Vistara wants to acquire new widebodies. In addition, India’s aviation ministry may choose to grant foreign carriers new frequencies– especially on those city pairs underserved by Indian carriers. Vistara also plans to operate international flights soon; it received the government’s nod for this in March. … More Vistara Airlines: New Flight Service to India
JetBlue Airways Corp is in discussions with Airbus SE about the European planemaker’s plans for a longer-range version of its A321neo family as it prepares to jump into the transatlantic market. The sixth-largest U.S. carrier has 85 A321neo aircraft on order, of which it has already decided to convert 13 into a longer-range version called the A321LR for its planned launch of daily flights from New York and Boston to London in 2021. … More JetBlue to London 2021
Boeing will now be rolling out a new one-man cockpit aircraft tentatively to be called the (NMA) Boeing 797. The second pilot will be a ground-based computer automated First Officer Pilot that will be in charge of several similar type aircraft. … More Boeing 797 One Pilot Cockpit
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The airlines are shipping this maintenance work offshore for the reason you’d expect: to cut labor costs. Mechanics in El Salvador, Mexico, China, and elsewhere earn a fraction of what mechanics in the U.S. do. In part because of this offshoring, the number of maintenance jobs at U.S. carriers has plummeted, from 72,000 in the year 2000 to fewer than 50,000 today. … More Outsourced Maintenance: “Profits over Safety”
***(New Travel Memoir Book Release)*** My flying career has taken me all around the world for over 3 decades. FLIGHT TIMES is an aviation travel memoir series based on my own real-life unusual experience and unique thought-provoking perspectives, It is a collaboration which follows my life with a group of airline friends from the … More Flight Times: Prepared for Departure
Greek Mythology told of a story with a father named Daedalus. He warned his son Icarus not to fly too high, or the sun would melt his waxen wings. However, the boy, intoxicated with flight, soared above his cautious father. In the clear blue sky, the warmth of the sun dissolved his delicate wings, causing him to plunge to his death in the green sea below. The myth of Icarus is used to illustrate the ancient Greek word hubris, a term for the overweening human pride and vanity that often result in tragedy. … More ICARUS Cockpit Culture of Fly Till You Die
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