Always a lot of American Airlines' aircraft at Dallas/Forth Worth

I have flown a lot in my life, but I have never had a bag lost. I know I have been lucky. Talking to those who have been through it, I am glad I haven’t had to go through that.
Airlines have gotten better at not losing [...]

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Yesterday, ZA004 took to the skies over Washington state (and looks like she might have dipped down into Oregon a little bit) on her first flight.  Randy Tinseth, Vice President of Marketing for Boeing points out in his blog that ZA004 is sporting the Boeing “light” livery. This livery just paints the aircraft in solid [...]

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This is the fourth Boeing 787 made (notated by ZA004), but only the third one to fly. The third aircraft (ZA003) is the one I was able to tour the interior previously and Boeing will be flying it shortly. Today the fourth one got to spread its wings early, taking off from Paine Field.
I wasn’t [...]

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Express Jet EMB-145's might be leased by Branson airport to bring in more visitors

Back in May of last year I talked about Branson Airport (BKG) being the first privately owned airport. Since then, the airport has had some success (and some failures) in getting airlines to fly profitable routes to their airport.
Brett Snyder (aka Cranky [...]

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Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 taking off from Anchorage, AK.

Airlines adding wi-fi to their fleet is nothing new. But Alaska Airlines announcing they will be adding GoGo Inflight for their Wi-Fi service is exciting since: #1 They were testing Row44 and decided to go with GoGo instead and #2 Alaska is my hometown airline (based in [...]

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Air Canada Jazz CRJ-200ER (C-GKEU)

Stories of passengers getting kicked off a plane for unruly behavior is nothing new. But being kicked off for smelling so rancid is still a unique story.
On February 6th,  a smelly passenger flying on a Air Canada Jazz flight from Charlottetown to Montreal was asked to leave the flight.
The plane was [...]

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All Nippon Airways Boeing 747 (JA8955) waiting to take off.

Starting on March 1st, All Nippon Airways (ANA) will have women-only lavatories on their international planes (except the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320). These lavatories will be restricted to only female passengers and will have a pink logo on the doors.
Only under certain circumstances will male [...]

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Can you find the three generations of Delta Air Line logos on the baggage carts?

A group of passengers were just ending a nice vacation involving sun, a cruise ship and the Caribbean. The last leg of their trip was on Delta Air Lines flight 1487 from Atlanta to Denver. When the group of 10 got [...]

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Uzbekistan Airways Boeing 757 (VP-BUD)

Uzbekistan Airways is the flag carrier of (can you guess?) Uzbekistan. It was founded in 1992 and is owned by the government. They fly to about 50 destinations, mostly into Europe, although there is a flight to New York.
They have a very diverse fleet of aircraft including: A300-600RF, A310-300, A320-200, Boeing [...]

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This video was created using FAA data for flight traffic for a 24 hour period over the United States. You can learn more and see some awesome stills of the project on their website.
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