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Opinion: Why United’s Boom deal is a delusive plan

Jan-Hendrik Fiedler — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:42:58 +0000

United Airlines has announced a deal with Boom Aerospace for up to 50 of the latter’s planned new Overture supersonic airplane. The initial order is for 15 aircraft with options for 35 ... [read more]

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Opinion: BA’s 747 retirement hits harder than most

Matt Griffin — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 19:17:46 +0000

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, British Airways retiring its fleet of older, less efficient Boeing 747’s comes as no real surprise. In fact, to anybody with the slightest grasp of ... [read more]

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Opinion: What flying after Coronavirus will be like

Umut Celik — Thu, 21 May 2020 19:26:38 +0000

What will flying after the Coronavirus crisis be like? The majority of global passenger air traffic is at a standstill, in some places only around five percent of the flight schedule take ... [read more]

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Opinion: Stop the non-essential flying

Jan-Hendrik Fiedler — Sun, 17 May 2020 21:12:37 +0000

About two weeks ago, Delta Air Lines announced that it would retire its last McDonnell-Douglas MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft. Last Friday, the carrier announced that the final flights for both types would ... [read more]

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Opinion: Why it is important to help airlines handle Coronavirus

Umut Celik — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:13:29 +0000

Due to the Coronavirus crisis, commercial aviation has all but ground to a halt around the world, and the far-reaching consequences must not be ignored. While the media landscape is currently dominated ... [read more]

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Opinion: Fare madness and low-cost airlines

Umut Celik — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 17:12:09 +0000

Today it is easy to fly by plane from one point of the world to the other, but in times of price wars there have been fares created whose meaning must be ... [read more]

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