United Airlines has been holding off for quite awhile from buying any new planes. They had talked about reducing their fleet, however, now they plan to order up to 150 aircraft by this fall. As they have been waiting for a good time to buy, their fleet of almost 400 aircraft have aged. Now they […]
Stories by David Parker Brown
Normally one has to take whatever Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary says with a grain of salt. He says a lot of crazy things, most likely to get a few news stories written about him. When he first started talking about charging passengers to use the bathroom, I thought it was another crazy publicity stunt, but… Ryanair […]
Due to reports of irregularities of Aviacsa’s airline maintenance, Mexico has demanded no more of their planes fly and have 60 days to fix any issues. The airline has a fleet of 26 planes, serving 17 cities, including Las Vegas. The airline is defending themselves saying the problems were only “cosmetic — opaque logos, dull […]
That’s right! 24/7, comedian Mark Malkoff will be hanging out on an AirTran plane, travelling to about 12 cities per day, sleeping, eating — even washing himself on an airliner for thirty straight days. The beauty? He has a fear of flying. Not only does he want to conquer his fear of flying, but he […]
The Brazilian Military has been heading to the location where another jetliner reported seeing flames on the ocean previously. When the Brazilian military planes arrived they found a 3 mile long path of debris from the Air France jet carrying 228 people. The ocean depth at the crash location is about 3 miles. With the […]