daily flights to 10 U.S. destinations including its hubs in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis-MSP, New York-JFK, New York-LGA. Additionally, Delta flies to Havana from Miami 2x daily. Read More →
NEWS ANA and Singapore Airlines to form a JV ANA and Singapore Airlines to form a Joint Venture. What are the details? Read More →
ROUTES Philippine Airlines to Launch Two New Flights to the USA Philippine Airlines will launch two new destinations in the U.S. Can you guess what they are? Read More →
ROUTES LOT Polish to Launch Flights to Washington D.C. LOT Polish will launch a flight to Washington D.C. Click to see more details. Read More →
NEWS Delta Follows Other Airlines in Move to Daxing Airport In September 2019, Beijing opened its new Beijing Daxing International Airport. This airport had to be constructed due to the high number of flights there are at Beijing's Capital International AIrport. So, this cause some of the airlines that serve Beijing to either add a service to the new airport or move over to the new airport. The plan is that Oneworld and Skyteam airlines move over to Daxing while the Star Alliance carriers stay at Capital. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL The Boeing 747 Routes and Retirement Plans It is the Boeing 747. We all know it as the Queen of the Skies. Even though it is very popular and several airlines throughout the world are still flying it, there are many cons to operating it. In the aviation world today, airlines prefer more fuel efficient and cost efficient aircraft. Therefore, most 747s are on the way out of airlines' fleets and are being replaced by other aircraft, such as Boeing's 787 and Airbus's A350. Read More →
STORIES A Day at The Museum of Flight More than 500,000 people each year visit Seattle's Museum of Flight. What makes this museum so special? Read More →
NEWS Jun 24, 2023 CFM International’s Rise Program Progressing Towards Ground and Flight Tests in Mid-Decade The CFM RISE program aims to achieve over 20 percent better fuel efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent compared to the most efficient engines currently in service. Read More →