Airbus Delivers Their 7000th Aircraft – An A321 to US Airways
HI-RES PIC (click for larger): The 7000th Airbus aircraft, an A321 for US Airways, takes off. Check the German flag on the tail. Photo from Airbus. Airbus was originally founded in 1970 as a consortium...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Heavy, Heavy?
American’s new Airbus A321 in flight – Photo: Eric Dunetz A while back, I viewed a tweet about an Air Traffic Control (ATC) conversation in New York, where JFK ATC got a little bit confused about an...
View ArticleJetBlue Turns Green with the New Mint Experience
Throughout its fifteen year history, JetBlue Airways has worked hard to be the blue-collar airline with an upscale image. With popular features such as DirecTV and SiriusXM entertainment at every...
View ArticleWill 757s Stop Flying Soon? Airbus Launches New A321neoLR
People gathered at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on 25 September 2014 to witness the historic first “neo” flight – Photo: Airbus Recently, Leeham News broke news to the world that Airbus is offering a new...
View ArticleAn Airbus A321 with a 97-ton Maximum Weight — Where Can I Get One!?
American A321 on final at LAX. AA could be a potential customer for the new variant – Photo: Bernie Leighton | AirlineReporter Airbus has done what analysts have been expecting for the past few months;...
View ArticleFlying Economy on a Turkish Airlines Airbus A321
Istanbul-Ataturk Airport is Turkish Airlines’ home base As part of our honeymoon trip, we managed to stretch one award ticket into eight segments around Europe. It took some research, but if you know...
View ArticleGoing for a Jetliner Joyride… Flying Air Canada with a Friend
My Ride to Montreal from Toronto – MSN 400, registration C-GHKR – Photo: Peter J.M. Harrington-Cressman Sometimes, when you are a true aviation enthusiast, you do things that some people would consider...
View ArticlejetBlue’s New Mint Premium Service Arrives in Seattle
JetBlue’s Mint seating is available on certain A321s. In the premium transcontinental game Seattle doesn’t get much attention, but things are about to change with the introduction of jetBlue’s Mint...
View ArticleGoing for it: Trying American Airlines’ First Class Product
An American CRJ-200 – Photo: Dave Montiverdi | FlickrCC It didn’t take me long to agree to work as Press for PAX East (if you’re not sure what that is, check the link ahead). After last year’s...
View ArticleVirgin America is Gone, But Its Style Lives On: Flying An Alaska Airlines...
Beautiful intake fan blades on the Airbus A321neo Recently, America lost an airline. Well, sort of. The happy Eskimo on Alaska Airlines’ tail got hungry and decided to gobble up Virgin America, the...
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