United Airlines tests new fuel saving wingtips
United Airlines took another step forward in the quest for increased fuel efficiency today, when a 737-800 fitted with a new type of winglet flew its first flight in Everett, Wash. Instead of merely...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines receives its first A319
It probably takes a special type of aviation geek to appreciate the above photograph. But that’s the first American Airlines Airbus A319, which was delivered on Tuesday in Hamburg, Germany. You’ll see...
View ArticleMany Airbus planes are wider than Boeings. So why don’t passengers always get...
Follow @briansumers Here’s a fun fact for the day. According to Airbus officials, the cabin of the narrow-body A320 airplane is roughly seven inches wider than on the Boeing 737 – the airplane with...
View ArticleWhich airplane seat looks most comfortable to you?
Follow @briansumers I mentioned in a post last week that Airbus’s A320 airplanes are 7 inches wider than the comparable Boeing 737. That means Airbus customers can install seats that are 1-inch wider...
View ArticleUnited Airlines brings back ‘Friendly Skies’ and other news from the past week
Here’s a roundup of some of the week’s best aviation stories and blog posts. Brett Snyder, also known as @crankyflier, analyzes United’s destination to bring back the “Fly the Friendly Skies” tagline....
View ArticleNorwegian Air Shuttle tries the U.S. market, and other stories from the week...
What’s going on in the world of aviation? I’m glad you asked. Here are some stories I have enjoyed recently. Emirates and Virgin America will now be frequent flier program partners, writes Ben...
View ArticleReport: Delta seeks new Airbus and Boeing widebody jets
Delta Air Lines is looking for a replacement airplane for its fleet of widebody Boeing 747s and Boeing 767s, Aviation Week’s Jens Flottau wrote this week. “The carrier plans to look at four options,”...
View ArticleSouthwest’s new 737 Max fleet will have slightly wider seat width, Bloomberg...
Southwest Airlines will install seats that are 17.8 inches across when it receives its first Boeing 737 MAX jets in 2017, a change that will give travelers about seven inches of extra seat width,...
View ArticleBoeing delivers its 8,000th 737, a 737-900ER to United Airlines
Boeing delivered its 8,000th 737 this week, a 737-900ER to United Airlines. According to Boeing, the 737 is the first airplane to ever reach the 8,000 delivery milestone. The 737 program began in 1967,...
View ArticleSpanish airline Vueling wants a 186-seat A320, which would be tight squeeze
Airbus is attempting to certify a 186-seat A320 according to a report last week by Jens Flottau in Aviation Week. To put this in perspective, as I tweeted recently, Jetblue puts 150 seats on its A320s,...
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